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The Florida Holocaust Museum: History, Heritage and Hope Permanent Exhibition

Legislation and Discrimination: 1933-1938

In 1935, the Nazis instituted the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor and the Reich Citizenship Law.  Together, these were known as the Nuremberg Laws. They defined Jews as anyone who was descended from at least three racially full Jewish grandparents or two full Jewish parents, was married to a Jewish person, was the offspring of a full Jew, or the offspring of an extramarital relationship with a full Jew.  The precise terminology of the Nuremberg Laws defined “degrees of Jewishness” based on one’s number of Jewish grandparents.  Distinctions between full Jews and half-breed Jews, called Mischlinge, became very critical.

The Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship and provided the basis for hundreds of decrees segregating Jews from every aspect of German life.  

  Jack Mayer recalls experiencing antisemitic laws and discrimination in Nazi Germany:

Walter Loebenberg recalls having to change schools in Wächtersbach, Germany after the Nazi rise to power and his family’s experiences with antisemitism during that time:
 
Jack Mayer talks about antisemitism he and his family experienced in Speyer, Germany with the Nazi rise to power, including business boycotts and demonstrations: ​

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