After the annual Nuremberg conference in 1935, the Nazis ennacted the Nuremburg laws. The Nuremberg laws excused the German Jews from citizenship and the ability to marry people of German blood. The Laws deprived the jews of many rights and degraded them.
The Nuremberg Laws did not define someone as a Jew not by their religion, but by whether or not three out of the four grand parents were Jewish. No matter their belief, if they came from Jewish decent, they were considered a Jew and fell uder the restrictions of the Nuremberg Laws. Many Germans who had not been a practicing Jew for years were caught up in the Laws placed by the Nazis. Even people who had Jewish grandparents that converted to Christianity were bounded by the laws.
During the few weeks of the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, the Nazi party actually became less strict on the laws. HItler didn't want visiters to receive criticism from other nations for the oppressive laws. Businesses even took down the "Jews un-welcome" signs around the cities. But after the games were done, the Nazis stepped up the Nuremberg Laws again. The Nazis started to "Aryanize" businesses all around Germany. Jewsih workers were dismissed from working in German businesses, and German doctors were not allowed to treat Jewish patients. Businesses were also taken from the Jewish owners, and replaced by non-jews. Jewsih lawyers were not allowed to practice law.
The Nuremberg Laws did not define someone as a Jew not by their religion, but by whether or not three out of the four grand parents were Jewish. No matter their belief, if they came from Jewish decent, they were considered a Jew and fell uder the restrictions of the Nuremberg Laws. Many Germans who had not been a practicing Jew for years were caught up in the Laws placed by the Nazis. Even people who had Jewish grandparents that converted to Christianity were bounded by the laws.
During the few weeks of the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, the Nazi party actually became less strict on the laws. HItler didn't want visiters to receive criticism from other nations for the oppressive laws. Businesses even took down the "Jews un-welcome" signs around the cities. But after the games were done, the Nazis stepped up the Nuremberg Laws again. The Nazis started to "Aryanize" businesses all around Germany. Jewsih workers were dismissed from working in German businesses, and German doctors were not allowed to treat Jewish patients. Businesses were also taken from the Jewish owners, and replaced by non-jews. Jewsih lawyers were not allowed to practice law.