1. German Laws Nazi Crimes
How the Nuremberg Laws (1935) facilitated Nazi Genocide
It’s tough to include Humor –
The problem with not having a sense of humor is that it’s not that funny
But this is very personal, emotional topic
So presenting the topic is like making pinot noir wine –the grape is thin skinned and requires a lot of care
Prof. Nathan Stoltzfus
Florida State University

3. 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.

5. Rudi and Elsa Holzer in Rudi’s Austrian hometown in the early 1930s.

9. Reinhard
Heydrich
Wannsee Conference
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21. Part I Main Objectives and Clauses of the Nuremberg Laws
The nuremberg laws were promulgated in 1935, two years after Hitler and the Nazis took power
They are so important because they became a cornerstone to the main Nazi objective of eliminating the Jewish population
The process of genocide involves first of all identifying the victim, and that is one of the main objectives here

22. Learning Objectives Identify Nazi objectives for the Nuremberg Laws
Describe the main clauses of these laws
Discuss how these laws identified German Jews

23. How did the Nazis determine which Germans were Jews?
It depended on whether they were members of the Jewish community
It depended on the religious identify of their grandparents
It depended on the “racial” identify of their grandparents
Through a “scientific” process including measurement of size and shape of the nose

24. 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

25. 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

26. How did the Nazis Define Persons with one Jewish and one non-Jewish parent?
As non-Jews
As Jews
It depended on whether their association with other Jews and the Jewish Community
As a third race

27. 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

33. The Nuremberg Laws
became the basis for identifying victims of the Nazi persecution and genocide of the Jews