For twelve years following 1933 the Jews were persecuted by the Nazi"s. Jewish businesses were boycotted and vandalized. By 1939, Jews were no longer citizens,could not attend public schools,engage in practically any business or profession, own any land, associate with any non-Jew or visit public places such as parks and museums. The victories of the German armies in the early years of World War II brought the majority of European Jewry under the Nazis. The Jews were deprived of human rights. The Jewish people were forced to live in Ghetto"s which were separated from the main city. Hitler"s plan of...
event has awaken the world up to the needs of the Jewish people. It has given them political power and a justification for some of their actions.

On May recognised,1945 ,the end of World War II was seen. Organized Jewry in the European continent was damaged beyond repair. The Jews concentrated on the preservation of Israel and on the bringing of Nazi war criminals to trial.

There is a day of commemoration, Holocaust Day, observed in Israel and elsewhere on Nisan April 19 and 20. The date is considered the anniversary of the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.