Jewish policy 1933-37

Question 1

Boycott

Answer 1

-1st April 1933
-SA members stood outside, intimidate, slogans
-had a limited impact- irritating
-lasted 1 day
-Boycott applied to lawyers etc who faced attacks

Question 2

Law for the Restoration of Professional Civil Service

Answer 2

-7th April 1933
-prevented non-aryans from working for the state e,g, CS, teachers, doctors, lawyers
-Hindenburg insisted those from WW1 etc be exempt but this was dropped when he died
-37,000 jews left Ger 1933 and further anti-semitic legislation targeted doctors etc

Question 3

impact of early anti-semitic policy

Answer 3

-doctors= 10% jewish banned April 1933- limited impact
-Education= April 1933 Law against overcrowding of Ger schls reduced jews but weren’t pushed out fully until 1938
-press= Oct 1933 Reich Press laws
-legal= jews were 16% of legal profession and 60% continued to work

Question 4

Nuremburg

Answer 4

-September 1935
-The Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honour: prohibit marriage/ sexual relations between jews and non-jews
-The Reich Citizenship Law (15th Sept): Jews lost all citizenship rights

Question 5

impact of nuremburg laws

Answer 5

-Aryan women left Jewish husbands
-documentary proof of ancestry became important of maintaining rights
-false documents bought on black market
-companies wouldn’t employ jews
-‘Mischlinge’= crossbreeds able to live normal lives
-signs ordering Nazis to keep out

Question 6

Summary

Answer 6

-policies to be set on a legal basis
-Many Germans were just passive to the legislation due to fear