# WWII passports for German Jews

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 20, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-passports-for-german-jews/525670 "2010-01-20T05:59:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-passports-for-german-jews/525670/41 "2010-10-23T19:18:57Z")

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> [@ralph124c](#):
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> I have a slightly different question: how did the nazis purge the jews from the economy? I mean, many senior executives of german firms (like IG Farben) were jews…

In many cases, the Laws forbidding Jews from owning businesses was a god-send for their competitors, both inside the company or outside. When they had to sell for a fraction of the value, their competitors got rich. The company Quelle (a catalogue store) got big by the process of “[Arisierung](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryanization)” that way.

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