The Nuremberg Laws

The Nuremberg Laws

8th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min

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Learning Objective

I can describe the main components and effects of the Nuremberg Laws.

  • 1

    The Nuremberg Race Laws were enacted in 1935 and were an early step in legalizing false Nazi ideology.

  • 2

    The Reich Citizenship Law defined citizens as people of German or related blood, excluding German Jews from citizenship.

  • 3

    The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor banned marriages and sexual relations between Jews and people of German or related blood.