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Enabling Act
The Enabling Act was “The Law for Terminating the Suffering of People and Nation.” Along with restoring Germany to a full health, this enabled the government to perform any act, pass any law, and write any decree, even if the constitution said you couldn’t. -
Jewish Boycott
Hitler one day had an idea of a boycott of Jewish businesses all throughout Germany, and people agreed and did as he said. Nazis were standing outside Jewish shops and telling people not to buy from there. The boycott only lasted a day, and didn’t affect Germany besides by frightening Jews even more. -
Aryan Law
The Aryan Law said that all who were Jews were to be removed from the civil service. The anti-Jewish law affected most Jews in all different professions. Lots of Jews lost their jobs as a shop owner, doctor, and more. -
Berlin Book Burning
Berlin University students decided to act against “un-German spirit”. The students collected books where the author that wrote it was “undesirable” and threw the books into a huge bonfire. -
Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws were split into two parts: “The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor” and “The Reich Citizenship Law”. Laws in the first part were:
“Jews are not permitted to display the German flag or national colors.”
“Jews may not employ in their households female citizens of German or related blood under 45 years old.” -
Nuremberg Laws (cont.)
Some laws of the Citizenship Law:
“Only the full citizen of the Reich enjoys full political rights.”
"A citizen of the Reich is only that subject of German or related blood who proves by his conduct that he is ready and able to serve the German people and the Reich faithfully." -
Law #174-Jewish Name Change
If Jewish people did not have recognizable Jewish names, they had to add to their name and have their middle name recognizably Jewish. The Jewish people were forced to do this, and picked from a list. The males had to choose "Israel" and girls had to choose "Sara". -
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Night of Broken Glass
In rage and anger a student in Paris shot and killed a minor official at the German embassy in Paris. The Nazis took it as an excuse to go against the Jews. Over one thousands synagogues were burned, many homes, and businesses. Over 30,000 guys were sent to concentration camps. The Germans believed Jews were murderous and they wanted to be safe. -
Jewish Star Requirement
All Jewish people from the age of 6 and up were forced to wear a Jewish star (Star of David) whenever the Jewish people went out in public.
