Nuremburg+Laws

=media type="youtube" key="lRjeAzTHtCQ" width="402" height="301" align="right"Hayley Knapp= =**The Nuremburg Laws**=


 * OVERVIEW:**

Created in 1935, these were a package of antisemetic Jewish laws that forced the Jews to abandon their careers and property, then there were further restrictions on marriage and eventually the loss of citizenship, and were introduced at the annual Nuremburg Rally of the Nazi Party. The creation of the laws made it easier for Nazis to enforce basic rules. The Nuremberg Laws classified people with four German grandparents as "German or kindred blood", while people were classified as Jews if they had between three or four Jewish grandparents. A person with one or two Jewish grandparents was a "Mischling" or a crossbred of "mixed blood". These laws stripped Jews of German citizenship and prohibited marriage between Jews and Germans.


 * TOWARDS THE NUREMBURG LAWS:**

Hitler had always had a hatred of Jews. Anti-Semitism was not a new concept, but Hitler made it a very popular concept quite quickly. Many Jewish people were very successful, especially in business. They came in contact with much jealousy of the less successful Aryans. This is why many Germans supported Hitler's discrimination against Jews. Jew's became a scapegoat, and always had to accept the blame for other's mistakes. When Hitler became dictator, everything that the Jews had was shut down. The Nazi policy was to exterminate all Jews, and they ended up doing it through concentration camps.


 * THE LAWS:**

Section 1 -Marriages between Jews and citizens of Germany or kindred blood are forbidden. Marriages concluded in defiance of this law are void, even if, for the purpose of evading this law, they were concluded abroad. -Proceedings for annulment may be initiated only by the Public Prosecutor.

Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 > A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of Section 2 will be punished with imprisonment or with hard labour. Section 6 Section 7
 * Sexual intercourse between Jews and subjects of the state of Germany or related blood is forbidden.
 * //(Jews could not vote or hold public office under the parallel "citizenship" law.)//
 * Jews will not be permitted to employ female citizens under the age of 35, of German or kindred blood, as domestic workers.
 * 1) Jews are forbidden to display the national flag or national colors.
 * 2) On the other hand they are permitted to display the Jewish colours. The exercise of this right is protected by the State.
 * A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of Section 1 will be punished with hard labour.
 * A person who acts contrary to the provisions of Sections 3 or 4 will be punished with imprisonment up to a year and with a penalty, fine, or with one of these penalties.
 * The Reich Minister of the Interior in agreement with the Deputy Führer and the Reich Minister of Justice will issue the legal and administrative regulations required for the enforcement and supplementing of this law.
 * The law will become effective on the day after its declaration; Section 3, however, not until 1 January 1936.


 * EFFECT OF THE LAWS:**

There had been much discrimination against the Jews much before the laws were introduced, but for the discrimination to be real and effective, it was crucial to have a clear definition of who or who wasn't a Jew. It started as Jews not being able to vote or hold a place in office. Then, people defined as Jews could then be stopped from obtaining employment as lawyers, doctors or journalists. Jews were prohibited from using state hospitals and could not be educated by the state past the age of 14. Public parks, libraries and beaches were closed to Jews. Jewish names were to be erased completely from war memorials. If a Jew won the lottery, their winnings were not allowed to be given to them. Then there came the Regulation of Name Changes on August 17th, 1938. Jews with first names of non-Jewish origin were to forced to get a middle name. "Sara" was used for women and "Israel" was used for men. Passports of Jews living in Germany was then stamped with a "J". These Jews could then leave Germany at their own risk, as they could not come back in. In September of 1941, all Jews were made to wear a yellow badge to show that they were Jewish. The death penalty was introduced eventually, and then any Jew that did not comply with these laws could be tried, then sentenced to death.


 * IMPACT OF THE LAWS OUTSIDE OF GERMANY:**

Allies of the Nazis created and passed their own versions of the Nuremberg laws including "The Law for the Protection of the Nation" in Bulgaria. In 1940, the ruling Iron Guard in Romania passed the Law defining the Legal Status of Romanian Jews. In 1941 the Codex Judaicus was enacted in Slovakia and in 1941 the Ustasha in Croatia also passed legislation defining who was a Jew and restricted who could come in contact with them. Hungary passed its first "Jewish Law" in May 1938 banning Jews from various professions; further laws emulating the Nuremberg regulations were added in 1941. The Nuremburg Laws were the basis of many restrictions in other countries, and most laws that were formed in other countries were created because of how well the Nuremburg Laws worked for the Germans.