Kristallnacht, or "The Night of Broken Glass."
Nazi Authorities Destroyed Jewish Businesses.
The boycotting of Jewish shops, or the burning of synagogues.
The word "Holocaust" means a huge and terrible fire. It probably came into use as a reflection on the incinerating of victims after being gassed, and the burning down of so many Jewish businesses and synagogues. Jewish people do not call it the "Holocaust", they call it the "Shoah", though I don't know what that word means in Hebrew.
The boycotts would not have affected them in any way.
The Latin derivation suggests that it stands for complete burning. Of course, that is not the literal meaning. But the intention of the Holocaust was the complete destruction of the Jewish population (although not always by burning).
the Jewish homes and businesses were damaged.
Yes. However, there's a custom not to do any time-consuming work while the Hanukkah-candles are burning.
Most Jewish businesses were shut down once the Nazis moved into predominately Jewish areas. ___ In Germany, Jewish businesses were sold cheaply to non-Jews. The same happened in many Nazi-occupied countries and in Romania.
KRISTALLNACHT On the nights of November 9 and 10, gangs of Nazi youth roamed through Jewish neighborhoods breaking windows of Jewish businesses and homes, burning synagogues and looting. In all 101 synagogues were destroyed and almost 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed. 26,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps, Jews were physically attacked and beaten and 91 died.
kristallnacht
Translating from German, jüdisches geschäft means "Jewish business." In Nazi Germany before WWII, the government labeled businesses this way to more effectively boycott Jewish businesses.
The Nazis vandalized Jewish homes and businesses, breaking the windows, and setting fires.
In the early 1930s.
Nazi Authorities Destroyed Jewish Businesses.
There is no such thing as a Jewish church, but you could be talking about Krystallnacht, which occured on November 9, 1938.
Burning synagogues (Jewish places of worship) was one way of expressing hatred and intimidating Jews. (Compare with the burning of Black churches in the Deep South). It also made it very clear to the Jews that they were unwanted in Germany.
The boycotting of Jewish shops, or the burning of synagogues.