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Anti-Semitic Laws: The Nuremberg Law

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Before there were concentration camps and selections, there was the Nuremberg Laws. Because the Nuremberg Laws was strongly enforced, whoever dared to oppose the laws would be punished with a prison sentence, jail term, or sent to concentration camps. Consequently, the law caused the country to be damage. The Nuremberg Laws is an anti-Semitic legislation that was approved to segregate non-German from “true” German. On September 15, 1935, the Nazis set the first law of Nuremberg Laws called “The Reich Citizen Law”, in full force to split the Jews and German. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the first law said, “…revoke Reich citizenship for Jews… ” and German or related blood were considered German citizen from then …show more content…

This law prohibited marriage and sexual relationships between German and non-German. There is some marriage allowed, some marriage forbidden, and some marriage that needs a permit from authorities, for the Nazis feared Germans’ blood will be tainted. To list a few marriage situation, marriage between a Jew and a German is absolutely forbidden, marriage between a first degree Mischling and a German needs a permit, and marriage between a second degree and a German is allowed. You might have notice that there are two types of Mischling. First degree Mischlings were defined as anyone who has two Jewish grandparents, but they did not practice Judaism nor have a Jewish spouse. Second degree Mischlings were anyone who had only one Jewish grandparent. As you can see, people are being categorized by their ancestor. The second law also prevented Jewish from flying German’s flag. Because, the first law indicated Jews were stripped of German citizenship, therefore in the second law, Jews were forbidden to fly the Reich or national flag or display Reich color, but they can display the Jewish

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