Chronology of Jewish Persecution: 1937

1937
Start of the Aryanization of the economy: Jewish owners forced, without legal basis, to sell their businesses, in most cases considerably below the value of their goods.

6-12-37
Secret order by SS Obergruppenfuehrer (Lt. General) Heydrich pertaining to protective custody for Race Violators following the conclusion of the normal legal process.

7-16-37
Buchenwald concentration camp opens.

Autumn-1937
Beginning of the systematic take over of Jewish property.

11-1937
Munich exhibition of "The Wandering Jew" depicting the Jew as financial exploiter.

 
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