the nuremberg laws - prologue, winter 2010
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Nuremberg Laws Archives Receives Original Nazi Documents That “Legalized” Persecution of Jews
The Archives Receives Original Nazi Documents That “Legalized” Persecution of Jews
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Law for the Safeguard of German Blood of German Honor (top) and the signature page (left).
I wa i Nmbg, ially digad a h “Ciy h Rih Pay Ral-
li,” i h pvi Bavaia, wh Adl Hil ad hi Nazi Pay i
1935 hagd h a Gma Jw ha Jw i Gmay, h “l-
gally” ablihig h amwk ha vally ld h Hla.
ya la, i wld al b i Nmbg, w aly dyd by Bi-
ih ad Amia havy bmbig, wh vivig pmi Nazi lad w
p ial wa im ad im agai hmaiy.
T wa i Ep dd i May 1945, ad h ai h Alli
d pig h Tid Rih lad wh had b pibl ,
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The Reich’s Citizen
Law (far right) and the
signature page (right).
amg h hig, h pi h Jw ad h
Hla.
T ial bga Nvmb 20, 1945, i Nmbg’
Pala Ji, whih had mhw vivd h i-
Allid bmbig 1944 ad 1945.
T x day, U.S. Spm C Ji Rb H. Jak-
, amd by Pid Hay S. ma a h U.S. hi
l h pi Axi imialiy, mad hi
pig am h Iaial Miliay ibal.
“T m i ai agai Jw w id ay
law, b h law il wa mplyd m x. Ty
w h iam Nmbg d Spmb 15,
1935,” Jak aid.
T -alld “Nmbg Law”— a ial p i
Nazi aial law ha ld h magializai Gma
Jw ad limaly hi ggai, m, ad
xmiai—w ky pi vid i h ial,
whih ld i 12 dah ad li lg -
h Tid Rih lad.
B h pi wa d imag h law
m h ial pid vi, h igial pi
w wh b d.
Hwv, hy had b d ali, by U.S. -i-
llig p, wh pad hm p h li il hy am
h Tid Amy’ mmad, G. Gg S. Pa, J.
T gal k hm hm Caliia. T, hy -
maid dad, hi xi vald il 1999.
Fially, hi pa mm, h igial pi h law,
igd by Hil ad h Nazi lad, w ad h
Naial Ahiv.
Tird Reich Began Persecutions
Years Before Laws Enacted in 1935
T Nmbg Law mad ial h Nazi pi
h Jw, b h “lgal” aak h Jw aally bga w
ya ali.
A h Nazi k pw i Gmay i 1933, hy
bam iaigly gagd i aivii ivlvig h
pi h Jwih ad h miiy pplai.
Ty did i d h l law, ig ial d a
a wap agai h Jw.
I 1933 Jw w did h igh hld pbli
ivil vi pii; Jwih immiga w daal-
izd; Jw w did mplym by h p ad adi;
ad Jw w xldd m amig. T llwig ya,
Jw w xldd m k xhag ad k bkag.
Dig h ya, wh h Nazi gim wa ill ah
haky ad h Nazi ad ppii m wihi ad i-
a m wih, hy did hig dai, ad h ma-
appad, i laiv m, ah mild.
A Gmay pblily ad i May 1935 i -
amam i vilai h Vaill ay, Nazi pay adi-
al bga m ibly dmadig ha Hil, h pay, ad
h gvm ak m dai ma agai h Jw.
Ty wad mplly gga hm m h ial,
pliial, ad mi li Gmay. T dmad i-
ad a h mm pgd.
O Ag 20, 1935, h U.S. mbay i Bli p-
d h ay a:
m p h Jwih iai a h mm, i may b aid
ha h whl mvm h Pay i ppaig il
ad h ppl gal dai ad -alld lgal ai
b ad i h a pbably llwig h Pa-
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y Cg b hld i Nmbg bgi-
ig Spmb 10h. O ha ly -
viw h am mad by impa lad-
i h d h Pay’ mm li
aliz h d aai.
Jam G. MDald, high mmii-
g d h Lag Nai,
h i Bli, w i hi diay Ag 22
ha “Nw lgilai i immi, b i i
dil ll xaly wha h pvii
will b. Caily, hy will d h
diia h Jw m h ma G-
ma ad diadvaag hm i w way.”
