Activity 7: Nazi Antisemitic Legislation 1933 - 9

All of the following laws were passed without any legal opposition because of the 1933 Enabling Act.

Date of law	Details of law
25 April 1933	Law Against the Overcrowding of German Schools and Institutions of Higher Learning. Only 1.5 % of ‘non-Aryans’ were allowed in German schools and universities.
15 September 1935	Nuremberg Laws The Reich Citizenship Law stated that non-Aryans could not be German citizens. The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour forbade marriage and sexual relations between Jews and ‘Germans’.
3 March 1936	Jewish doctors barred from practicing medicine in German institutions.
26 April 1938	Decree Regarding the Reporting of Jewish Property . Every Jew had to assess and report the value of their property.
17 August 1938	Second Decree for the Implementation of the Law Regarding Changes of Family Names and Given Names. Jews were forbidden to take ‘Aryan’ names. All Jewish men had to add ‘Israel’ to their names. All Jewish women had to add ‘Sarah’ to their names.
5 October 1938	All Jews’ passports marked with a large letter “J”.
15 November 1938	All Jewish children expelled from German schools.