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Anti-Jewish Laws
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Enabling Act
Permitted German government to pass any law or decree anything of any sort that they wish, this act was passed with the intentions of rebuilding a better Germany. -
Jewish Boycott
The German law that banned Jewish businesses, only lasted for one day yet increased the hate towards Jews. -
Aryan Law (Civil Service=Government Jobs)
This is the first official anit-jewish law in Nazi Germany, it kicked all Jews out of the civil service because they were considered "unfit". -
Berlin Book Burning
German students at Berlin University burned 70,000 tons of books that had their authors characterized as "un-desirable writers". Meaning that the authors were not Aryans or they spoke out against the Nazis or their writing did not comply with the new Nazi code and ideas. -
Nuremberg Laws Passed
Two Laws; "The Protection of German Blood and German Honor" and "The Reich Citizenship Law" were passed under the Nuremberg laws to ban German-Jewish marriages. Any relations between Germans and Jews were forbidden. Jews could not even use their blood to save a German's life, i.e. donating blood etc.. Jews could also no longer fly German or Nazi flags or wear and sport the national colors. Only pure-blooded Germans that were ready to serve Germany could become citizens of the Reich. -
Law#174-Jewish name change
In August of 1938 the Germans were faced with a small problem in their quest to identify Jews. Some Jewish people did not have "recognizably Jewish" names. To solve this problem, any Jew found with an "unrecognizable Jewish" name had to add Sarah (for females) or Israel (for males) or about 100 other reconizably Jewish names from an official list as their middle name so Germans could identify them. -
Jewish Star Requirement
Starting in October 1938 after the invasion of Poland, Jewish citizens in German occupied territories were now required to wear an identifying yellow Jewish Star of David on their clothing. Or they were to wear a white armband with a blue Star of David. They wore these so that Nazis as well as German citizens could easily identify them as Jews. This kept the Jews from being able to hide from the discrimination they faced. -
Night of Broken Glass (pogrom-violent mob attack of Jews)
The Night of Broken Glass or "Crystal NIght" as it has became tooke place on the the night of Novemeber 9th and the morning of November 10th, 1938. It is called the NIght of Broken Glass because of such large amounts of glass that filled the streets after Germans had smashed and vandalized Jewish homes and storefronts. Nazi SS officers recived orders to set fire to and destroy Jewish stores, houses, and synagogues while in civillian clothes. Massive amounts of Jewish property were destroyed.
