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Hitler's Pre-War
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Enabling Act
This was the law that made Hitler the dictator of Nazi Germany. It was signed by President Paul von Hindenburg. It was officially called the "Law for Removing the Distress of People and the Reich". This was the end of democracy in Germany. -
Jewish Boycott
The Jewish Boycott only lasted one day. It attracted negative attention all around the world. The only effect on Germany was to frighten and worry the German Jews. It wasn't successful, the violence against the Jews increased. -
Berlin Book Burning
Berlin University students created an act "against the un-German spirit." They threw 70,000 tons of books into a huge bonfire. "They age of extreme Jewish intellectualism is now ended. Brightened by these flames our vow shall be: The Reich and the Nation and our Fuher Adolf Hitler! Heil! Heil! Heil!" Josef Goebbels announced at this scene. -
Aryan Law
The Aryan Law is also known as "Law for the Restoration of the Civil Law". If you were non-Aryan you were expelled. A non-Aryan is a jew with jewish parents or two or more jewish grandparents. -
The Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws had two parts. One of them was "The Law for Protection of German Blood and German Honor" and "The Reich Citizenship Law". There were many signs around saying JEWS NOT WANTED HERE and THE JEWS ARE OUR MISFORTUNE during this time and the Jews were almost defenseless. -
Law #174 Jewish name change
If a jew did not have a name that was "recognizably Jewish" then they had to add Sarah for a female or Israel for the males to their middle names. This was to identify them easier like the Jewish Star. Every passport owned to a Jew had a J or the word Jude on it. -
The Night of the Broken Glass
This night is also known as Kristallnacht or The Crystal Night. The storefronts were destroyed. This event occurred because the parents of a seventeen year old student shot and killed a minor in the German embassy. The Nazis then used this as an excuse for the start of the giant pogrom against Jews and Jews' property. It littered the streets of Germany. -
Jewish Star Requirement
The Jewish people were required to wear the Star of David on their left arm. This was so the others could identify the Jews quick and easy. If you were under 6 years old you did not have to wear the star. This was known as the mark of shame.
