ABSTRACT
Working-class people were central to the party’s growth. Nazis targeted rural areas with propaganda. They attracted more Protestants to the party than any other religious group. The German Workers Party originated in 1919 as a small, far right group, of many fringe Bavarian political groups which shared the belief that Jews were manipulators who had contributed to Germany’s loss in World War I. The Nuremberg Laws were passed in 1935. These separated Jews from the rest of the population. The precipitating event for Kristallnacht was the murder of Ernst vom Rath in Paris by Herschel Grynszpan, a young Jew. Laws were passed in 1933 that limited the number of Jewish doctors and lawyers who could practice their professions. A law also limited the number of Jewish students allowed into the state schools and universities. The law for The Protection of German Blood and Honor outlawed sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews.