William E. Ddd, h Amia ambaa-
d Gmay, Spmb 7 a lg
dipah h ay a gadig
dvlpm i h “Jwih Sia-
i.” H pd “i appa ha v w
dii a ill iig i h high
il pig h pliy b vlvd a
h Nmbg pay Cg.” H addd:
I i blivd ha a dlaai pig h
Jw will b mad a Nmbg whih will
b llwd by h am a h C-
g il, hly ha, a bdy
lgilai wh lima haa will d-
pd p h l h dii w
i pg. Eih h h will pba-
bly ai dai a appa h ad-
ial b may b by ai appaa
mdai b mphaizd la aili-
a h dalig abad. . . . A ida ha may
if pliy a Nmbg, ad i ay
a w m b ppm i h mid
Pay xmi, i ha, hwv dai h
ma adpd, hy will b mally -
d i law, ad ha h aiy wih whih law
i gadd, ad h diipli wih whih i
i bvd i Gmay, may imp ig
pii avably.
O Spmb 9, MDald w Flix
Wabg, a maj Amia Jwih lad,
ha h wa abl g a la pi wha
Gen. George S. Patton presented the Nuremberg Laws
to Huntington trustee Robert Millikan on June 11, 1945.
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may b xpd i h had w lg-
ilai, b “O a ly b ai ha
h l will b paliz h Jw i vai-
way ad h bai pd-lgaliy,
whih a gim bdig.”
Nazi Rally in Nuremberg
Hailed Passage of the Laws
A hi aal ally hld i Nmbg
Spmb 15, Nazi pay lad ad,
a h Rihag had adpd hm, w
law ha iiializd may h aial
hi dpiig Nazi idlgy.
T -alld Nmbg Law, igd
by Hil ad val h Nazi ial,
w h h lgalizd p-
i Jw i Gmay. Ty ippd
Gma Jw hi Gma iizhip,
bad maiag ad “xamaial xal
i” bw Jw ad h G-
ma, ad bad Jw m fyig h G-
ma fag, whih wld w b h waika.
O Spmb 16, Ambaad Ddd
a abl h ay a ab
h Nmbg Law. H w:
S a i i ly pibl ay ha mai
d Nmbg g wa a
adial im wihi h Pay. T
law pad la igh ig iiz-
hip, h waika a aial fag ad
pi Gma bld ad h
(by ma pvig maiag ad x
al i bw Aya ad Jw
ad fyig h Gma fag by h la-
) bvily d h dii ad
Fig O advid waiig x
iv pplmay glai. [T, i
d Nvmb 14, pvidd pi
dii wh a Jw wa.]
Ddd llwd p h x day wih a di-
pah h ay a gadig h
Nmbg Pay Cg: “Ra ppa
gada ad pyhlgy a hgh paial
ly all h ph lik a al had, bvi
ly i ppaai h law ha w
b adpd by h Rihag.”
H addd: “T w law agai h Jw d
iv vy w ppl ha h la wd ha b
aid ha qi ha w diimiay
ma will vally llw wihi h
limi wha i pibl wih bigig ab
ga a diba i bi.”
O Spmb 19, Ddd h -
ay a w pi h Reichsgestz
blatt [Rih Law Gaz] Spmb 16
whih aid h Nmbg Law ad
al ildd alai hm.
I amiig hm, Ddd w: “T a
i-Jwih lgilai hld b ily
v pla Pay xmi m im.”
Ty w . M pi llwd
i h ya b Wld Wa II bga i 1939
T xmiai h Jw ad h
llwd, ly i Gmay, b hgh
m Ep.
Original Nuremberg Documents
Are Found, But Ten Disappear
T Mw Dlaai 1943, by P
id Fakli D. Rvl, Pim Mii
Wi Chhill, ad Mahal J Sali
k h aii ppad by h
Gma ad laid dw h pliy ha h ma
j imial wld “b pihd by h ji
dii h Gvm h Alli.”
B h wa had b ldd b
h Mw Dlaai ld b implmd
A h Allid va Gmay i Api
Prologue 2The Nuremberg Laws
The Reich’s Flag Law with signatures.
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Pblihd i 42 vlm, h rial of the Major
War Criminals before Te International Military
ribunal, Nuremberg 14 November 1945–1 October
1946 (Nmbg: Iaial Miliay ibal,
Nmbg, 1947–1949), ai h day--day
pdig h ibal ad dm d i
vid by h pi ad d.
O Uid Sa Chi Cl
Pi Axi Cimialiy, Nazi Conspiracy and
Aggression(Wahig, D.C. U.S. Gvm Piig
O, 1946), vl. I, Chap 12, ai imai
ab dm, ildig h idd a
vid dig h Iaial Miliay ibal,
laig h pi h Jw i Gmay.
