What effect did the laws leave ?
- Nuremberg Laws reversed the process of emancipation
- laid the foundation for future antisemitic measures by legally distinguishing between German and Jew
- During World War II, many countries allied to or dependent on Germany enacted their own versions of the Nuremberg Laws
- 1941 - Italy, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Vichy France, and Croatia all enacted anti-Jewish legislation similar to the Nuremberg Laws
Why were the laws placed?
Nuremberg Laws
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How did they enforce the laws?
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
- September 1935, Nazis announced new laws which institutionalized many of the racial theories prevalent in Nazi ideology
- Laws were considered the start of the holocaust
- Hitler outlined new laws for protection of German blood & honor which would "regulate the problems of marriage between 'Aryans' and 'non-Aryans.'"
- Laws deprived Jews of German citizenship, prohibited any non-Jewish German from marrying a Jew & outlawed sexual relations between Jews and Germans ect.
When Did the Holocaust Start?
- Nuremberg Laws were made on September 15, 1935
- The laws ended when Germany surrendered in May, 1945
Who was effected by the laws and who enforced them?
- Laws did not define a "Jew" as someone with particular religious beliefs
- Adolf Hitler announced the Nuremberg Laws
- Germany’s parliament, the Reichstag, (which was almost all Nazi representatives) passed the laws
- Many Germans who had not practiced Judaism for years found themselves caught in the grip of Nazi terror
The laws
There were two laws
- Reichsburgergesetz - deprived Jews of their citizenship
- Gesetz zum Schutze des Deutschen Blutes und der Deutschen Ehre - forbade marriage or sexual relations between Jews and those of German blood