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Enabling Act
On March 23, 1933, the new members of the German Parliament met in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin to consider passing Hitler's Enabling Act. It was originally called the Law for Removing the Distress of the People and the Reich. If passed, it would end of democracy in Germany and establish the legal dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. The day of the vote Hitler gave a speech and promised to employ the unemployed and alot more, leaving him with a winning vote 441-84. -
Jewish Boycott
The Boycott was a dramatic event that happened in Germany on April 1, 1933. On the day of the boycott, Storm Troopers stood right outside of department stores and retail establishments owned by Jews.The Star of David was painted across thousands of doors and windows. Signs were posted everywhere saying "Don't Buy from Jews" and throughout Germany, acts of violence against individual Jews occured. This Boycott only lasted one day, leaving a time in history. -
Aryan Law
The Aryan Law is the basis of the legal code of the Aryan society. It was written in 1934 by members of the Nazi party. This pamphlet was 54 pages long. It was to try and justify the treatment of the Jewish community. The 9 principals of the pamphet stated that Hilter saved Germany from a Jewish population takeover, and that Jews were treated well. -
Berlin Book Burning
Hitler proclaimed that the Jews dominated Germany. The Nazi's fever raged towards all Jewish citizens. On the night of May 10th, students from Berlin University decided to work against the "unGerman spirit". They collected over 70,000 tons of Jewish writes & books and threw them all into a bonfire and watched them burn. -
Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws were passed in two separate laws "The Law for the Protection of German Blood & German Honor" and "The Reich Citizenship Law." The first part, the Protection Law, stated that no marriage between Jews and Germans was allowed. Jews were also forbidden to hold the German flag or display the German colors. The other part was the Citizenship Law. This law stated that only people of full German blood were considered citizens, not Jews. -
Law #174 Jewish name change.
On August 1st, Jews had to change their name to a "Jewish" name. They government picked out about 100 names they could chose from. If their name was already one of the names they could chose from it was fine but if it was not one of the 100 names they has to add one of them to their middle name. -
Night of Broken Glass
Another name for this event is Crystal Night. through out the night and the morning of the 9th & 10th of November, glass from jewish storefronts were smashed and then littered all through Germany. Also, over 1,000 synagogues were burned to ashes. -
Jewish Star Requirement
The Nazi's demanded that all Jews wore the Star of David. This was so Jews could be identified quickly and easily. The Star of David is a 6 pointed star, usually yellow or blue. It is a symbol of Jewish faith and people.
