Nuremberg Laws

Definition

Laws introduced in September 1935 that stripped Jewish people of German citizenship rights and prohibited marriage and sexual relations between Jews and people classified as having German or related blood.

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AQA GCSE History · 8145

Paper 1

The 1935 laws that deprived Jews of citizenship rights and prohibited marriage or sexual relations between Jews and people classified as German or related blood.
The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 made racial exclusion part of the legal system. The Reich Citizenship Law deprived Jews of citizenship rights. The Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honour prohibited marriage and sexual relations between Jews and people classified as German or related blood.
Revise: Social Policy and Practice

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Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0

Paper 3

Exam tips

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Keep the chronology clear: boycott in 1933, Nuremberg Laws in 1935, Kristallnacht in November 1938.
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Use dated developments to explain escalation: persecution in 1933, the Nuremberg Laws in 1935 and Kristallnacht on 9–10 November 1938.

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Nazi racial laws introduced in September 1935 which denied Jewish people full German citizenship and prohibited marriages and sexual relations between Jewish people and people classified as ‘of German or related blood’.

Revise: Persecution of Minorities

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OCR GCSE History A · J410

Paper 1

The Nuremberg Laws of September 1935 embedded racial discrimination in national law. The Reich Citizenship Law stripped Jewish people of German citizenship rights, denying them equal membership of the state. The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour, announced on 15 September 1935, prohibited marriage and sexual relations between Jews and people classified as having German or related blood.
Revise: Persecution and Racial Policy

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OCR GCSE History B · J411

Paper 3

Laws introduced in September 1935 that excluded Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited marriage and sexual relations between Jews and people classified as having German or related blood.
The Nuremberg Laws of 15 September 1935 made racial discrimination a foundation of German law.
Revise: Nazi racial policy

OCR History B past papers