T Sa Dpam’ Cal Dimal Fil, 1930–
1939 (Gal Rd h Dpam Sa, Rd
Gp 59), d dimal 862.00 ad 862.4016, ai
p pliial dvlpm i Gmay ad h
pi Gma Jw. Al l gadig h
pi h Jw i Gmay bgiig i 1935
i Rihad Bima, Babaa MDald Swa, ad
Svi Hhbg, d.,Refugees and Rescue: Te Diaries and
Papers of James G. McDonald 1935–1945 (Blmig
ad Idiaapli, Idiaa: Idiaa Uiviy P, i
aiai wih h Uid Sa Hla Mmial
Mm, Wahig, DC, 2009).
Ul dadig h adpi
h Nmbg Law, hi divy by hCillig Cp am i 1945, Gal
Pa’ aqiii ad dipii hm i 1945,
hi dy by h Hig Libay (1945–1999),
ad hi bq xhibii a h Skiball Clal
C i Ahy M. Pla wih Cilia E. O’Lay,
Bloodlines: Recovering Hitler’s Nuremberg Laws, From
Patton’s rophy to Public Memorial (Bld, CO:
Paadigm Pblih, 2006).
Note on Sources
Author
Greg Bradsher, a ahivi a h
Naial Ahiv ad Rd
Admiiai, pializ i Wl
Wa II illig, ld a, a
wa im. Hi pvi ibi Prologue hav
ildd ail h divy Nazi gld i h Mk
Mi (Spig 1999); h y Fiz Klb, 1900–1943
(Spig 2002); Japa’ “Z Pla” i 1944 (Fall 2005)
Fdig Fah Elbidg Gy (Spig 2006); h hid
Ahivi h Uid Sa, Way Gv (Wi
2009); ad Opai Blil, a Wld Wa II diviay
aak a ilad i h Pai (Fall 2010).
h Nmbg Law, iig h vi pb-
lihd i h Reichsgestzblatt 1935.
Dig h ibal’ Dmb 13 i,
a aia ial l h Uid Sa
addd h ab h Nazi p-
i h Jw. I makig hi pai, h
aid: “Wh h Nazi Pay gaid l
h Gma Sa, a w ad ibl wap
agai h Jw wa plad wihi hi gap,
h pw apply h h a agai
hm. Ti wa d by h ia d.”
H h pdd li hm, ild-
ig h Nmbg Law a pblihd i h
1935 Reichsgestzblatt. A diig hm,
h akd h ak jdiial i h
pblihd d. Fm a lgal ppiv, h Reichsgestzblatt wa aily ahiaiv ad
apabl h ibal d i ha -
gadig l vid, b i aily wld
hav b m damai ad iv hav
d h dda wih h igial, a
h p did wih h dm.
T ial wld g ah 10 mh,
wih mad h Nm-
bg Law. O Spmb 30 ad Ob
1, 1946, h ibal dd jdgm.
O h h dda m lly a-
iad wih h Nmbg Law, Hma
Gig ad Wilhlm Fik w d
dah, ad Rdl H wa d
li impim.
Missing Documents Reemerge.
Now in the National Archives
A wk la, wih hi wk v, Ji
Jak Pid ma a al -
p ab hi aivii ad d ha h
wa im dmai, ildig ap-
d d, wa h ppy h Ui-
d Sa ad ha a agy hld ak -
dy i bhal h Uid Sa.
“T ma,” h w, “i h imp-
a a waa allig i y ai.”
w mh la, h d h U.S.
Cl h Pi Axi Cimi-
aliy w d h Naial Ahiv,
ad i 1947 h Naial Ahiv a-
id hm. Wihi h d a ph-
ai ad alad pi h Nm-
bg Law a pblihd i h Reichsgestzblatt
ad d dig h ial.
Gal Pa had dpid h igi-
al Nmbg Law a h Hig Li-
bay, a hi hm i h L Agl aa
i J 1945; Pa did a a l ij-
i ivd i a a aid i Gmay
i Dmb 1945 ad had l i-
i gadig h law.
Ti xi a h Hig Libay,
A Clli, ad Baial Gad wa
vald il 1999, wh hy w
diplay 10 ya a h Skiball Clal
C i L Agl il la 2009.
I h mm 2010, h Naial A-
hiv apd dai m h H
ig Libay h igial Nmbg
Law—63 ya la ha hy wld hav
i Pa had d hm v h app
pia ahii. P
Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and other defendants sit in the courtroom of the
German war crimes trials in Nuremburg, 1945.
Prologue 29The Nuremberg Laws