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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,725 posts)
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 07:12 AM Sep 2022

On September 15, 1935, The Nurnberg Laws were passed in Germany.

https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/September-15

1935

The Nürnberg Laws, among the first pieces of racist Nazi legislation that would culminate in the Holocaust, were passed in Germany; designed by Adolf Hitler, they deprived Jews of German citizenship and forbade marriage or sexual relations between Jews and “citizens of German or kindred blood.”
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On September 15, 1935, The Nurnberg Laws were passed in Germany. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 OP
🕯️A lot of people died from hate. irisblue Sep 2022 #1
Imagine arbitrarily losing your home, your employment, your family, no_hypocrisy Sep 2022 #2

irisblue

(33,047 posts)
1. 🕯️A lot of people died from hate.
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 07:28 AM
Sep 2022

40,000,000 to 50,000,000 people
An estimated 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 people died during World War II, including about 6,000,000 Jewish men, women, and children who died in the Holocaust. Millions more civilians were wounded and made homeless throughout Europe and East Asia.
https://www.britannica.com › World...
Causes, events, and casualties of World War II | Britannica



no_hypocrisy

(46,285 posts)
2. Imagine arbitrarily losing your home, your employment, your family,
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 07:40 AM
Sep 2022

your citizenship, your civil rights, your right to exist, your life.

You were luckily able to survive the transport in a crowded, unsanitary cattle car (hungry and dehydrated) -- only to be led into a cinder-block cell, stripped of your clothes, were told you would be taking a shower, and locked in.

That's the result of the Nuremberg Laws.

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