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Enabling Act
On March 23, 1933, members of "The Reichstag" gathered in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin to consider Hitlers Enabling Act. If the law was passed, it would be the end of the German democracy and the start of a legal dictatorship in the hands of Adolf Hitler. Before the vote, Hitler and the Nazis made speeches, burned buildings, and marched out side of the opra house. On the day of the vote, Hitler won with 441 votes and took direct control of Germany. -
Jewish Boycott
After Hitler came to power, there was an economical boycott staged by the Nazis against the Jewish people. On April 1, 1933, the Nazi Stormtroopers crouded Jewish markets with signs with the star of David with a cross through it saying, "Don't buy from Jews, they are our misfortune." The act was mainly a revenge for atrocity stories told by the Jews. The boycott only lasted a day, however, and most Germans ignored them and bought from Jewish stores any way. -
Ayran Laws
The Ayran Laws were a group of laws made shortly after Hitler gained power that were against Jewish people. These laws said that civil servants who are Jewish were to be retired. Jewish people were allowed to be denied admission to a bar. The proportion of non-Ayran to Ayran children in a school couldn't pass the same ratio of the Riech German population. All of these are examples of some laws that were made against the Jewish population. -
Berlin Book Burning
The idea of the Berlin Book Burning was to have a literary cleansing by burning Jewish books. Ayrans wanted their ideas and languages and theirs only, so on April 6, 1933, the Nazi German Student's Association for Main Press and Propoganda issued a nation-wide action agianst un-German spirit. -
Nuremburg Laws
The Nuremburg Laws were the first severe act strongly against the Jews. The first law made in September of 1935 said was made to "Protect the German blood," and stated that Jews and true Germans could not marry, or be allowed to display The Reich colors, they had to instead show their own. Other laws restricted the Jews from having full rights. -
The Jewish Name Change
On August 17, 1938 all Jewish people who had non-Jewish names had to add on a name. Males were required to have the middle name of Israel, and women had to change theirs to Sara. All Jewish newborns were checked to make sure their names were Jewish. -
Night of the Broken Glass
Jewish shops all over Germany were looted. There were reports of deaths and rapes. Just as things couldn't get any worse, Jewish people who survived the terrible night were forced to pay for the damage inflicted on their stores. -
Jewish Star Requirment
In November of 1939, the German government forced Jews to wear a yellow star with the word "Jude" or Jew. Those who refused faced death or jail. These badges made it easier for targeting the Jewish people, so they could concentrate them into ghettos and later exterminate them.
