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 Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor

(September 15, 1935)

 

The Law for the Protection of German Blood & Honour

Entirely convinced that the purity of German blood is essential to the further existence of the German people, and inspired by the uncompromising determination to safeguard the future of the German nation, the Reichstag has unanimously resolved upon the following law, which is promulgated herewith:


Section 1
Marriages between Jews and citizens of German or kindred blood are forbidden. Marriages concluded in defiance of this law are void, even if, for the purpose of evading this law, they were concluded abroad.
Proceedings for annulment may be initiated only by the Public Prosecutor.

Section 2
The laws deprived Jews of German citizenship and forbade marriage or sexual relations between Jews and “citizens of German or cognate blood.” Supplementary decrees defined a Jew as a person with at least one Jewish grandparent and declared that Jews could not vote or hold public office

Section 3
Jews will not be permitted to employ female citizens of German or kindred blood as domestic workers under the age of 45.

Section 4
Jews are forbidden to display the Reich and national flag or the national colors.
On the other hand they are permitted to display the Jewish colors. The exercise of this right is protected by the State.

*note The "Jewish colors" referred to in this article were actually the Blue-and-White Zionist banner which is presently the national flag of Israel.

Section 5
A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of Section 1 will be punished with hard labour.
A person who acts contrary to the prohibition of Section 2 will be punished with imprisonment or with hard labour.
A person who acts contrary to the provisions of Sections 3 or 4 will be punished with imprisonment up to a year and with a fine, or with one of these penalties .

Section 6
The Reich Minister of the Interior in agreement with the Deputy Fuhrer and the Reich Minister of Justice will issue the legal and administrative regulations required for the enforcement and supplementing of this law.

Section 7
The law will become effective on the day after its promulgation; Section 3, however, not until January 1, 1936.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Sources:

The Holocaust Encyclopedia. Publications International LTD.
Explaining Hitler by Ron Rosenbaum Harper Perrenial
USHMM

NARA

 

 

 

 



 

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