Courtesy of The Wiener Holocaust Library Collections.
Antisemitism is hostility, prejudice or discrimination towards Jews.
This section explores antisemitism throughout history.
On 2 August 1934, President von Hindenberg died.
On 19 August 1934, Hitler abolished the office of president and declared himself Führer of the German Reich and People.
On 1 August 1936, the Olmypic Games, hosted by Nazi Germany, began in Berlin.
On 17 August 1938, a law was passed forcing Jews who had ‘non-Jewish’ first names to adopt the middle name ‘Israel’ or ‘Sara’.
On 24 August 1941, Hitler publicly ordered the end of the T4 programme to murder disabled people. It still continued in secret.
