Holocaust - Timeline - 1935

January 13

Germany reclaims Saar region

February 10

Prohibition of gatherings urging Jews to remain in Germany

March 16

Military conscription in Germany

April 1, 1935

The Jehovah's Witness organization is banned because they refuse to swear allegiance to the state.

May 21

Defense Law: “Aryan heritage” as a prerequisite for military duty. During the summer “Jews Not Wanted” posters start to appear on restaurants, shops, and on village entrance signs.

June 22

"Jews Not Welcome" signs temporarily removed.

June 28

Paragraphs 175 and 175a of the criminal code are revised to criminalize all homosexual acts between men.

September 15

National Day of the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers Party). Parliament passed, during a special session, the anti-Semitic “Nuremberg Laws,” the “National Citizens Law,” and the “Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor.” These laws were the basis for the exclusion of Jews from all public business life and for the reclassification of the political rights of Jewish citizens.

Swastika becomes the official German flag.

October 30

Italy attacks Ethiopia.

November 14

First decree pertaining the “National Citizens Law”: Jews denied voting rights and forbidden to hold public office. Discharge of all Jewish civil service employees, including World War I front line veterans. Definition of “Jew.”

First decree pertaining to the "Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor": Prohibition against the marriage of Jews to non­Jews. Work possibilities for Jews narrowed to just a few professions. Jewish children were prohibited from using the same playgrounds as other children and from utilizing the same locker rooms.

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