Nuremberg Laws Enacted: Jews Stripped of Citizenship
The Nazi regime passed the Nuremberg Laws on September 15, 1935, at the annual party rally, stripping German Jews of their citizenship and prohibiting marriage or sexual relations between Jews and non-Jewish Germans. The Reich Citizenship Law defined citizenship as requiring "German or kindred blood," while the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour criminalized intermarriage. The laws required bureaucrats to define who was Jewish, leading to elaborate classifications based on grandparents' religious affiliations. Jews were progressively excluded from professions, schools, public spaces, and economic life. The Nuremberg Laws provided the legal framework for the escalating persecution that culminated in the Holocaust.
September 15, 1935
91 years ago
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