Starting in 1935, the German government began passing legislation that singled out the Jewish population. The "Nuremberg Laws" classified anyone with Jewish grandparents as Jewish. Some of the laws included revoking the citizenship of German Jews, Jewish people could not become romantically involved with Gentiles, and German women under age 45 were banned from working in Jewish households. The laws also prevented Afro-Germans and Roma from having relations that could produce children. These laws revoked the basic rights of German Jews and other groups. Jewish people became almost entirely separated from society, unable to interact normally due to the de jure segregation that was so prominent in Nazi Germany.
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Discrimination became backed by law after the Nuremberg Laws were passed. This part documentary, part role play throws depicts how the Nazis disguised stereotypes as science in an attempt to justify discrimination. Aryan blood became pure yet vulnerable. Germans could not let their bloodlines become tainted by "undesirable offspring", motivating the passage of the "Marriage Laws".
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PropagandaUse of propaganda was widespread in Nazi Germany. Targeted groups were portrayed as vile, bloodthirsty, power-hungry monsters in an effort to escalate hate, primarily against Jewish people and Communists. The pictures above are propaganda posters depicting Josef Stalin unmasking himself to reveal the devil with a star of David on his forehead (left) and the clawed hand of a communist attempting to reach town and destroy a city (right).
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