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
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The Nuremberg Race Laws were enacted in 1935 and were an early step in legalizing false Nazi ideology.
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The Reich Citizenship Law defined citizens as people of German or related blood, excluding German Jews from citizenship.
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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
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What was the primary goal of the Nuremberg Laws?
According to the video, what was the false claim made by Nazi ideology regarding Jewish people?
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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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