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Enabling Act
Germany had a consition. Once Hitler was elected chancellor, the Nazis changed the laws. This act also was called the law for termanating, suffering of people and nation. This act enabled the government to pass any law, write a degree, perform an act, or violated the constitution. Hitler and Nazis never thought about the rights of the people in Germany -
Jewish Boycott
The boycott began because there was a reaction towards "declaration of war" by Jewish organazations. Germans defended themselves by Jewish propaganda. They were trying to get people to by from German shops -
Berlin Book Burning
At Berlin University students decided to do an act against the non german spirit. The people collected books of undesirable writers. They collected 70,000 tons of books and threw them in a huge bonfire. In this event 1/3 of library books were destroyed in Germany. This event of the un-German spirit was removed from all libraries all over the country. -
Aryan Law
The first anti-jewish law passed. This law was called "Law for the Restoration of the Civil Service." People referred to this law as the Aryan law. All non Aryans in civil service we expelled. A non Aryan was a Jew. -
Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremburg laws were in two parts. The first part was called "The law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor." The secound law was called "The Reich Citizenship law." The first law was about marriages between Jews and German citizens are forbidden. The secound law was about the German citizen has to be ready to serve the German family and Reich faithfully. -
Law #174 Jewish name change
In the Jewish faith you had to "recognizizably Jewish name." If they did not have a jewish name as a girl you had to add Sarah, and the boys had to add Israel as middle names. The government made a list of over one hundred "recognizably Jewish names." -
Jewish Star Requirement
Law after Law came against the Jews. On this day all Jews 6 and older are not allowed to go out in public without wearing the Jewish star. -
The Night of the Broken Glass
The Nazi used this night as an excuse to unleash a giant pogrom against Jewish property. Due to the broken glass of this night from smashed Jewish homes, that covered up the streets of Germany.
