IntroductionAt the annual party rally held at Nuremberg 1935 , the Nazis announced new laws . The laws excluded German from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relationships with people of ‘German related blood’. Other laws deprived Jews of most political rights.
For a brief period after the Nuremberg, in the weeks before and during the 1936 Olympic games held in Berlin, the Nazi regime moderated its anti-Jewish attacks and even removed some of the signs saying “Jews unwelcome” from public places. Hitler did not want international criticism of his government to result in the transfer of the games to another country. Nuremberg LawsHeld in the Nuremberg in 1935 the Nazis announced new laws, the two laws were the law for the for the protection of German blood and the German honour. It prohibited them from marrying people with related blood.
The Nuremberg Laws were made on September 15, 1935 when the Nazi government passed two racial laws in Nuremberg in Germany. The laws were: The Reich Citizenship law and the law to protect German blood and Honour. They started being known as the Nuremberg Laws. The laws took German citizenship away from Jews and outlawed marriage between Jews and non-Jews. Reich Citizenship Law
There were two main parts of the Reich citizenship law.
The first main part was: - Anyone who enjoys the protection of the Reich is considered to be a subject of it and is therefore obligated to the Reich. - Nationality is determined by the Reich and state nationality laws. The second part was:
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The Law to Protect German Blood and HonorThe law to protect German blood and honour meant that the people with “German blood” couldn’t marry or have any relationship with Jews. It was so that German citizens were all “pure” German.
If a German was already married or in a relationship with a Jew before the law came out, they were told to leave or divorce the Jews. Some still didn’t do it Under this law, Jews weren’t allowed to employ someone who has German blood as a house servant that was under the age of 45. Also under the law to protect German blood and honour, Jews were not allowed to display the flag of the Third Reich or the German flag. They were only allowed to show “Jewish Colours”. November 14 DecreeOn November 14, the first decree to the Reich Citizenship Law was added. The decree showed exactly who would be Jewish from then. The Jews were put into one of three categories each.
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