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Enabling act
The “Enabling Act” allowed for hitler to propose laws and put them into action without consulting the parliament, effectively creating a dictatorship .
This act allowed for all the following discriminatory laws against Jews and other minorities to go unchallenged or refuted by the rest of the German parliament. -
Civil Service Law
This law made it so that Jews had to be removed from civil service positions, Jews holding school, university and government jobs were dismissed and Jewish lawyers were no longer allowed to practice. -
Education Law
The education law stated that Jews could not make up more than 5% of the student population is a public school or a university.
This lead to many jews now attending private schools. -
Law For The Protection Of German Blood And Honour
The German government banned the marriage of Jews and non-Jews. These marriages were classed as “mixed race” and was made illegal.
This law is the second of the “Nuremberg Race Laws.” -
Reich Citizenship Law
This law defined who was considered “German” and who was considered a “Jew.”
Jews were defined as a race, not as a religion or culture
Jews lost their citizenship and were now known as “subjects of the state”
This law is one of the “Nuremberg Race Laws.” -
Racial Definitions Explained
This was the “First Regulation” to the Citizenship law. This regulation clarified that if you had one or two Jewish grandparents then you would be considered “Mischling” meaning mixed race. If you had three or more Jewish grandparents, then you were considered a Jew.
Mischling were still allowed to vote and hold civil service jobs. -
Jewish Name Laws
This Law ordered that Jews who did not have a “Jewish first name” to take new middle names. “Sara” for women and “Israel” for men.
Any official documents such as passports or identity cards belonging to Jews were now marked with the letter “J” -
Anti-Jewish Economy Law
This law made it illegal for Jews to own business or engage in trade.
Jewish owned business faced pressure to sell their business at a large discount to a non-Jewish employee or a Nazi supporter. -
Jewish Badge Introduced In Germany
Nazi Germany forced Jews to wear a yellow patch in the shape of the Star of David and with the word “Jude” written on them, meaning “Jew.” These badges were used as an easy way to identify them as Jews. -
Announcement Of Death Penalty For Aiding Jews
Posters started going around, warning people that if they were caught hiding or helping jews would be sentenced to death in Poland.
The actions punishable by death included hiding Jews, transporting them, buying valuables from them or providing them with food or shelter.