Increase in Jewish Legislation

Question 1

Nazis placed blame on Jewish community for ‘causing’ Kristallnacht

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Issued a fine worth 1 billion Reichsmark (roughly NZD 800 million) for the damage

Question 2

Anti-semitic laws increased after Nazis came to power

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Over 400 laws passed between 1933 -1938

Question 3

New laws introduced within a few weeks of Kristallnacht

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Prohibited Jews from public schools, universities, cinemas, theatres and sports facilities

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One of the new laws - The Decree on the Exclusion of Jews from German Economic Life

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Closed all Jewish-owned businesses, retail stores ans sale agencies - also forbade Jews from selling goods and services at an establishment

Question 5

After legislation laws were put in place

Answer 5

Further restrictions made to remove Jews from public life

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Required to identify themselves

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Wear the Jewish star - permanently separated them from the rest of society

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Regulations gradually but methodically

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took away Jews’s rights

Question 8

The increase in Jewish legislation was a consequence of Kristallnacht because

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it resulted in human rights being taken away from Jews and feeling unsafe in their own country