The Nuremberg Race Laws

Here are some answers to several questions regarding The Nuremberg Race Laws:

1. Who could now be defined a Jew.

For a person to be defined a Jew, they did not have to practice the religion themselves. If a person had had three or four Jewish grandparents or if the rest of their closer family were Jewish. People who had previously practiced Judaism and had not for a long time were also considered a Jew, even people who had had family members who had converted from Judaism to Christianity were also considered Jewish.

2. What was meant by "Aryanizing" Jewish Businesses?

German Businesses were avoided and given unfair treatment by the Nazis. Workers and Managers were left without jobs, and in most cases the buisness was taken over by the Nazis and sold to other non- Jewish Germans for a fixed, Nazi price.

3. How were Jews who were professionals (lawyers, doctors etc.) restricted?

All Jewish Doctors were not allowed to assist, medicate and practice on non-Jewish citizens. Jewish Lawyers were not allowed to operate law practices or practice law.

4. What did Jewish identity cards need to include now?

All Jewish Identity cards had to have a large red J stamped on them. Also all Jewish people were to have a new middle name. For males it was Israel and for females it was Sara. These changes were to help Nazi identify Jews more easily.

5. What was the "Law for the Protection of the Hereditary Health of the German People" (sum up in your own words)?

The "Law for the Protection of the Hereditary Health of the German People" required all marriages to be approved and certified as legal. A certificate of "Fitness to Marry" was handed to the couples when their marriage was approved. No person with contagious illnesses or "Hereditary Diseases" as they were worried that it would affect their offspring or affect each other and ruin the non-Jewish German Citizens. They wanted all non-Jewish Germans to be healthy and proper.