From 1933 , repressive laws were passed against Jews , culminating in the Nuremberg Laws , which removed most of the rights of citizenship from Jews by 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 , including the newly-annexed Austria
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Economic antisemitism