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Law for Restoration of Civil Service
The law excludes Jews and other political opponents of the Nazis from all civil service positions. Some people were exempt from this law like veterans from World War 1, or those with a father or son killed in World War 1, also those who worked in the civil service since August 1st, 1914 -
Boycott of Jewish Businesses
On April 1, 1933 Nazis carried out the first planned action against Jews by boycotting Jewish businesses. The Nazis went around and put The Star of David on Jewish department stores and retail establishments. They also put up signs saying, “dont buy from Jews” and “the Jews are our misfortune” -
Dachau
First concentration camp that was created by the Germans. -
Nazi Book-burning rallies
On May 10,1933, German students from universities that were once among the top universities in the world, gathered in Berlin and many other major German cities to burn books that had anti-german ideas. Books written by authors like Freud, Einstein, Thomas Mann, Jack London, H.G. Wells and many others go up in flames as they give the Nazi salute. -
Law Against Establishment of Political Parties
In another pivotal step in the transformation of German society from a democracy to a dictatorship, the Nazi leadership passed the Law against the Founding of New Parties. With this law, all other political entities were disbanded or dissolved. As a consequence, some activists fled abroad while others prepared to work within an illegal party framework. Some parties went underground and some simply dissolved from intimidation and pressure. Germany became a one-party dictatorship led by National S -
Reich Citizenship Laws
The Reichstag passed the so-called Nuremberg Laws (or “Nuremberg Racial Laws”) on September 15, 1935, during the Seventh Reich Party Rally of the NSDAP in Nuremberg. Henceforth, these laws formed the basis of the Nazi persecution of the Jews. The “Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor” -
Law for Protection of German blood and Honor
Entirely convinced that the purity of German blood is essential to the further existence of the German people, and inspired by the uncompromising determination to safeguard the future of the German nation, the Reichstag has unanimously resolved upon the following law, which is promulgated herewith:
