The Nuremberg Laws and Timeline
The Nuremberg Laws classified people with four German grandparents as "German or kindred blood", while people were classified as Jews if they descended from three or four Jewish grandparents. A person with one or two Jewish grandparents was a Mischling, a crossbreed, of "mixed blood". These laws deprived Jews of German citizenship and prohibited marriage between Jews and other Germans.
First Supplementary Decree of November 14, 1935
On the basis of Article III of the Reich Citizenship Law of
September 15, 1935, the following is hereby decreed:
ARTICLE 1. (1) Until further provisions concerning citizenship
papers, all subjects of German or kindred blood who possessed the
right to vote in the Reichstag elections when the
Citizenship Law came into effect, shall, for the present, possess
the rights of Reich citizens. The same shall be true of those
upon whom the Reich Minister of the Interior, in conjunction with
the Deputy to the Fuehrer shall confer citizenship.
(2) The Reich Minister of the Interior, in conjunction with
the Deputy to the Fuehrer, may revoke citizenship.
ARTICLE 2. (1) The provisions of Article I shall apply also to
subjects who are of mixed Jewish blood.
(2) An individual of mixed Jewish blood is one who is
descended from one or two grandparents who, racially, were full
Jews, insofar that he is not a Jew according to Section 2 of
Article 5. Full-blooded Jewish grandparents are those who
belonged to the Jewish religious community.
ARTICLE 3. Only citizens of the Reich, as bearers of full
political rights, can exercise the right of voting in political
matters, and have the right to hold public office. The Reich
Minister of the Interior, or any agency he empowers, can make
exceptions during the transition period on the matter of holding
public office. The measures do not apply to matters concerning
religious organizations.
ARTICLE 4. (1) A Jew cannot be a citizen of the Reich. He
cannot exercise the right to vote; he cannot hold public office.
(2) Jewish officials will be retired as of December 31, 1935.
In the event that such officials served at the front in the World
War either for Germany or her allies, they shall receive as
pension, until they reach the age limit, the full salary last
received, on the basis of which their pension would have been
computed. They shall not, however, be promoted according to
their seniority in rank. When they reach the age limit, their
pension will be computed again, according to the salary last
received on which their pension was to be calculated.
(3) These provisions do not concern the affairs of religious
organizations.
(4) The conditions regarding service of teachers in public
Jewish schools remains unchanged until the promulgation of new
laws on the Jewish school system.
ARTICLE 5 (1) A Jew is an individual who is descended from at
least three grandparents who were, racially, full Jews...
(2) A Jew is also an individual who is descended from two
full-Jewish grandparents if:
(a) he was a member of the Jewish religious community when
this law was issued, or joined the community later;
(b) when the law was issued, he was married to a person who
was a Jew, or was subsequently married to a Jew;
(c) he is the issue from a marriage with a Jew, in the sense
of Section I, which was contracted after the coming into
effect of the Law for the Protection of German Blood and
Honor of September 15, 1935;
(d) he is the issue of an extramarital relationship with a
Jew, in the sense of Section I, and was born out of
wedlock after July 31, 1936.
ARTICLE 6. (1) Insofar as there are, in the laws of the Reich
or in the decrees of the National Socialist German Workers' Party
and its affiliates, certain requirements for the purity of German
blood which extend beyond Article 5, the same remain
untouched....
ARTICLE 7. The Fuehrer and Chancellor of the Reich is
empowered to release anyone from the provisions of these
administrative decrees.
On the basis of Article III of the Reich Citizenship Law of
September 15, 1935, the following is hereby decreed:
ARTICLE 1. (1) Until further provisions concerning citizenship
papers, all subjects of German or kindred blood who possessed the
right to vote in the Reichstag elections when the
Citizenship Law came into effect, shall, for the present, possess
the rights of Reich citizens. The same shall be true of those
upon whom the Reich Minister of the Interior, in conjunction with
the Deputy to the Fuehrer shall confer citizenship.
(2) The Reich Minister of the Interior, in conjunction with
the Deputy to the Fuehrer, may revoke citizenship.
