On
this date, 1 April 1933, the recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all
Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
I will post information about this anti-Semitic event from Wikipedia and other
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Israel's Department
Store in Berlin on April 1, 1933 at the start of the Nazi boycott of
Jewish-owned businesses. These are members of the SA (Sturmabteilung) holding
placards that say: "Germans defend yourselves! Don't buy from Jews."
("Deutsche! Wehrt Euch! Kauft nicht bei Juden!")
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The
Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses in Germany began on 1 April 1933,
claimed as a defensive reaction to a Jewish boycott of German goods,
which was initiated and quickly abandoned in March 1933. It was largely
unsuccessful, as the German population continued to use Jewish businesses, but
revealed the intent of the Nazis to undermine the viability of Jews in Germany.
It
was the first of many measures against the Jews
of Germany, which ultimately culminated in the "Final
Solution." It was a state-managed campaign of ever-increasing
harassment, arrests, systematic pillaging,
forced transfer of ownership to Nazi Party
activists (managed by the Chamber of Commerce), and ultimately murder of
owners defined as "Jews." In Berlin alone, there were 50,000
Jewish-owned businesses.
Earlier boycotts
Anti-Nazi boycott of 1933
National boycott
International impact
Subsequent events
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