Amber Jolly

Nuremberg Laws 1935
Introduction
● On September 15, 1935, the Nazis announced new anit­Jewish laws which institutionalized many of the theories prevalent in Nazi ideology.1
● These laws were a major step in clarifying racial policy and in effectively removing
Jewish influences from Aryan society.2
Law For The Protection of German Blood and German Honor
● Forbid marriage between Jews and German citizens or kindred blood.3
● Forbid sexual relations between Jews and German citizens or kindred blood.4
● Jews were not allowed to employ a female servants of German citizenship or kindred blood as domestic servants.5
● Forbid Jews from displaying the Reich and national flag or the national colors.6
Reich Citizenship Law
● The Reich Citizenship Law stripped Jews of their German citizenship and introduced a distinction between “Reich Citizens” and “Nationals”.7
● The law stated that a citizen of the Reich had to be a German or of kindred blood and a person who demonstrated through conduct that they were fit to serve the German and Reich people faithfully.8
● The right to citizenship was acquired by the granting of Reich papers.9

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"The Nuremberg Race Laws." 2009. 5 May. 2015
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3 "The Reich Citizenship Law | Jewish Virtual Library." 2007. 5 May. 2015
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Amber Jolly

● Only a citizen of the Reich was entitled to full political rights in accordance with the laws.10 ● The Jews lost the right to citizenship and therefore, they also lost the right to protection from their country.
Enforcement of the Nuremberg Laws
● The rules were harshly enforced by Hitler and his Nazi party.
● If a Jew were to break any of the Nuremberg laws, they could be punished with hard labour, a fine or prison time.11
● Nazi bureaucrats disagreed on how strictly the Nuremberg Laws should be enforced:
● Moderate anti­Semites wanted to protect valuable civil servants in the government.
● Radicals viewed anyone with even the slightest Jewish heritage as carriers of "Jewish influence" and wanted them all dismissed. 12
● The moderates prevailed, and partly Jewish civil servants and others were