15 Questions
What was the legal definition of a Jew in Nazi Germany according to the Reich Citizenship Law?
People with three or more grandparents born into the Jewish religious community
What did the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor prohibit?
Marriage and sexual relations between Jews and non-Jewish Germans
What did the Nuremberg Laws reverse?
The process of emancipation for Jews in Germany
How did the Nuremberg Laws legally distinguish between German and Jew?
By their birth
What was the significance of the Nuremberg Laws in relation to future anti-Semitic measures?
They laid the foundation for future anti-Semitic measures by legally distinguishing between German and Jew
Who were known as Mischlinge according to the Nazi legislation?
People with both Jewish and non-Jewish ancestry
What was 'race defilement' referred to in the context of Nazi legislation?
Marriage or sexual relations between Jews and non-Jewish Germans
What was the effect of the Nuremberg Laws on Jews, blacks, and Roma living in Germany?
They facilitated their persecution in Germany by legally defining them as racial aliens
What were the two distinct laws passed in Nazi Germany in September 1935 collectively known as?
The Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor
When were the Nuremberg Laws announced by Adolf Hitler?
Sept. 15, 1935
What was the legal framework provided by the Nuremberg Laws for in Germany?
The systematic persecution of Jews
Why did Hitler call parliament into a special session at the annual Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany?
Anti-Semitism was of central importance to the Nazi Party
What did the Nazis seek in the Reich Citizenship Law?
A legal definition that identified Jews according to racial anti-Semitism
Why were Jews in Germany not easy to identify by sight?
Many had integrated into the mainstream of society
What did many Jews in Germany do to integrate into the mainstream of society?
Gave up traditional practices and appearances
Find the full text of the Nuremberg Laws (in English translation) announced by Adolf Hitler on Sept. 15, 1935, which provided the legal framework for the systematic persecution of Jews in Germany and embodied many of the racial theories underpinning Nazi ideology.
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