When did the Nazis first attack the Jews?

Answer 1

Some Jews were physically attacked and even killed in public places already in 1933, but the numbers were small at that stage. When the Nazis took over Austria in March 1938 there was an explosion of Jew-baiting in parts of Vienna: many Jews were beaten up and some were forced to sweep the streets with toothbrushes while onlookers hooted with laughter. The next major series of physical attacks was in November 1938 (Night of the Broken Glass). Bear in mind that there was physical violence against practically all inmates in concentration camps. In other words, violence had been used long before the start of World War 2.

Answer 2

The Nazis didn't attack the Jews as in a military battle. The slowly began to limit their freedoms and spread propagander against them. They started to harass their businesses and forced many to leave the country before the war began.

Hitler came to power in January 1933 and the Nazis began their campaign against the Jews just over two months later. In April 1933, most Jews were dismissed from employment in the public sector, excluded from universities and colleges and banned from working in the media. It was the start of a hailstorm of anti-Jewish decrees.

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1938 Kristallnacht. Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933, but his actual attack on the Jews was on the "Night of Broken Glass" when all Jewish shops and synagoges (Jewish places of worship) were destroyed on November 9 1938. The first major action against Jews was Kristallnacht. Hundreds were murdered and 30,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps.

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The word attack is misleading ... Nazi persecution of the Jews began in 1933 and there were many instances of physical violence against Jews (and murders) before the Night of Broken Glass. (See related question).

Answer 3

The first planned attack against the Jews in Germany came just weeks after the Nazis were elected in 1933, with the boycotting of Jewish businesses.