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The Enabling Act
This act allowed the government pass any law and write any decree they felt like. It also enabled the government to basically do whatever they wished, regardless of whether it violated the constitution or not. -
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Anti- Jewish Laws of Pre- WWII Nazi Germany
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Jewish Boycott
Two SS men and two stormtroopers stood in front of each Jewish store and painted "JEW" or "JEWS PERISH" on the windows. This boycott drew negative attention from around the world and had little effect on Germany except to frighten German Jews even more. The boycott lasted one day. -
Aryan Law
All non- Aryans were kicked out of the civil service -
Berlin Book Burning
Students from Berlin University acted against the "un- German spirit" and burned 70,000 tons of books written by "undesirable authors" -
Nuremberg Laws
There are two parts to these laws. The first part was the Protection Lws and included the following; Marriages between Jews and German citizens are illegal and are invalid even if they were performed outside of Germany. The second part was the Citizenship Laws and they included the following; Jews aren't allowed to show German patriotism; A Jew can't be a citizen of the Reich and only full citizens of the Reich can enjoy all of the political rights. The Jews no longer had the laws' protection. -
Law #174- Jewish Name Change
If a Jew didn't have a recognizable middle name, they had to add either Sarah (for women) or Israel (for men) to their middle names. The Nazi government then published a list of over 100 names that were deemed as a recognizable Jewish name. Jews had to have their passports stamped with a J or Jude. -
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Night of Broken Glass
Fueled by a 17- year old Paris student shooting a minor German official at the German embassy in France. It lasted from the night of November 9th into the next morning. The Nazis sent out orders to the Gestapo and police stating that the acts against the Jews are not to be stopped. 1000 Jews were killed, over 30,000 Jews sent to concentration camps, and at least 1,118 synagogus were burned or destroyed. The Naz's documented another 171 houses, 29 department stores, and 815 shops burned/destroyed -
Jewish Star Requirement
The Nazis decreed thta any Jewish person over 6 years old cannot go out in public without displaying the Star of David. This was the firsttime that the Jewish star was used as a mark of shame since the Middle Ages.