ARTICLE 2. (1) The provisions of Article I shall apply also to
subjects who are of mixed Jewish blood.
(2) An individual of mixed Jewish blood is one who is
descended from one or two grandparents who, racially, were full
Jews, insofar that he is not a Jew according to Section 2 of
Article 5. Full-blooded Jewish grandparents are those who
belonged to the Jewish religious community.
ARTICLE 3. Only citizens of the Reich, as bearers of full
political rights, can exercise the right of voting in political
matters, and have the right to hold public office. The Reich
Minister of the Interior, or any agency he empowers, can make
exceptions during the transition period on the matter of holding
public office. The measures do not apply to matters concerning
religious organizations.
ARTICLE 4. (1) A Jew cannot be a citizen of the Reich. He
cannot exercise the right to vote; he cannot hold public office.
(2) Jewish officials will be retired as of December 31, 1935.
In the event that such officials served at the front in the World
War either for Germany or her allies, they shall receive as
pension, until they reach the age limit, the full salary last
received, on the basis of which their pension would have been
computed. They shall not, however, be promoted according to
their seniority in rank. When they reach the age limit, their
pension will be computed again, according to the salary last
received on which their pension was to be calculated.
(3) These provisions do not concern the affairs of religious
organizations.
(4) The conditions regarding service of teachers in public
Jewish schools remains unchanged until the promulgation of new
laws on the Jewish school system.
ARTICLE 5 (1) A Jew is an individual who is descended from at
least three grandparents who were, racially, full Jews...
(2) A Jew is also an individual who is descended from two
full-Jewish grandparents if:
(a) he was a member of the Jewish religious community when
this law was issued, or joined the community later;
(b) when the law was issued, he was married to a person who
was a Jew, or was subsequently married to a Jew;
(c) he is the issue from a marriage with a Jew, in the sense
of Section I, which was contracted after the coming into
effect of the Law for the Protection of German Blood and
Honor of September 15, 1935;
(d) he is the issue of an extramarital relationship with a
Jew, in the sense of Section I, and was born out of
wedlock after July 31, 1936.
ARTICLE 6. (1) Insofar as there are, in the laws of the Reich
or in the decrees of the National Socialist German Workers' Party
and its affiliates, certain requirements for the purity of German
blood which extend beyond Article 5, the same remain
untouched....
ARTICLE 7. The Fuehrer and Chancellor of the Reich is
empowered to release anyone from the provisions of these
administrative decrees.
Holocaust Timeline
1933
January 30, 1933 - Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000.
March 24, 1933 - German Parliament passes Enabling Act giving Hitler dictatorial powers.
April 1, 1933 - Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses.
April 11, 1933 - Nazis issue a Decree defining a non-Aryan as "anyone descended from non-Aryan, especially Jewish, parents or grandparents. One parent or grandparent classifies the descendant as non-Aryan...especially if one parent or grandparent was of the Jewish faith."
May 10, 1933 -Burning of books in Berlin and throughout Germany.
July 14, 1933 - Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany; Also, Nazis pass Law to strip Jewish immigrants from Poland of their German citizenship.
In July - Nazis pass law allowing for forced sterilization of those found by a Hereditary Health Court to have genetic defects.
September 29, 1933 - Nazis prohibit Jews from owning land.
October 4, 1933 - Jews are prohibited from being newspaper editors.
November 24, 1933 - Nazis pass a Law against Habitual and Dangerous Criminals, which allows beggars, the homeless, alcoholics and the unemployed to be sent to concentration camps.
1934
January 24, 1934 - Jews are banned from the German Labor Front.
May 17, 1934 - Jews not allowed national health insurance.
July 22, 1934 - Jews are prohibited from getting legal qualifications.
August 2, 1934 - German President von Hindenburg dies. Hitler becomes Führer.
August 19, 1934 - Hitler receives a 90 percent 'Yes' vote from German voters approving his new powers.
1935
May 21, 1935 - Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military.
June 26, 1935 - Nazis pass law allowing forced abortions on women to prevent them from passing on hereditary diseases.
August 6, 1935 - Nazis force Jewish performers/artists to join Jewish Cultural Unions.
