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Anti-Jewish Laws in Pre-War Germany

  • Enabling Act

    Enabling Act
    The Enabling allowed the government to pass any law or bill, whether it violated the constitution or not. It became possible for the Nazis to arrest anyone opposing the party.
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    Anti-Jewish Laws in Pre-War Germany

  • Jewish Boycott

    Jewish Boycott
    Hitler thought it nessecary to hold a boycott against Jewish shop owners. Two SS men and two storm troopers stood in front of each Jewish shop and painted "Jude" or "Jews Perish" on the windows.
  • Aryan Law

    Aryan Law
    The Aryan Law stated that you were a non-Aryan if you were Jewish or you had two Jewish grandparents. After this law was passed, Jews were fired from almost all places of work.
  • Berlin Book Burning

    Berlin Book Burning
    In Berlin, students at the University of Berlin burned 70,000 tons of books written by undesirable authors.
  • Nuremberg Laws

    Nuremberg Laws
    The Nuremberg Laws forbidded any Germans or Jews to have relationships. They also forbidded Jews to wear national colors or display the German flag. The law also says that only members of the Reich will enjoy full political rights.
  • Law #174

    Law #174
    If a Jew didn't have a recognizable Jewish name, than the men had to add Israel and women had to add Sarah as middle names.
  • Night of Broken Glass

    Night of Broken Glass
    A Jewish man shot and killed a minor German offical in rage and grief after his parents were trapped in a small town on the border of Poland. The Nazis used this to intiate The Night of Broken Glass. Germans killed Jews and 30,000 men were sent to concentration camps. All synagogues in sight were to be blown up or set fire to.
  • Forced Labour In Poland

    Forced Labour In Poland
    Jewish civilians are forced to pull rollers to repair a damaged road in Nazi-ocuppied Poland.
  • Jewish Star Requirement

    Jewish Star Requirement
    All Jews from the age of six are forbidden to appear in public without wearing the Jewish star. They couldn't leave their houses without permission, they couldn't leave their country, the were trapped.