Sunday, February 19, 2012

Nuremburg laws

1. Who could now be defined as a "Jew"?


The Nuremburg Law states that "anyone who had three or four Jewish grandparents was defined as a Jew, regardless of whether that individual identified himself or herself as a Jew or belonged to the Jewish religious community". (Via this article: http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007695)


2. What was meant by "Aryanizing" Jewish Businesses?


Aryanizing would mean that the Nazis wouldn't have allowed any Jews to work without conditions such as non-Jewish Germans to buy shops owned by Jews, Jewish lawyers to practice law, Jewish doctors to treat non- Jews, etc. The Nazis took Jewish people's jobs away, as well as their income. 


3. How were jews who were professionals (lawyers, doctors, etc.) restricted?


As said in the previous question (and answer) the professionals were restricted by working on only Jewish patients and people. They weren't allowed to serve or work for any non-Jewish Germans. 


4. What did Jewish identity cards need to include now? 


The identity cards "that the government added special identifying marks to theirs: a red "J" stamped on them and new middle names for all those Jews who did not possess recognizably "Jewish" first names -- "Israel" for males, "Sara" for females. Such cards allowed the police to identify Jews easily."


5.What was the "Law for the Protection of the Hereditary Health of the German People" (sum up in your own words)?


The law is about the restriction of two people getting married if one of the people are carrying an infectious disease, the pair wouldn't be able to get married.  



1 comment:

  1. Radhika, not just an infectious disease, but something hereditary like a mental illness, mental retardation, perhaps physical deformity etc. 9/10

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