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Berlin memorial activity

1- What did you learn? I learned that progressively the laws got worse and worse. It started off with minor things like not being able to go to sports clubs and things like that. As the years went on, the laws got more and more restricting and problematic. In 1938 a law was passed that Jews were prohibited to enter certain parts of Berlin, Germany. Then in 1942 things like Jews not being able to get milk and eggs with their ration cards or having to turn in valuables like typewriters, jewels, wool and fur. 2- Why do you think this monument was built? I think this was built to honor and almost apologize to the Jews and Jewish families effected by it and to remember the injustices done there so the world never forgets what had happened. It also reminds us of how things have changed over the years and gotten better for the Jewish community. 3- What did you notice about the number of laws passed in certain years? So when the laws started in 1933 they came out with quite a few. Ov