What happened to the Jews if they were caught in Germany during world war 2?
During the Nazi years, jews had no legal standing, and so when captured were usually beaten and treated very badly before being sent to prison. From there they might be sent to a forced labour factory, many of which existed in Germany and allied countries making common household and industrial products. In these places, the jewish workers, and people from other enslaved populations such as Russians and eastern europeans) were used as slaves, but without even the protection of being of monetary value to prevent abuse and being killed by dangerous work, overwork and abuse. Another way that captured Jewish people were used was to send them to forced labour camps where they undertook dangerous work or work for which there was no other workforce as all German men were subject to conscripotion into the armed forces. These jobs included forestry, mining and so on. The bonus for the Nazi bosses was they didn’t bother to supply safety gear, good food or other protection for their workers, who w
