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Enabling Act
allowed the government to do basically anything. It says that the government can pass any law, any decree and do any act no matter what, even if it violates the constitution. -
Jewish Boycott
posters and announcements in the newspaper were put out publicly telling Germans not to but from the Jews, sayings like “Anyone who buys from Jews is a traitor!” and “Germans, defend yourselves” were on the posters. Two soldiers would stand outside every Jewish shop. It lasted only one day, but it affecteda lot of German Jews and was noticed all around the world. -
Aryan Law
any Jew within the civil service, was fired, expelled. This referred to anyone with Jewish Parents or two or more Jewish grandparents. This affected Jews of all professions for the rest of the year. -
Berlin Book Burning
students of Berlin University decided to burn over 70,000 tons of books by “un-undesirable writers” as an act against “un-German spirit.” After this, all works against Germany or m=not in “German Spirit” were removed from libraries. By the end of this over one third of all the books in German Libraries were removed. -
Nuremburg Laws
there were two parts to the Nuremberg Laws, “The Law for the protection of German blood and German honor” and “The Reich Citizenship Law.” The first law states that any marriage between a German citizen and a Jew, or a marriage within the blood was invalid; they didn’t count even if you got married in another country. Also it said that a Jew may not show German colors or a German flag. The second law says “a Jew cannot be a citizen of the Reich”. This means that they cannot hold a public off -
Law #174 Jewish Name Change
the government published a list of over one hundred ‘recognizable Jewish names’ and if you were Jewish and dint have one of the names, you had to add one on. The men had to add “Israel” to their already existing middle name and women had to add “Sarah” to their middle name. Passports were stamped with a “J” or “Jude” to let the Germans know they were Jewish. -
Night of Broken Glass
it was given this name because of the massive amounts of glass broken from Jewish stores and homes. It went straight through the night and didn’t stop until the morning. The Nazi’s carefully planned this, but on request from Hitler, made it look spontaneous and performed by civilians when in reality, officers carried out the deed. Many Jews went to concentration camps and a lot of property was demolished or damaged beyond repair. -
Jewish Star Requirement
all Jewish persons had to have a Jewish star on display in public, it was meant to be a mark of shame. One month later, Jews were not permitted outside of their homes without permission and they were prohibited from leaving the country.
