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In March 1933, Adolf Hitler addressed the first session of the German Parliament (Reichstag) following his appointment as chancellor.
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After this photograph was taken, all political parties in the Reichstag—with the exception of the Socialists and Communists—passed the “Enabling Act” giving Hitler the power to rule by emergency decree.
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A storm trooper (SA) guards newly arrested members
of the German Communist Party in a basement jail
of the SA barracks in Berlin. -
A storm trooper (SA) guards newly arrested members
of the German Communist Party in a basement jail
of the SA barracks in Berlin. -
An instructional chart distinguishes individuals with pure “German blood” (left column), “Mixed blood” (second and third columns), and Jews (right two columns), as defined in the Nuremberg Laws.
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Communists, Socialists, and other political opponents of the Nazis were among the first to be rounded up and imprisoned by the regime.
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Among other things, the laws issued in September
1935 restricted future German citizenship to those
of “German or kindred blood,” and excluded those
deemed to be “racially” Jewish or Roma (Gypsy). -
The laws prohibited marriage and sexual relation-ships between Jews and non-Jews.
