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Discrimination against Jews in everyday life
Pubs and businesses put up signs saying Jews were not welcome
Pro-Nazi activists took the lead in pushing for anti-Jewish measures in local schools, village committees and almost all areas of public life
Example of discrimination in Germany
14 July 1935 - Anti-Jewish demonstrations in swimming pools in Heigenbruken
Resulted in the Mayor issuing a ban on Jews using the swimming pool
Effectiveness of anti-Jewish signs
Evidence suggests these signs were displayed to keep officials happy rather than actually stopping Jews from using establishments
In some pubs, Jewish customers were assured signs were for show and to just ignore it
German views on discrimination of Jews
Some Germans were embarrassed by the overt discrimination
Some people were reluctnt to break of from family doctors they had relied on for years
Appalled to see literary classics seen as Jewish purged from local libraries
When Nazi activists in Leipzig demanded the removal of a statue of a Jewish composer, Germans and the local party boss blocked the proposal
However open opposition to the discrimination was rare
Most people who were unhappy about the discrimination kept their heads down and retreated to ‘internal exile’
