Nazi racial ideologies were a critical component of the party’s governing philosophy. Write an essay in which you demonstrate how the concepts of Herrenvolk and lebensraum contributed to the alienation and persecution of German and Polish Jews between 1933 and 1941. Be sure to provide at least three detailed examples of economic, legal, or social alienation and persecution and explain how each example was influenced by the concepts of Herrenvolk or lebensraum.’ At least one of your examples should be based on the text of the 1935 Nuremberg Laws. In your concluding paragraphs, analyze how the alienation and persecution of German and Polish Jews contributed to Nazi Germany’s enactment of the Holocaust during World War II.
