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Essay / The creation of Nuremberg and the consequences of...
Anti-Semitic propaganda took place in a swimming pool in Heigenbruken. Around twenty young bathers demanded that the Jews be expelled there. Arguments with the director did not result in their immediate expulsion, but from that point on a sign was placed prohibiting Jews from entering the bathing area ("The Nuremberg Laws"). In the months following the official legalization of the Nuremberg Laws, the Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor and the Reich Citizenship Law were implemented throughout the community. The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor emphasized the importance of maintaining the purity of German blood. It prohibited marriage and sexual relations between Jews and pure Germans, as well as Jewish employment of German women under the age of 45. The Reich Citizenship Law stripped all Jews of their citizenship and granted citizenship only to Germans who supported the Reich (“The Nuremberg Law”). Laws"). In addition to being denied civil rights, Jews could not work, attend public school, or even own wealth, while being forced to wear a gold star ("Nuremberg Laws", USHMM). These laws did not stop at those who practiced Judaism; this also affected half-Jews and quarter-Jews. Someone could have been Christian, but have Jewish ancestry and be deprived of the same rights. Racial theorist Dr. Gercke states that “…every Christian or Muslim, fifty, twenty-five or five percent of Jews are classified as Mischlinge. Full Jews are classified as any German with at least three Jewish grandparents (“Nuremberg Laws,” Jewish Virtual Library). » In Hitler's eyes, anyone who was more than fifty percent Jewish was a lost cause and would only taint his master.