Police Decree on Identification of Jews

All Primary Sources / Anti-Jewish Legislation 1 September 1941 In agreement with the Reichs-Protector for Bohemia and Moravia the following law based on the regulations regarding the Police decrees of the Ministers of the Reich from 14 November 1938 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 1582) and on the decree regarding the right of

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Directive on the Treatment of Jews in Ostland

All Primary Sources / Anti-Jewish Legislation 13 August 1941 SECRET(I1 1d 3000) THE REICH COMMISSAR FOR EASTLANDRiga, 13 August 1941TO: The Reich Minister for Occupied Eastern Territories, Berlin W 35.I beg to enclose an account of planned provisional directives for treatment of Jews in the Reichskommissariat Ostland. [Translator's note: Baltic States

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Solution to the Jewish Problem

All Primary Sources / Anti-Jewish Legislation 31 July 1941 The Reich Marshal of the Greater German Reich Commissioner for the Four Year Plan Chairman of the Ministerial Council for National DefenseBerlin, 31 July 1941To: The Chief of the Security Police and the Security Service; SS-Gruppenfuehrer HeydrichComplementing the task that was assigned

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Order Eliminating Jews from German Economic Life

All Primary Sources / Anti-Jewish Legislation 12 November 1938 On the basis of the Decree of 18 October 1936 for the execution of the Four Year Plan (RGBI I, p. 887), the following is ordered:Article 1From January 1, 1938, operation of retail shops, mail order houses, independent exercise of handicrafts is

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Law on Passports of Jews

All Primary Sources / Anti-Jewish Legislation 5 October 1938 Based on the law on passport, alien police and registration affairs as well as on identification affairs of 11 May 1934 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, Page 589) the following is ordered in agreement with the Reich Minister of Justice:Article 1All German passports of Jews

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The Reich Citizenship Law

All Primary Sources / Anti-Jewish Legislation 15 Sept 1935 The Reichstag has adopted unanimously, the following law, which is herewith promulgated.Article 1A subject of the State is a person, who belongs to the protective union of the German Reich, and who, therefore, has particular obligations towards the Reich.The status of the

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The Second Decree for the Execution on the Law Regarding the Change of the Surnames and Forenames

All Primary Sources / Anti-Jewish Legislation 17 August 1938   On the basis of Article 13, of the law of 5 January 1938 (Reichsgesetzblatt I.S.9) concerning the change of the surnames and given-names, the following is ordered: Art. 1 Jews may be given only such given-names as are cited in

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Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor

All Primary Sources / Anti-Jewish Legislation 15 September 1935 Thoroughly convinced by the knowledge that the purity of German blood is essential for the further existence of the German people and animated by the inflexible will to safeguard the German nation for the entire future, the Reichstag has resolved upon the

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Law Regarding Admission to the Bar

All Primary Sources / Anti-Jewish Legislation 7 April 1933 The Reich Government has enacted the following law that is promulgated herewith : Art. 1. The admission of lawyers who, according to the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, of April 7, 1933 (RGBI, I 175), are of non-Aryan

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Law Regarding the Sovereign Head of the German Reich

All Primary Sources / Rise of the Nazis 1 August 1934 The Reich Government has enacted the following law which is hereby promulgated:Section 1The office of the Reichspraesident will be consolidated with that of the Reich Chancellor. The existing authority of the Reichspraesident shall consequently be transferred to the Fuehrer and

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