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MontyB
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Here is a list I found somewhere on the web detailing the gradual implementing of restrictions on German Jews, it would appear that the law you speak of was instituted on August 17, 1938
Jewish Restrictions in WWII Germany
March 17, 1933 - Jewish physicians are forbidden practice.
April 4, 1934 - Jewish pupils are not allowed to attend higher schools anymore.
April 7, 1933 - "Gesetz zur Wiederherstellung des Berufsbeamtentums" (= Law for the reconstruction of the Civil Servant system); many Jewish Civil Servants are discharged.
April 21, 1933 - Ritual butcher of animals for nutrition purposes ("Schächten") is forbidden.
April 25, 1933 - Admission of "Non-Aryans" to schools and Universities is restricted. Jews may not participate in sports contests or be members of sports clubs anymore.
July 14, 1933 - "Undesired Persons" can be deprived of German citizenship.
August 22, 1933 - Jews are forbidden to use public beaches in numerous German cities, such as Berlin-Wannsee, Fulda, Beuthen, Speyer.
October 4, 1933 - "Schriftleiter-Gesetz" (= Editors Law). Jewish press editors may not practice anymore.
March 3, 1935 - Jewish children have to attend seperate primary schools.
May 21, 1935 - "Wehrgesetz" (= Conscription Law). "Aryan Descent" is mandatory for being allowed to serve in the armed forces.
August 31, 1935 - Jewish pupils may not get prizes in honor of extraordinary performances anymore.
September 6, 1935 - Jewish newspapers may not be sold in the streets anymore.
September 15, 1935 - "Nürnberger Gesetze" (= Nuremberg Laws), including the "Reichsbürgergesetz" (= Reich Citizen Law) and the "Gesetz zum Schutz des deutschen Blutes und der deutschen Ehre" (= Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor).
- Central content of the Reich Citizen Law: Jews can not be German citizens and can not claim equal citizen rights anymore. All Jewish Civil Servants are dismissed. The law includes a definition of who is considered a Jew by descent.
- Central content of the Law for Protection of German Blood: Jews and Non-Jews are forbidden to have non-conjugal sexual intercourse). Jews may not employ any Non-Jewish domestic servants.
September 30, 1935 - As demanded by the Nuremberg Laws, all Jewish Civil Servants are dismissed.
November 14, 1935 - 1st decree to the Reich Citizen Law: Jews are forbidden to hold public offices and to participate in any political voting.
- 1st decree to the Law for Protection of German Blood: Jews and Non-Jews are not allowed to marry anymore. Jews are restricted to a small number of professions; Jewish pupils may not use the same sporting grounds and locker rooms as Non-Jewish pupils anymore.
March 7, 1936 - Jews have no Reichstag (= Reich Diet) franchise anymore.
June 12, 1937 - Secret decree: "Schutzhaft" (= Protective Arrest) for "Rassenschänder" (= those having sexual relations forbidden by the Nuremberg Laws) after trial.
July 2, 1937 - Jewish pupils who are still in public schools may not participate in school events anymore.
November 16, 1937 - Jews get travel passports only "in special cases".
February 2, 1938 - Jewish households are cut off from electricity and gas.
April 26, 1938 - Jews have to report fortunes of more than 5000 Reichsmark.
June 14, 1938 - Decree on registration and public marking of Jewish-owned businesses. Lists of wealthy Jews are being collected at revenue offices and police stations.
June 15, 1938 - "Asozialen-Aktion" (= Action against Anti Socials): All previously convicted Jews (including those with traffic offenses and similar records) are arrested and brought to Concentration Camps.
July 6, 1938 - The list of professions Jews may not practice anymore is extended; they can not work as brokers, matrimonial agents and tourist guides anymore, to name but a few.
July 23, 1938 - Decree that Jews are required to have special identification cards with them from Jan. 1, 1938.
July 26, 1938 - Decree on cancelling the approbations of all Jewish physicians from Sept. 30, 1938. After that date, Jewish physicians are only allowed to work as "Krankenbehandler" (a newly invented term, meaning 'Person treating the ill') for Jews.
July 27, 1938 - All street names with any Jewish background are changed.
August 17, 1938 - Decree on the Realization of the Law on Change of Family Names and Given Names: From Jan. 1, 1939, all Jews are required to carry "Israel" or "Sara" as additional given name.
September 27, 1938 - Jewish lawyers may not practice anymore.
27.09.38 Jüdische Rechtsanwälte dürfen ihren Beruf nicht mehr ausüben.
October 5, 1938 - Decree on Travel Passports: All passports belonging to Jews are drawn in and under intentional difficulties newly issued with a "J" (for Jude, Jew) stamped into them.
October 28, 1938 - Between 15,000 and 17,000 Jews with Polish citizenship are expelled.
November 7, 1938 - Herschel Grynszpan, whose parents were afflicted by the expelling of Polish Jews, shoots the German Diplomat Ernst vom Rath in Paris. As a result, the nationwide pogrom of November 9 is arranged.
