 Nazi propaganda began simply as a manifestation of anti-Semitism. However, as time passed the situation became more and more extreme. In 1933 the Nazis passed the Nuremberg Laws. The first rule of the order was to prohibit Jews from holding public office. This is just the first step in their plot to belittle the Jewish community. Then came other laws. In 1935 the Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of German citizenship. They also had to wear a bright yellow star attached to their clothes so the Nazis could identify them. o Page 2: Kristallnacht Then came Kristallnacht, or “The Night of Broken Glass.” In early November 1938, Nazi leaders heard news of a young German Jew, named Herschel Grynszpan, who killed a German embassy employee to avenge his father's deportation. In response, they launched a gruesome attack on innocent Jews. They attacked Jewish homes, destroyed property, and ended up killing over 100 Jews. This is a great increase in hostility towards Jews and shows the increasing cruelty that led to the Holocaust. o Page 3: Emigration of refugees After Kristallnacht, the Jews realized that violence would increase. Many Jews successfully escaped by the end of 1939. However, many remained in Germany. The remaining Jews were forced to emigrate. Hitler thought this was the solution to the quote “Jewish problem”. However, so many Jews emigrated that other countries simply no longer wanted them. The German Foreign Minister said: “We all want to get rid of our Jews. The difficulty is that no country wants to receive them." This is once again another step closer to the Holocaust. By this time, the Nazis wished to rid Germany of the Jews on a much larger scale. o Page 4: Isolation in......middle sheet......long live this crisis. o Page 7: The Nuremberg Trials The chaos ended. In December 1942, Great Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union published the first official reports of violence against innocent civilians in Germany. Nazi criminals had to be brought to justice for their crimes. However, there were so many difficulties in organizing the rehearsals. There was no International Criminal Court, so the countries involved had no laws against these crimes. Hitler committed suicide during this period before the trials. But on August 8, 1945, Nazi officials, high-ranking military officers, as well as German businessmen, lawyers and doctors were accused of crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes. This was a step towards the establishment of international law. The trial led directly to the United Nations Convention on Genocide (1948),