One prime example would be the Nuremberg Laws in which Jews were prohibited from being doctors or lawyers, it was against the law for non-Jews to marry Jews, and it was illegal for non-Jews to use Jewish businesses. All of these things changed the social structure of many large German cities as Germany was long considered a haven for Jews escaping pogroms in Poland and Russia. Hitler even prohibited anyone from speaking out against these policies; he called the Jews saboteurs and anyone who was helping them would suffer the same fate. Hitler used military-style rallies and parades in order to give the German people the image that they were waging war against all who sought to keep Germany from Hitler's idea of its destiny. Hitler's idea of racial purity extended to his extermination of anyone with mental and physical handicaps.
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