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[–] Glory_Beckons 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

at this exact point in time?

Note that the date of that newspaper is "Friday, March 24, 1933".

This was extremely early in Hitler's reign. He was only elected into office as Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, less than two months prior.

Consequently, he had not yet had time to implement most of the changes that were to come, so the explanation that this was a response to Jews being persecuted doesn't really stand to reason. That came after this declaration of war / boycott. This boycott, and accompanying protests, were pushed globally, with a focus on England and America of course. The closest recent analogy might be the sanctions implemented against Russia... although that doesn't really compare in scope. Germany was eventually forced to resort to trading goods for goods, since it couldn't trade in currency anymore. One might be tempted to speculate that this sort of thing might have had some influence on Germany's later attitude and policies towards Jews.

What was happening at precisely this time, March 24, 1933, was that the Reichstag and Reichsrat, the legislative bodies of Germany, had just passed the Enabling Act, which is the act that formally initiated Germany's transformation from the Weimar Republic to the German Realm / Third Realm (Realm often left untranslated as "Reich" for some reason, probably sounds scarier) with Hitler as its Leader.

This act, along with the preceding decree, was passed in response to the attempt to burn down the Reichstag (similar to burning down the White House). According to the NSDAP, this attack was carried out by Communist insurgents acting in collusion with the Communist Party of Germany. Cohencidentally, the Communist Party of Germany was founded by two Jews called Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, and had previously attempted a violent overthrow and Communist Revolution in 1918-1919 in Germany, with the support of the precursor to the Soviet Union.

The Enabling Act allowed Hitler to assume full control of Germany and outlaw the Communist activists entirely. For some reason, the "Jews of all the World" did not like this.

The rest, as they say, is history.

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[–] SwampAintDrained 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Excellent post, I appreciate it. As I'm sure you know, it can be very difficult to sift through and unravel what was going on during this time period. Thanks for the thoughtful response.