How Is Hitler Justified In The Nuremberg Laws

The lives of the Jewish people changed tremendously as Hitler came to power. Before 1933, the Jews assimilated quite well into German society. They experienced some discrimination, but life in Germany was rather peaceful. As Hitler came to power, the Jews were held responsible for Germany’s problems. Due to his anti-semitic views, the lives of the German-Jews changed for the worse. When the Nuremberg Laws were enacted by Germany, Jewish influences were completely removed from Aryan society. These laws were extremely discriminatory against Jewish people which lead to restricting their daily lives. Kristallnacht showed that the Jews were not welcome in Germany. The gruesome event also revealed how violent the nature of discrimination was against
Due to the Great Depression in Germany, Hitler was provided an opportunity for a political position. He made use of his antisemitic views and his power to sway the crowds in order to persuade the public to vote for him. Hitler came second in both rounds of the election for presidency. This showed that he was a strong political force and many Germans favoured his views over the other political parties. Hitler was soon elected as Chancellor of Germany by President Hindenburg to keep political balance. As Chancellor, Hitler formed a de facto legal dictatorship which lead to the disbandment of the remaining opposing political parties. In 1934, before President Hindenburg’s death, the cabinet legislated a law which stripped the President off his powers and combined it with the Chancellor. As the leader of Germany, Hitler conveyed his views and ideas to the public and persuaded them into following him. Before he was the leader of Germany, he was sent to prison for a year where he wrote “Mein Kampf”. In the book he wrote his antisemitic views and his plans on transforming Germany into a race based society. He believed that all races were not equal and some were more superior than others. Hitler claimed that Germans were part of a race called “Aryans” who would rule the world in the near future. From this spawned the ideas of Jews being a separate race and plot to take the world for themselves. He
In 1935 the Nuremberg Laws were legislated. These laws were enacted to ostracise and expel Jews for Aryan Society. It took away something very important to them, being German. The right to be Germans were taken away from them by the enactment of Nuremberg laws. Jews were also prohibited from marrying or having sexual relations with persons who had German or related blood. They were seen as parasites that would infect Aryan blood and prevent them from becoming the supreme rulers of the world. Having these relations with Jewish people became an offense and came to be known as “Racial Infamy”. The Nuremberg laws didn’t define Jews as people practicing Jewish religion, but rather someone who has 3 or 4 Jewish grandparents. This meant that even some Roman catholic Priests and Nuns were counted as Jewish. As the laws were legislated, the treatment of the Jews became a lot more destructive. Those who could pay a fine were able to leave Germany, but those who couldn’t suffered greatly. Shops refused to sell food and resources to the Jews. This made gathering food very hard for the Jews. Even chemists restricted jews from buying their medicine. Making it difficult to retrieve medicine. The establishment of the Nuremberg Laws expelled the Jews from German society and also stripped them off their humanity, restricting their daily