Nuremburg Laws
"Two distinct laws passed in Nazi Germany in September 1935 are known collectively as the Nuremberg Laws: the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor. These laws embodied many of the racial theories underpinning Nazi ideology. The would provide the legal framework for the systematic persecution of Jews in Germany."
I had definitely heard about the Nuremberg Laws before, but never knew all of it's details in how it defined a Jew. The Reich Citizenship Law identified Jews not by religious affiliation but according to racial antisemitism. Being a Jew wasn't something that could be identified by just looking at a person. Many of the people who were affected by the passing of this law didn't even practice Judaism, but the law stated that
"only people of German or kindred blood could be citizens of Germany."
Being Jew isn't a race, but the Nazi's sure did call it that. "According to the Nazi Germans people with three or more grandparents born into the Jewish religious community were Jews by law. Grandparents born into a Jewish religious community were considered "racially" Jewish. Under the law, Jews in Germany were not citizens but "subjects of the state"
Thousands of people who didn't even consider themselves Jews were affected and ultimately lost their German citizenship, and lost their most basic rights because of it.
Reading this truly frustrates me because it seems like this is repeating itself in history now. The Dreamers of this country are kids who've grown up here, and have spent most of their lives here than in the countries that they were born in. It's crazy to me that their is talk about sending these people to the countries they were born in if these people don't know anything about those places but rather call this country their home. I am not in that situation myself, but know plenty of people who are and it breaks my heart to know that we have a government that would even think of doing that.
The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor banned marriage between Jews and non-Jewish Germans in order to maintain pure German blood. Also if there were any sexual relations between them they were seen as "race defilement." Thousand of people were convicted or sent to concentration camps for are defilement.
It's sad that this could happen to thousands of people not even because they believed in something, but just because of who they were from birth and the family you were born in. It's important to understand that although these laws mentioned Jews only they were also applied to blacks, Roma (Gypsies), homosexuals, and people with disabilities living in Germany.
I had definitely heard about the Nuremberg Laws before, but never knew all of it's details in how it defined a Jew. The Reich Citizenship Law identified Jews not by religious affiliation but according to racial antisemitism. Being a Jew wasn't something that could be identified by just looking at a person. Many of the people who were affected by the passing of this law didn't even practice Judaism, but the law stated that
"only people of German or kindred blood could be citizens of Germany."
Being Jew isn't a race, but the Nazi's sure did call it that. "According to the Nazi Germans people with three or more grandparents born into the Jewish religious community were Jews by law. Grandparents born into a Jewish religious community were considered "racially" Jewish. Under the law, Jews in Germany were not citizens but "subjects of the state"
Thousands of people who didn't even consider themselves Jews were affected and ultimately lost their German citizenship, and lost their most basic rights because of it.
Reading this truly frustrates me because it seems like this is repeating itself in history now. The Dreamers of this country are kids who've grown up here, and have spent most of their lives here than in the countries that they were born in. It's crazy to me that their is talk about sending these people to the countries they were born in if these people don't know anything about those places but rather call this country their home. I am not in that situation myself, but know plenty of people who are and it breaks my heart to know that we have a government that would even think of doing that.
The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor banned marriage between Jews and non-Jewish Germans in order to maintain pure German blood. Also if there were any sexual relations between them they were seen as "race defilement." Thousand of people were convicted or sent to concentration camps for are defilement.
It's sad that this could happen to thousands of people not even because they believed in something, but just because of who they were from birth and the family you were born in. It's important to understand that although these laws mentioned Jews only they were also applied to blacks, Roma (Gypsies), homosexuals, and people with disabilities living in Germany.
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