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First Wave of Legislation
Many laws passed against Jews. These laws mainly focused on limiting a Jew's public life. -
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
Was one of the first steps in removing the Jewish and "pollitically unreliable" from public life. -
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Nuremberg Laws
A wave of "Nuremberg Laws" that excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with persons of "German or German-related blood." Ancillary ordinances to these laws deprived them of most political rights. -
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Nazi regime tones down much of its public anti-Jewish rhetoric and activities
Due to the 1936 Winter and Summer Olympic Games held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Berlin, the Nazi regime tones down much of its anti-Jewish activities. -
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German authorities step up again
German authorities again stepped up legislative persecution of German Jews. The government set out to impoverish Jews and remove them from the German society. -
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German authorities decree...
August 1938, German authorities decreed that by January 1, 1939, Jewish men and women bearing first names of "non-Jewish" origin had to add "Israel" and "Sara," respectively, to their given names. -
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"Night of Broken Glass"
Nazi leaders stepped up "Aryanization" efforts and enforced measures that succeeded increasingly in physically isolating and segregating Jews from their fellow Germans.