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German Laws Nazi Crimes
How the Nuremberg Laws (1935) facilitated
Nazi Genocide
Prof. Nathan StoltzfusFlorida State University
Rumors that Jewish–German intermarriages would be banned caused the Grodkas – like other Couples - to marry at once, rather than wait longer, as they had planned.
The wedding photograph of Wally and Gunter Grodka, June 6, 1935.
Rudi and Elsa Holzer in Rudi’s Austrian hometown in the early 1930s.
Wannsee ConferenceJanuary 20, 1242
ReinhardHeydrich
Part I
Main Objectives and Clauses of the Nuremberg Laws
Learning Objectives
• Identify Nazi objectives for the Nuremberg Laws• Describe the main clauses of these laws• Discuss how these laws identified German Jews
The Nuremberg Laws: Main Objectives and Clauses
1: To accelerate separation between Jews and other Germans
2: To distinguish German Jews from other Germans by defining who is Jewish
The Nuremberg Laws: Main Objectives and Clauses
3 To strip Jews of rights and mark them as second class citizens
4 To prohibit any further marriage and sexual relations between Jews and other Germans
How the Laws Defined Jews
• All Germans with three or more Jewish Grandparents
• All Germans with two Jewish grandparents who were also either married to Jews or members of the Jewish Community
The Nuremberg Laws became the basis for
identifying victims of the Nazi persecution and genocide of
the Jews