The Nuremberg Laws were enacted by the Reichstag of Nazi Germany on 15 September 1935. They comprised two measures: the Reich Citizenship Law, which restricted full citizenship to those of German or related blood and designated others as state subjects without full political rights, and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour, which prohibited marriages and extramarital relations between Jews and Germans and forbade Jewish households from employing German women under 45. A supplementary decree of 14 November 1935 defined who legally qualified as Jewish and activated the citizenship restrictions; a further decree of 26 November 1935 extended the measures to other groups the regime targeted. The laws served as foundational racial legislation for the discrimination and persecution that followed in Nazi Germany.
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Enacted ByThe Reichstag of Nazi Germany. 1 EraEnacted 15 September 1935 in Nazi Germany; supplementary decrees followed on 14 and 26 November 1935. 1 Connections
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The Nuremberg Trials (1945-1946) later prosecuted crimes connected to the racial persecution these 1935 laws enabled; the trials and the laws are distinct entities sharing only the city name.
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Nuremberg Laws (Wikipedia)
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The Nuremberg Laws (Nürnberger Gesetze, pronounced [ˈnʏʁnbɛʁɡɐ ɡəˈzɛtsə] ) were antisemitic and racist laws introduced in Nazi Germany on 15 September 1935 at a special session of the Reichstag during the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party.
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