POLICIES TOWARDS THE JEWS 1933-37 Flashcards
When was the Boycott of Jewish Shops?
April 1st 1933
How long did the Boycott of Jewish Shops last?
One day
Why did Hitler allow the Boycott?
It was a limited concession to the radical activists. It showed his new government could maintain order in an unstable Germany, but too much would threaten the support of the conservative elite.
What was the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service?
Jews had to be dismissed from the Civil Service, April 1933.
What lessened the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service’s impact?
Hindenburg demanded exemptions for Jews who had served in WW1, or whose fathers had been killed in WW1. This applied to 2/3s of Jews in the Civil Service.
How many Jews left Germany in 1933?
37,000
What proportion of Jews made up Germany’s legal sector, and how many of these were able to remain practising in 1933?
16%, 60%
How many Germans doctors were Jews?
10%, and many of these were able to continue in their normal practice for several years.
What was the April 1933 Law Against Overcrowding of German Schools and Universities?
Restricted the number of Jewish children who could attend state schools and universities. The process was not completed until 1938, and Jewish children were not yet denied an education.
When was the Reich Press Law?
October 1933, silencing Jews in the publishing industry.
When were the Nuremberg Laws introduced?
15th September 1935
What was the Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honour?
It outlawed marriage between Aryans and non-Aryans. It was illegal for Jews to have sexual relations with a German citizen.
What did the First Supplementary Decree on the Reich Citizenship Law do?
November 1935, defined a ‘full Jew’ as someone with three Jewish grandparents or two Jewish grandparents and was married to a Jew.
