1. Racial ideologies: The Nazi regime promoted the ideology of Aryan supremacy, viewing Jews as inferior and deserving of elimination.
2. Antisemitic laws and policies: The Nazis passed a series of laws and policies that restricted the rights of Jews, including the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, which deprived them of their German citizenship and civil rights, and the Kristallnacht pogrom of 1938, which resulted in the widespread destruction of Jewish property and synagogues.
3. Establishment of concentration camps: The Nazis established concentration and extermination camps, where millions of Jews were systematically murdered.