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A motorcyclist on a village outskirts takes in a sign
proclaiming "Jews are not welcomed here," circa 1935.
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1935
May 21
Defense Law passed: "Aryan heritage" becomes a prerequisite
for military duty. During the summer, "Jews Not Wanted"
posters start to appear on restaurants, shops, and on village
entrance signs.
September 15
National Day of the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers
Party). Parliament passes, during a special session, the
anti-Semitic "Nuremberg Laws," the "National Citizens Law,"
and the "Law for the Protection of German Blood and German
Honor." These laws are the basis for the exclusion of Jews
from all public business life and for the reclassification of
the political rights of Jewish citizens.
November 14
First decree pertaining to the "National Citizens Law" issued:
Jews denied voting rights and forbidden to hold public office.
Discharge of all Jewish civil-service employees, including
World War I front-line veterans. Definition of "Jew" written.
First decree pertaining to the "Law for the Protection of
German Blood and German Honor" issued: Prohibition against the
marriage of Jews to non-Jews. Sexual relations between Jews
and Aryans becomes a crime. Work possibilities for Jews
narrowed to just a few professions. Jewish children prohibited
from using the same playgrounds and locker rooms as other
children.
Continue: 1936
Photo: Courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum Archives
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