On April 1, 1933—less than 3 months after rising to power—the Nazis staged a nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses. The boycott signaled the start of the Nazi movement to exclude Jews from all aspects of German society.
![Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of propaganda, speaks at a rally in favor of the boycott of Jewish-owned shops. [LCID: 44203]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/21fc891b-d530-4dcb-ba5e-cf86eb7418ae.jpg "Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of propaganda, speaks at a rally in favor of the boycott of Jewish-owned shops. [LCID: 44203]")
Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of propaganda, speaks at a rally in favor of the boycott of Jewish-owned shops. Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933.
Item View![SA men distribute leaflets during the anti-Jewish boycott. [LCID: 77490]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/adc19a50-a739-4323-9864-16488eba3bc9.jpg "SA men distribute leaflets during the anti-Jewish boycott. [LCID: 77490]")
SA men distribute leaflets during the anti-Jewish boycott. Berlin, Germany, 1933.
Item View![Boycott poster. Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933. [LCID: 70360]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/12902bcb-2798-4e69-9da5-5c08645f7f7e.jpg "Boycott poster. Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933. [LCID: 70360]")
A boycott sign posted on the display window of a Jewish-owned business reads: "Germans defend yourselves against Jewish atrocity propaganda. Buy only at German shops!" Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933.
Item View![Sign on a Jewish-owned store during the boycott. Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933. [LCID: 44204]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/5e4a2ec8-f9ab-48f2-86ab-8b08ba030c39.jpg "Sign on a Jewish-owned store during the boycott. Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933. [LCID: 44204]")
Sign on a Jewish-owned store during the boycott. Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933.
Item View![SA men picket Jewish-owned business during the boycott. [LCID: 4055]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/024a908c-4137-4608-8c78-6321f693a703.jpg "SA men picket Jewish-owned business during the boycott. [LCID: 4055]")
SA men picket Jewish-owned business during the boycott. Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933.
Item View![During the anti-Jewish boycott, an SA man stands outside a Jewish-owned store with a sign demanding that Germans not buy from Jews. [LCID: 4053]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/d15c66f6-0876-4544-89a4-855495ea604d.jpg "During the anti-Jewish boycott, an SA man stands outside a Jewish-owned store with a sign demanding that Germans not buy from Jews. [LCID: 4053]")
During the anti-Jewish boycott, an SA man stands outside a Jewish-owned store with a sign demanding that Germans not buy from Jews. Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933.
Item View![SA men post signs demanding that Germans boycott Jewish-owned businesses. [LCID: 4049]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/09df961a-4712-4109-b47a-e97ea86eb9a5.jpg "SA men post signs demanding that Germans boycott Jewish-owned businesses. [LCID: 4049]")
Members of the SA post signs demanding that Germans boycott Jewish-owned businesses. Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933.
Item View![During the anti-Jewish boycott, SA men carry banners which read "Germans! [LCID: 12359]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/1d366e83-ddca-4213-9562-4b52d6c4a4af.jpg "During the anti-Jewish boycott, SA men carry banners which read \"Germans! [LCID: 12359]")
During the anti-Jewish boycott, SA men carry banners which read "Germans! Defend Yourselves! Do Not Buy From Jews!" Berlin, Germany, March or April 1933.
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Members of the Storm Troopers (SA), with boycott signs, block the entrance to a Jewish-owned shop. One of the signs exhorts: "Germans! Defend yourselves! Don't buy from Jews!" Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933.
Item View![Sign used during the anti-Jewish boycott: "Help liberate Germany from Jewish capital. [LCID: 66527]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/fa712cf7-f1e9-475c-9d77-687452d1bc64.jpg "Sign used during the anti-Jewish boycott: \"Help liberate Germany from Jewish capital. [LCID: 66527]")
Sign used during the anti-Jewish boycott: "Help liberate Germany from Jewish capital. Don't buy in Jewish stores." Germany, 1933. (Source record ID: X89-204/08)
Item View![SA men in front of Jewish-owned store urge a boycott with the signs reading "Germans! [LCID: 66300b]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/bec1b7c5-ed01-4a84-8761-263d72c872e5.jpg "SA men in front of Jewish-owned store urge a boycott with the signs reading \"Germans! [LCID: 66300b]")
SA men in front of Jewish-owned store urge a boycott with the signs reading "Germans! Defend Yourselves! Don't buy from Jews!" Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933.
Item View![Nazi official Julius Streicher, founder of the antisemitic journal "Der Stuermer" (The Attacker) and organizer of the anti-Jewish ... [LCID: 78580]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/8661a29b-9b14-47c9-bc38-176427e5e334.jpg "Nazi official Julius Streicher, founder of the antisemitic journal \"Der Stuermer\" (The Attacker) and organizer of the anti-Jewish ... [LCID: 78580]")
Nazi official Julius Streicher, founder of the antisemitic journal Der Stuermer (The Attacker) and organizer of the anti-Jewish boycott. Munich, Germany, ca. 1933.
Item View![Jewish store during the anti-Jewish boycott. Frankfurt, Germany, April 1, 1933. [LCID: 60505d]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/65dd40ea-377d-43a8-9c5d-f97675363c5c.jpg "Jewish store during the anti-Jewish boycott. Frankfurt, Germany, April 1, 1933. [LCID: 60505d]")
View of damage done to a Jewish-owned store during the anti-Jewish boycott. Frankfurt, Germany, April 1, 1933.
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