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Enabling Act
The Enabling Act was called "The Law for Terminating the Suffering of People and Nation". This allowed Germany to pass any laws, write any decrees, and do nearly anything it wished to, even if what they did violated the constitution. The Enabling Act caused Hitler to not care about the rights of German citizens again. He could lock people up for any reason he wished.
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The Jewish Boycott
In response to the international boycott of German products, the Germans began to boycott Jewish shops and businesses. Hitler said that the boycott was necesarry because it was to control anti-semitic events throughout the country. In reality, the boycotts began because Hitler believed that the boycotting of German business was caused by the Jews.
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Aryan Law
The first anti-Jewish law was passed on April 7th, 1933. It is known as the Aryan law. All non-aryans, or Jews, in the civil service were required to be expelled.
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Berlin Book Burning
On this day, Berlin University students to act out "against the un-German spirit". They collected books that supported Jews or were written by "undesirable writers" and burned them in a bonfire. They burned over 70,000 tons of books.
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Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremburg laws were in two parts, the law for protection of German blood and German honor and the reich citizenship law. One of the protectioin laws was the law that stated that marriages between Jews and Germans were forbidden. One citizenship law was that you were only considered a German citizen if you can prove that you are of German or related blood and can prove that you are ready to serve the German people. -
Law #174- Jewish name change
If a Jew did not have a recognizable, Jewish name, the women had to add "Sarah" to their middle name and the men had to add "Isreal" to their middle name. A list of over one hundred recognizable Jewish names. Also, all passports belonging to Jews must be stamped with a J.
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Night of Broken Glass
A seventenn-year-old Jew named Herschel Grynszpan shot and killed a minor official at the German embassy in Paris. Hitler used this as an excuse to begin what is known as Kristallnact. The Nazis destoryed Jewish properties under Hitler's command. The streets of Germany became covered in shattered glass from jewish stores and homes.
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Jewish Star Requirment
In Septmeber of 1941, it became a requirement for all Jews from the age of six to bear the Jewish Star when appearing in public as a star of shame.
The image at the left shows two young Jews wearing Jewish stars.