November 11, 1938 - Jews are not allowed to own neither to carry arms anymore.
November 12, 1938 - Jews may not attend cinemas, theaters, concerts and exhibitions anymore and are also forbidden to manage shops and workshops.
Jews may buy food in special shops only.
November 15, 1938 - Jews may not attend German schools anymore.
November 23, 1938 - All Jewish-owned businesses are dissolved.
November 28, 1938 - Jews may at certain times not stay in specified areas open to the public anymore.
December 3, 1938 - Driving licenses and vehicle registration documents owned by Jews are drawn in. Jews are forced to sell their businesses and to deliver all jewellery and securities to the authorities.
December 6, 1938 - "Judenbann" (= Ban of Jews) in Berlin: Jews are prohibited to enter specified streets, squares etc.
December 8, 1938 - Jewish professors who have been practicing as private persons at the universities after their dismissals are forbidden any kind of work at higher schools.
December 13, 1938 - Jews are forced to sell houses, shops and factories for extremely low prices to Non-Jews.
December 31, 1938 - Jews may not possess automobiles anymore.
January 1, 1939 - All male Jews are forced to carry the additional given name "Israel", all female Jews the name "Sara".
February 21, 1939 - Jews have to deliver all items of value to the authorities without any compensation.
April 30, 1939 - Legal preparations for laying together Jewish families in "Judenhäuser" (= Jews Houses). Eviction Protection is abolished: Landlords may cancel contracts of Jewish tenats anytime.
September 1, 1939 - Curfew for Jews, in summer after 9 pm, in winter after 8 pm.
Septmber 29, 1939 - Jews are not allowed to own radios anymore; all wireless receivers must be delivered to the police.
October 17, 1939 - Jews may not participate in civil air raid manoeuvers anymore.
October 28, 1939 - Jews must fix a Star of David on their front door.
October 23, 1939 - Jews in occupied Poland have to wear the "Jew Star" visibly on their clothes.
February 6, 1940 - Jews do not get the Reichskleiderkarte (= purchase permit for rationed clothes) and no purchase permits for any woven fabrics anymore.
July 4, 1940 - Jews in Berlin may only shop between 4 and 5 pm.
July 29, 1940 - Jews are not allowed to have telephones anymore.
June 12, 1941 - Jews may, when filling documents and the likes, declare themselves only as "without belief" when asked for the religion.
July 31, 1941 - Jews may not lend books from public libraries anymore.
September 1, 1941 - All Jews older than six years of age must permanently wear the yellow star visibly on their clothes. They are not allowed to leave their place of residence without permission of the police anymore.
September 18, 1941 - Jews may not use public transport anymore.
December 18, 1941 - The ID cards identifying Jews wounded as soldiers in World War I as severely disabled are drawn in.
December 26, 1941 - Jews may not use public telephones anymore.
January 4, 1942 - Jews must deliver all fur coats.
January 10, 1942 - Jews must deliver all their wollen clothes.
February 15, 1942 - Jews may not own pets anymore.
February 17, 1942 - Jews may not get newspapers by mail anymore.
17.02.42 Juden dürfen keine Zeitungen durch die Post beziehen.
March 26, 1942 - Apartments of Jews must be marked by a Star of David next to the name plaque at the entrance door.
April 1942 - Jews may not visit Non-Jews in their apartments and houses anymore.
May 15, 1942 - Jews are forbidden to own bicycles.
May 29, 1942 - Jews may get their hair cut by Jewish hairdressers
only.
June 9, 1942 - Jews must deliver all clothes not belonging to their basic needs.
June 11, 1942 - Jews do not get purchase permits for tobacco and cigarettes anymore.
June 19, 1942 - Jews must deliver all electrical and optical equipment and similar items, such as heating ovens, boiling pots, vacuum cleaners, water heaters, hair driers, irons, record players and records, typewriters, binoculars, cameras, films etc.
Jews may not enter most shops anymore.
June 20, 1942 - All Jewish schools are closed.
July 17, 1942 - Blind and deaf Jews may not wear signs identifying them in street traffic anymore.
September 18, 1942 - Jews do not get meat, eggs, white bread, sweets, fruit, canned fruit and milk anymore.
September 23, 1942 - In tests, the first Jews are mudered in the Auschwitz gas chambers.
No further restrictions were made after 1942, because there was not really anything left to restrict. Also, it was not regarded necessary by the German authorities: On January 20, 1942, a decision was made to step by step deport all German Jews to the Death Camps in the East.
Sources:
ShoaNet: Glossar des Holocaust, by Bettina Brenner, 2002
Shoa.de: Das Dritte Reich - Deutschland unter dem Nationalsozialismus, by Arbeitskreis Shoa, 2002
Einschränkungen im Leben der Juden in Deutschland, by Friesenschule Leer 2001/2002
Jugendgeschichtswerkstatt: Antisemitische Gesetze
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