1. German Laws Nazi Crimes How the Nuremberg Laws (1935) facilitated Nazi Genocide Prof. Nathan Stoltzfus Florida State University

2. Part I Main Objectives and Clauses of the Nuremberg Laws

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

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