Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany

Back in the times of Nazi Germany, you didn't have to be Jew to be defined as a Jew. All you needed was 3 or 4 grandparents born Jew or are Jew, to be defined as one. Though you may be a Christian German, your grandparents were Jewish converted to Christian - you still count as a Jew. Though the definition of a Jew was quite strange, it was used anyways and many who didn't believe in Judaism at all were defined as being Jew anyways, due to their grandparents.

Aryanizing the Jewish business was basically one of the Nazi's ways of making Jews suffer their lifestyle and slowly degrade themselves in the eyes of non-Jews. They began to lose their jobs as Nazis began to set new rules involving jobs, specially for Jews. The ownership over Jewish businesses were sold off to non-Jewish Germans at fixed prices (made by the Nazis) and Jewish workers/managers started to be dismissed from their jobs. Though this is just for common workers, the professionals were still allowed to work, just with restrictions. Jewish lawyers could no longer practice law and Jewish doctors couldn't have any non-Jew patients. Basically, everything got tougher for all the Jews involving their jobs.

Everyone in Germany is required to have an ID card and carry it with them, with Jews it's the same except for one thing: their ID has to specifically say that the person is Jewish. On every Jew's ID card is a red J stamped on and new middle names for those who don't have first names that tell that their Jewish, for boys it was 'Israel' and girls, it was 'Sara.' This made it easier for people to identify if the person is Jewish or not.

"The Law for the Protection of the Hereditary Health of the German People" is basically the requirement for all to-be-weds to have a certificate of fitness to be able to marry. These certificates can be given to anyone but those who are suffering of contagious disease or hereditary illness, as well as any marriage in violation of the Nuremberg laws.

My PE blog is up, but empty yet I'm sure I'll be updating it soon, as it is near to the end of Trimester 2. Thanks for reading :)
Oh, and...
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! :D

1 comment:

  1. Dhabitah..excellent answers! Very thorough, and you put some of your interpretation into it. Happy Valentines Day (belated) to you too! 10/10

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