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Enabling Act
The enabling act was also called the "Law for terminating suffering of people and nation." It gave the government power to pass any law, write any decree, and take any action they wanted to. -
Jewish Boycott
Hitler called for a boycott of all Jewish businesses in Germany. The preparations for the boycott were well publicized. There were posters, newspaper announcements, and demonstrations all telling Germans not to buy from the Jews. The boycott wasn't successful but violence against Jews escalated -
Aryan Law (Civil Service= Goverment Jobs
It was also called the "Law for the Restoration of Civil Service." A non-Aryan was anyone who had Jewish Parents or two or more Jewish grandparents. All non-aryans in civil service were to be expelled. The Aryan Law was the first anti-jewish law passed. -
Berlin Book Burning
It was done by Berlin University students in an act against the un-german spirit. They gathered books of undesirable writers and burned them in a huge bonfire. They burned 70,000 books. There was a crowd of 40,000 people watching. -
Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws were in two parts. One was called "The Law for the protection of German blood and honor." The other was called " The Reich Citizenship Law." Jews and Germans citizens were prohibited to marry and if they did the marriage would be considered invalid. Also, only a full citizen of the Reich was subject to full political rights. -
Law #174-Jewish name change
If a Jewish person didn't have a recognizable Jewish name they had to add something to their middle name. Women had to add"Sarah" and men had to add"Israel". The government made a list of 100 Jewish names. -
Night of Broken Glass
It is called the "Night of Broken Glass" because of the huge amounts of glass on the streets. A minimum of 1,118 synagogues were burned or destroyed during this night. 1,000 Jews were killed hroughout the country. It was very carefully planned by the Nazis.
