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Pre-War Germany
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Enabling Act
The Enabling Act was a law called "The Law for Terminating the Suffering of People and Nation." The law allowed the government to write any law, and to perform any act, even if it violated the Constitution. It supplied a legal Dictatorship. Hitler and the Nazi's never cared about the rights of the citizens again. -
Jewish Boycott
Hitler called for the boycott of all Jewish Departrment Stores. He said it was necessary to control the Anti-Semitism acts throughout the country, but that was absolute nonsense. The truth was that the Nazi's thought the world was outraged at the events in Germany because of the Jews. During the Boycott, guards stood infront of every Jewish store, and "Jude" was writting on every display. This lasted for one day. -
Aryan Law
The Aryan Law was the Law for the Restoration of Civil Service. It meant that all non-Aryan's, or Jews, were to be expelled. For the rest of that year, anti-Jewish laws affected all the Jews in almost any proffesion. -
Berlin Book Burning
On this day, the Berlin University students decided to act against the "un-German spirit." They collected the works of "un-desireble" writers and burned over 70,000 tons of books. -
Nuremburg Laws
The Nuremburg Laws were passed in two parts. "The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor" and "The Reich Citizinship Law." The first part, the Protection Law, forbid marriage between Jews and those of German blood. Sexual relations between Jews and those of German blood were forbidden. Jews were forbid to hold the German flag or display the German colors. The other half, was the Citizenship Law. This law stated that only full Germans were considered citizens, not Jews. -
Law #174 - Jewish Name Change
This law forced the Jews to choose a name from a list of names considered to be "Jewish." -
Night of Broken Glass
On the Night of Broken Glass, the Nazi party smashed the windows of Jewish storefronts and homes, and littered the German streets with glass. An order was also set out to burn all the Jewish synangogues in one section of Germany. One thousand Jews were killed throught the country. Over 30,000 Jewish males were sent to concentration camps. At least 1,118 synagogues were destroyed. 815 shops, 29 department stores, and 171 houses were burned during this night. -
Jewish Star Requirement
A Law was passed stating that all Jews from the age of 6 and up were forbidden to be in public without wearing the Jewish Star of David.
