Reich law on Citizenship stated
that only those of German blood
could be German citizens. Jews lost
right to vote, hold government
office or have German passports
Reich law for Protection
of German Blood and
Honour forbade Jews
from marrying German
citizens
April 1938 - Jews had to register
all possessions - making it easier
for government to confiscate them
July 1938 - Jews had to carry an
identity card stamped J for Jew
July 1938 - Jewish doctors, dentists and lawyers
were forbidden to work for white Aryan Germans
Kristall Nacht
7 November 1938 - Polish Jew,
Hershel Grynszpan shot Ernst von
Rath (random German)
Hershel had a grievence
against Germans for the
way they had treated his
parents
9 November - von Rath died
Goebbels said Fuhrer had ordered
that, if Germans decided to take
revenge on Jews, government
should do nothing to prevent it
Heydrich, Himler's assistant director of SS,
sent instructions to local SS groups to
arrest as many Jews as they could fit into
prisons
9&10 November - gangs smashed Jew's
properties and attacked Jews - about 100
Jews killed
These events were called Kristallnacht (crystal night) or Night
of the Broken Glass