As the German armies marched into the surrounding European countries, more and more rights were taken away from those who fell under Nazi occupation. The Germans took over cities and towns in Poland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary and announced many new proclamations and orders. Anti-Semitic laws made the daily life of Jews more and more difficult, and all kinds of people were considered to be enemies of the state. People were often arrested for no reason. Nazi soldiers randomly harassed people on the streets, humiliating and sometimes cruelly beating them. German soldiers came into the homes of Jewish people and took furniture, linens, and silver and sent it back to their country. Many Jews had to take the soldiers into their homes and provide them with food and shelter. Jobs were taken away and people were forced to leave their homes and their property...