Nazi Policies towards Jews

Question 1

What was the Boycott of Jewish shops?

Answer 1

April 1933 - boycott of shops and businesses
Claimed to be in retaliation for Jews who called for boycott of German goods
Included doctors and lawyers, attacked in streets and treated roughly by SA
Unclear what ‘Jewish’ business were - some half-German
Boycott was abandoned after one day

Question 2

What were the Nuremberg Laws in 1935?

Answer 2

Anti-semitic legislation
Reich Citizenship Law meant that could only be German citizen if had purely German blood
Law for Protection of German Blood and Honour outlawed marriage between Aryans and non-Aryans - illegal for Germans to marry Jews
First Supplementary Decree on the Reich Citizenship Law defined Jew as having 3 Jewish grandparents

Question 3

What were the Civil Service Laws in 1933?

Answer 3

Law for Restoration of Professional Civil Service required Jews to be dismissed from Civil service
Difficulty establishing who was actually Jewish
Contributed to increasing levels of Jewish migration
1933, 37,000 Jews left Germany

Question 4

What were some further anti-semitic legislations in 1933?

Answer 4

Only 60% of non-Aryan lawyers able to keep working
Ban on Jewish doctors in April 1933
Jewish children could only attend private education or Jewish schools - aim to segregate from Aryan
1933 Press Law silenced large numbers of Jewish journalists and editors