The Nazi antisemitic program quickly expanded beyond mere speech . Starting in 1933 , repressive laws were passed against Jews , culminating in the Nuremberg Laws which removed most of the rights of citizenship from Jews , using a racial definition based on descent , rather than any religious definition of who was a Jew . Sporadic violence against the Jews became widespread with the Kristallnacht riots , which targeted Jewish homes , businesses and places of worship , killing hundreds across Germany and Austria . The antisemitic agenda culminated in the genocide of the Jews of Europe , known as the Holocaust
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Antisemitism in Europe