The Nuremburg laws of 1935 restricted Jews of their rights and dehumanized them. The laws state that they can not marry someone who was an Aryan. Aryan is someone who has blond hair and blue eyes and is of germanic heritage. To protect the German people if someone wanted to get married they had to get a certificate called Certificate of Fitness to Marry. People fought among themselves about who was considered a Jew and who was not. Germans tried to settle it by handing out instructional sheets with pedigrees on them.
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/nurem-laws.htm
We did use the same source!!! I like how you explained what an Aryan is (just in case someone didn't know). Imagine if we had to have a certificate of our heritage in America? I know some people's would be really colorful.
ReplyDeleteI would be so many different things. And me and Lena would hate each other since my background is mostly Scottish! :DDD
ReplyDeleteGood post though LeeAsh.
I did the same question, but used a different source. According to my source, they weren't allowed to marry, and they lost their citizenship. So a combination of both would definitely suck.
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