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Enabling Act
The Enabling Act enabled the government to pass any law, write any degree, and preform almost any act wished to. Some of these acts even violated the Constitution. This made it so that Hitler and the Nazi's never worried about the citizens rights. This enabled the government to arrest anyone without having to give evidence reporting why they did so. Many people (Jew's) were killed. -
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Anti-Jewish laws of Pre-WW2 Nazi Germany
This is eight of the anti-Jewish laws of Pre-WW2 Nazi Germany in order by date. -
Jewish Boycott
There were boycotts against German goods, although this didn't effect Germany, it did make the Nazi's mad, so Hitler called for a boycott of Jewish businesses in Germany. The Nazi's believed that Jew's caused the other boycott. Propaganda included posters, announcements in newspapers, and demenstrations. During the boycott, two SS men painted the words "Jews perish" on the windows of Jewish businesses. The boycott lasted a day, and it was not sucessful, but violence against Jews did increase. -
Aryan Law
This is the first anti-Jewsish law passed, called the "Law for the Restoration of the Civil Service." This meant non-Aryans (Jews) in the civil service were expelled. This law affected all Jews and their professions. Jew were banned from their work, and Hitler said that this is because Jews were taking over the country, even though Jews made up less then one percent of the population of Germany. Later on this lead to Jewish book burning. -
Berlin Book Burning
A bunch of Berlin Univercity students decided to act against the un-German spirit and collect books that went against Hitler and burn them. Josef Goebbels announced that they should brighten the flames and heil Adolf Hitler. "Un-German spirit" books were taken out of librarys and more then one third of library books were burned. One hundred years later a German poet, claimed that "That was only a prelude. When they burn books, in the end it is human beings that they burn." -
Nuremberg Laws
Two parts of this law was “The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor”, and “The Reich Citizenship Law.” Laws for the Protection law included, “Jews may not employ in their households female citizens of German or related blood under 45 years old” and “Jews are not permitted to display the German flag or national colors.” The Reich law included, “Only the full citizen of the Reich enjoys full political rights” and “A Jew cannot be a citizen of the Reich." The Jews felt powerless. -
Law#174-Jewish name change
Hitler and the Nazi's decided that they needed to be able to reconize Jews by their name. So if a Jew didn't have a reconizable Jewish name, they would have to change part of their name. The Jewish women had to add "Sara" to those they had and the Jewish men had to add "Israel" to those they had. All Jewish passports were stamped with the word J or Jude on it. Jews were denied many things and forced to live a filthey stables for weeks, until Poland changed their mind. -
Night of Broken Glass (pogrom-violent mob attack of Jews)
Parents of a 17 year old student in Paris, were walking by a bunch of Jews trapped in a tiny town. The dad felt rage and grief and shot a minor official at the Germany embassy in Paris. The Nazi's, using this as an excuse, unleashed a giant pogrom against Jewish property and Jews. This night is know as the Night of Broken Glass or Crystal night because of the glass that everyone broke and smashed at Jewish homes and stores! -
Jewish Star Requirement
The Jewish star was a yellow star that had the word "Jude" printed in black. Jews were requirered to wear the star on a band on their right arm. This was another way for the Nazi's and Hitler to make the Jews seem different and to make the Jews stand out from everyone else, in a bad way. The Jewish star was also called, the star of David. If a Jew didn't wear the badge and refused to wear the star, they would be risking getting killed.
