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Enabling Act
On March 23, 1933, the newly elected members of the German Parliament (the Reichstag) met in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin to consider passing Hitler's Enabling Act. It was officially called the 'Law for Removing the Distress of the People and the Reich.' If passed, it would effectively mean the end of democracy in Germany and establish the legal dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. -
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Timeline of Anti-Jewish laws in Pre-War Germany
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jewish boycott
BOYCOTT, ANTI-JEWISH, organized activity directed against the Jews to exclude them from social, economic, and political life -
Berlin Book Burning
Held in Berlin on May 10, 1933, 1000’s of titles worte by jewish people were burned on a large pyre. These volumes were collected, stacked and lit afire by the Nationalist German Students Organization. -
Aryan Law
The Aryan Law was a piece of legislation the Nazis implemented early in Hitler’s rule to drive Jews out of the professions -
Nuremberg Laws
A conference of ministers was held on August 20, 1935, to discuss the economic effects of Party actions against Jews -
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Night of Broken Glass
This day in 1938 saw the organized destruction of Jewish businesses and homes -
Jewish star requirement
The Nazis required it as a way to identify Jews quickly and easily. (The five-point Star of David has for a long time been regarded as a badge of Jewish identity
