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Enabling Act
The Enabling Act let the German goverment pass any law, perform almost any act, and write any decree they wished to do. They could do all these things even if it violated their own constitution. The laws and rights of citizens were not Hitler and the Nazis problem after the act, it backed up for dictatorship, making it legal.This image is a document from the Enabling Act. -
Jewish Boycott
The Boycott was started by the Hitler, against Jewish businesses in Germany. It was for Germans not to buy stuff from Jews. They had four men stand infront of a Jewish shop, and had Jude painted on the window. The boycott only lasted a day, although it did frighten German Jews more then they already were. In the picture is a German man outside of a shop owned by a Jew, with the Jew Star painted on the window. This prevented Germans to buy stuff from the store during the boycott. -
Aryan Law
This Law was an anti-Jew law that expelled Non-Aryans (Jews) from civil services. Jews were fired from their jobs. Hitler told the Germans that the Jews dominated Germany, when really they take up less than 1% of the population. The image says that Jews are not wanted here, and the Germans showed this by making the Aryan Law not allowing them to be in civil services. -
Berlin Book Burning
Germans at Berlan University collected books that were written by Jews (undesirable writers) and burned them in a huge bonfire. They burned 70,000 tons of books. This act aginst "un-German Spirit" traveled throughout Germany. One-Third of the books in Germany were destroyed. This image shows Germans burning books in a bonfire. -
Nuremberg Laws
The Protection Law stated that Jews and German citizens or related blood could not be married, if they did get married it would not be legal. Also, Jews could not display the German Flag or national colors. The Citizenship Law stated that a citizen of the Reich has to be German or related blood, and would have to prove that they are ready to serve the German people and Reich faithfully. Jews could not be a member of the Reich. The image represents how the Jews were forbidden a life in Germany. -
Law #174 - Jewish Name Change
The Jews had to have a name that was reconizably Jewish. If they didn't have a reconizably Jewish name they had to add a middle name to their name. Jewish women added Sarah, and Jewish men added Israel. The image shows some names that the Jews had to have. -
Night of Broken Glass
It's called the Night of Broken Glass because of all the Glass that was shattered all around Germany from Jewish storefronts and homes. The Nazis went in civilian clothes and started to blow up or burn down Jewish houses and stores. They could not harm any Germans or any of their property. This image shows a Jewish store front with its glass shattered from the Night of Broken Glass or Crystal Night. -
Jewish Star Requirement
Jews from the age of six had to have a Jewish star displayed on them to appear in public, without it they were forbidden to be in public. This image is the Jewish Star.
