HIEU 158 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading: Kitchen Stove, Life Underground, Greengrocer
Document Summary
War and the worsening situation of the jews. After the pogrom in nov 1938, jews in germany had to deal with a very new reality. Jews were forbidden from public places and couldn"t even use telephone booths after a time. There were general shortages of food that people suspected were going towards a war effort. This on top of all the social stress. Aryan landlords allowed to give their jewish tenants immediate notice of eviction. They could only find new housing with the assistance and permission of the gov. Money confiscated and put into blocked accounts that could only be accessed if the people showed proof of why they needed the money and it was deemed valid. Banned from most forms of employment and then forced to work for starvation wages. Between an aryan man and a jewish woman or a mixed couple whose child was baptized.
