and to shun the Star of David with great ridicule (Shulman 35). The large-scale avoidance of the immoral Germans made German society more receptive to legalized discrimination. The government was quick to pass laws that in essence torched Jewish citizenship and their legal standing within society. The Nuremberg Laws prevented immoral Germans from being citizens, owning property, or marrying pure Germans. These laws were further rectified to include statutes prohibiting Jews from having public jobs or going to public places such as parks, libraries, or theatres. The Jews were not permitted to have telephones, ride public transportation, or serve in the armed forces. The laws became so strict that Jews were allowed on public streets only on certain days. The government even started regulating schools. Public schools were prohibited for Jews, and private Jewish schools would later be included in the ban. Nazis forced all Jews to wear the yellow Star of David. The middle name of each male was changed to Israel, and females were called Sara (Bachrach 24). Lare Heuman recalls that for Jews in Germany, "Life went on relatively normal, but more signs went up quickly of what was to come" (Altshuler 117). The flame would turn into a wild fire lashing out violently against both people and property. The violence was first foreshadowed in the Nazi book burning of 1933. At a Nazi rally, more than 25,000 objectionable books were burned in one night. A Jewish poet predicted, "Where they burn books, they would soon burn people" (Stern 2).The first physical violence flared at Kristallnacht. On November 9, 1938, the Nazi parties, aided by mobs of citizens, burned and wrecked about 200 synagogues and 800 shops owned by Jewish proprietors. At least thirty Jews were killed during the tormenting rage, which stoked the blaze of injustice. Public safety servants such as police and firefighters were present to protect and save the Aryans and their nearby propert...
