The Nuremberg Laws

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Objective

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

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Warm-up video

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · 2:36

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 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.

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Practice

11 questions

1

What was the primary goal of the Nuremberg Laws?

2

According to the video, what was the false claim made by Nazi ideology regarding Jewish people?

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Exit ticket

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Describe the two main components of the Nuremberg Laws and their effects on Jewish people in Germany.

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