September 15, 1935 - Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews decreed.
1938
April 22, 1938 - Nazis prohibit Aryan 'front-ownership' of Jewish businesses.
April 26, 1938 - Nazis order Jews to register wealth and property.
June 14, 1938 - Nazis order Jewish-owned businesses to register.
July 6, 1938 - Nazis prohibited Jews from trading and providing a variety of specified commercial services.
July 23, 1938 - Nazis order Jews over age 15 to apply for identity cards from the police, to be shown on demand to any police officer.
July 25, 1938 - Jewish doctors prohibited by law from practicing medicine.
August 11, 1938 - Nazis destroy the synagogue in Nuremberg.
August 17, 1938 - Nazis require Jewish women to add Sarah and men to add Israel to their names on all legal documents including passports.
September 27, 1938 - Jews are prohibited from all legal practices.
October 5, 1938 - Law requires Jewish passports to be stamped with a large red "J."
October 15, 1938 - Nazi troops occupy the Sudetenland.
November 9/10 - Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass.
November 12, 1938 - Nazis fine Jews one billion marks for damages related to Kristallnacht.
November 15, 1938 - Jewish pupils are expelled from all non-Jewish German schools.
January 30, 1933 - Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000.
March 24, 1933 - German Parliament passes Enabling Act giving Hitler dictatorial powers.
April 1, 1933 - Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses.
April 11, 1933 - Nazis issue a Decree defining a non-Aryan as "anyone descended from non-Aryan, especially Jewish, parents or grandparents. One parent or grandparent classifies the descendant as non-Aryan...especially if one parent or grandparent was of the Jewish faith."
May 10, 1933 -Burning of books in Berlin and throughout Germany.
July 14, 1933 - Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany; Also, Nazis pass Law to strip Jewish immigrants from Poland of their German citizenship.
In July - Nazis pass law allowing for forced sterilization of those found by a Hereditary Health Court to have genetic defects.
September 29, 1933 - Nazis prohibit Jews from owning land.
October 4, 1933 - Jews are prohibited from being newspaper editors.
November 24, 1933 - Nazis pass a Law against Habitual and Dangerous Criminals, which allows beggars, the homeless, alcoholics and the unemployed to be sent to concentration camps.
1934
January 24, 1934 - Jews are banned from the German Labor Front.
May 17, 1934 - Jews not allowed national health insurance.
July 22, 1934 - Jews are prohibited from getting legal qualifications.
August 2, 1934 - German President von Hindenburg dies. Hitler becomes Führer.
August 19, 1934 - Hitler receives a 90 percent 'Yes' vote from German voters approving his new powers.
1935
May 21, 1935 - Nazis ban Jews from serving in the military.
June 26, 1935 - Nazis pass law allowing forced abortions on women to prevent them from passing on hereditary diseases.
August 6, 1935 - Nazis force Jewish performers/artists to join Jewish Cultural Unions.
September 15, 1935 - Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews decreed.
1938
April 22, 1938 - Nazis prohibit Aryan 'front-ownership' of Jewish businesses.
April 26, 1938 - Nazis order Jews to register wealth and property.
June 14, 1938 - Nazis order Jewish-owned businesses to register.
July 6, 1938 - Nazis prohibited Jews from trading and providing a variety of specified commercial services.
July 23, 1938 - Nazis order Jews over age 15 to apply for identity cards from the police, to be shown on demand to any police officer.
July 25, 1938 - Jewish doctors prohibited by law from practicing medicine.
August 11, 1938 - Nazis destroy the synagogue in Nuremberg.
August 17, 1938 - Nazis require Jewish women to add Sarah and men to add Israel to their names on all legal documents including passports.
September 27, 1938 - Jews are prohibited from all legal practices.
October 5, 1938 - Law requires Jewish passports to be stamped with a large red "J."
October 15, 1938 - Nazi troops occupy the Sudetenland.
November 9/10 - Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass.
November 12, 1938 - Nazis fine Jews one billion marks for damages related to Kristallnacht.
November 15, 1938 - Jewish pupils are expelled from all non-Jewish German schools.
