To be honest, up until today we've never really ever gone in depth with what exactly the Nazi's took away from the Jews in this sense, which is odd now that we have because it's a huge thing. It all went down kind of like a tsunami does. The decrees came in a large wave when it began and took away a lot of political, judicial and teaching stances from the Jewish. Then the wave receded, and only a few were made each year. Then the mid 1940's came and the tsunami wave hit. You couldn't fix your places of worship after they were destroyed, you couldn't keep your pets, you couldn't immigrate with any valuable belongings, you couldn't own your own business, you were forced into labor, you couldn't get clothing rations. It was not a good time.
This monument was built as a constant reminder of the unimaginable struggle it had to have been to be living as a Jew in Nazi controlled land. Sure, the German people alive now had nothing to do with it, but it's a dark part of their history that cannot be forgotten or swept aside. It's a dark part of history for most of that region of Europe!
I sort of went into this in my first paragraph, but in the mid/late 1930's they let the initial ones sink in and only added a couple of new ones per year. Then in the 1940's+ everything just sort of went boom and suddenly no one could really do anything. Sort of a false sense of security. Like, 'oh, well, they've already put a bunch of restrictions on our daily lives they're probably done now' but then the Nazis were like 'psych, now you can't do anything' and it was actually quite strategic. I'm not saying it was okay but you have to say they at least planned.
The most immediate one I can think of is the pets. The most physical and emotional one would be the loss of sports/outdoor activities because I literally need to get rid of my energy or else I can't sleep or concentrate or anything and it's really not a good situation. The other thing would probably be the radio and typewriter being taken away because that's probably what I would have written on. I would have just moved on to pen though so it may not have been that big of a deal. But pets man. You don't take away peoples pets. Seriously what is wrong with you.
This monument was built as a constant reminder of the unimaginable struggle it had to have been to be living as a Jew in Nazi controlled land. Sure, the German people alive now had nothing to do with it, but it's a dark part of their history that cannot be forgotten or swept aside. It's a dark part of history for most of that region of Europe!
I sort of went into this in my first paragraph, but in the mid/late 1930's they let the initial ones sink in and only added a couple of new ones per year. Then in the 1940's+ everything just sort of went boom and suddenly no one could really do anything. Sort of a false sense of security. Like, 'oh, well, they've already put a bunch of restrictions on our daily lives they're probably done now' but then the Nazis were like 'psych, now you can't do anything' and it was actually quite strategic. I'm not saying it was okay but you have to say they at least planned.
The most immediate one I can think of is the pets. The most physical and emotional one would be the loss of sports/outdoor activities because I literally need to get rid of my energy or else I can't sleep or concentrate or anything and it's really not a good situation. The other thing would probably be the radio and typewriter being taken away because that's probably what I would have written on. I would have just moved on to pen though so it may not have been that big of a deal. But pets man. You don't take away peoples pets. Seriously what is wrong with you.
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