How did Germany's policies toward Jews develop from murder to genocide?

Answer 1

The underlying supposition of this question is that murder somehow undergoes a transformation and becomes genocide. This is counter to the definitions of both murder and genocide. Murder is the willful taking of human life. Genocide is the intentional eradication of a people, typically by murdering them. Since the Nazis intended to eradicate the Jews from the get-go, and instituted policies to conform with that agenda they were committing genocide from the onset. The idea of murdering the Jews was only a part of that genocide which also included massive deportations, enslavement, and ghettoization.

Answer:At first, in events like Kristallnacht, the Nazis killed relatively small numbers of Jews. They were somewhat wary of world opinion. When they saw that the world didn't say very much on the subject, and did even less, they increased the numbers of their victims until it became millions.