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1. Full Date of Act	Apr. 26, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Decree for the Reporting of Jewish Owned Property” issued by Minister of Economy Hermann Goering
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	Decree for the Reporting of Jewish Owned Property of 26 April 1938…the following Is hereby decreed: Article 1 1. Every Jew (Article 5 of the First Regulation under the Reich Citizenship Law of 14 November 1935…) shall report and evaluate in accordance with the following instructions his entire domestic and foreign property and estate on the day when this decree goes into force. Jews of foreign citizenship shall report and evaluate only their domestic property. 2. The duty to report holds likewise for the non-Jewish marital partner of a Jew. 3. Every reporting person's property must be given separately. … Berlin, 26 April 1938 The Deputy for the Four Year Plan Goering General Field Marshal The Reich Minister of the Interior Frick.
5. Source	“Anti-Semitic Legislation; Decree for reporting Jewish owned property…” Axishistory.com, No author.
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	2011
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	May 19, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	First Executive Order on the Civil Status Law issued by the Minister of Justice
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	Article 2 - (b) Jews may not act as a witness at a wedding when the couple, who are to be married, are German nationals, of German or kindred blood as well as of second-degree mixed-blood. Berlin 19 Mai 1938 – The Minister of Justice, signed by Schlegelberger.
5. Source	1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 538. Accessed online
6. Translator	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation	2016
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	May 20, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Decree issued by Reich Minister of Interior Wilhelm Frick
3. Geography of Act	Germany / Occupied Austria
4. Text of Act	Decree Introducing the Nurnberg Racial Laws into the Land of Austria 20 May 1938...Section 3 The elimination of Jews from public offices which they hold on the effective date of this decree will be specially regulated. ...
5. Source	“Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV Document No. 2112-PS.” Avalon.law.yale.edu, No author.
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	2012
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 9, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Guidelines for the Approval of Guest Students at German Universities issued by the Reich Ministry of Education
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	Article 1 - 2. Jews […] who are of German nationality, cannot be admitted as guest students at German universities any longer. […] Berlin 9 June 1938- The Reich Minister for Science, Training and People’s Education, signed by Zschinzsch
5. Source	Deutsche Wissenschaft, Erziehung und Volksbildung - 4.1938, page 294. Accessed online
6. Translator	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation	2015
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 13, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Decree Concerning Jewish pupils at Austrian schools issued by the Ministry of Interior
3. Geography of Act	Germany / Occupied Austria
4. Text of Act	A. General principles: Jewish students are to be summarized at certain schools, that are designated for Jews only. Jewish students are not permitted to visit non-Jewish schools and vice versa, non-Jewish students are not allowed to visit Jewish schools. […] 13 June – The Minister of Internal and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Seyss - Inquart
5. Source	1939 Verordnungsblatt fuer den Dienstbereich des Oesterreichischen Unterrichtsministeriums, page 34. Accessed online.
6. Translator	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation	2016
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 14, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Third Executive Order on the Reich Citizenship Law” issued by Reich Minister of Interior
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	[…] Article 7 (1) – Jewish businesses are recorded in a register. The Minister of the Interior will determine the authorities, where this register will be kept. […] Article 17 – The Reich Minister of Economic Affairs is empowered – in consultation with the Reich Minister of the Interior and the deputy of the Fuehrer- to order, that businesses, which are registered in the list of Jewish businesses, have to display a distinctive sign. Berlin 14 June 1938 – The Reich Minister of the Interior Frick; the Deputy, of the Fuehrer Hess; the Reich Minister of Economic Affairs; the Reich Justice Minister Dr. Guertner.
5. Source	1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 627. Accessed online
6. Translator	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation	2015
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 24, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Regulation based on the Decree for the Reporting of Jewish Owned Property issued by the German Reich
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	Article 1 - The sale or lease of an industrial plant, a farm or a forestry enterprise and the granting of rights of use to such an operation requires the approval of a higher administrative authority when a Jew is involved as a contracting member. […] Berlin 26 April 1938 - The Deputy for the Four Year Plan, General Field Marshal Goering
5. Source	1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 415. Accessed online
6. Translator	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation	2016
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 6, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Act amending the Trade Regulation Code of the German Reich issued by Adolf Hitler
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	Article 1 - […] For Jews and Jewish companies with their own legal personality, the operation of the following professions is prohibited: a. security service, b. financial consultation, c. dealing in land and property, d. brokerage for real-estates and loans, as well as the profession of a property manager, d. matchmaking, except for arranging a marriage between Jews, e. the profession of a tourist guide […] Berlin 6 July 1938 – The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler.
5. Source	1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 823. Accessed online
6. Translator	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation	2016
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 15, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Injunction 1023/2, issued by the City of Strobl
3. Geography of Act	Austria
4. Text of Act	Jewish summer guests and visitors are unwelcome in Strobl. Jews are prohibited from using any public grounds, baths and similar facilities in the area of Strobl, without exception. […] This injunction refers to domestic as well as foreign Jews.
5. Source	Kloyber, C. & Wasmeier, C. Das Bürglgut: Von der Großbürgerlichkeit zur Restitution (The Bürgl Estate: From Grand Bourgeoisie to Restitution). Studienverlag: Innsbruck, 2011. P. 322.
6. Researcher	Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research	2019
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 23, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Third Announcement on the Identity Card Enforcement issued by Minister of Interior Wilhelm Frick
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	Article 1 - Jews […] who are German citizens, have to apply for an identity card with reference to their status as Jew at the responsible police department until 31 December 1938. For Jews who are born after the date of this announcement an application shall be made within three months after their birth. Article 2 – Jews older than 15 years have to proof their identity anytime upon official request by their identity card. Article 3 – As soon as they have received their identity card, Jews are obliged to identify themselves as Jews of their own accord for applications at official or Reich departments and shall give the place of issue and the identification number, or show their identity card voluntarily when requests are made in person. […] Berlin 23 July 1938 – The Reich Minister of Interior Frick.
5. Source	1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 922, Accessed online.
6. Translator	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 25, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Fourth Decree relative to the Reich Citizen Law” issued by Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	4th Decree relative to the Reich Citizen Law of 25 July 1938. ...Section III. 1. Jews, whose appointment approval has expired and who have not received an authorization, by virtue of Section II, are forbidden to practice medicine. 2. A Jew who has received an authorization by virtue of Section II must, with the exception of his wife and legitimate children, only treat Jews...Whoever violates the regulations of Subsection I or II, either deliberately or carelessly, will be sentenced to one year of prison and a fine, or to either one of those punishments. Section IV. A Jew cannot be licensed as a physician. ...Bayreuth July 25, 1938. The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler The Reich Minister of the Interior Frick The Deputy of the Fuehrer R. Hess The Reich-Minister of Justice Dr. Guertner. The Reich-Minister of Finance by order: Reinhardt.
5. Source	"Anti-Semitic Legislation; Fourth Decree on the Citizenship Law." axishistory.com, No author.
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	2012
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 27, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Circular Note on Jewish Street Names issued by the Reich Ministry of Interior
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	(1) If it hasn’t already been done, streets or street parts named after Jews and half-Jews have to be renamed immediately. (3) The removed street signs with Jewish names on are not allowed to be left next to the new one for a longer time, as it is usual in other street renaming processes. They have to be removed immediately. […]
5. Source	Ministerialblatt des Reichs- und Preussischen Ministeriums des Innern 1938, Column 1284.
6. Translator	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation	2016
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 17, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“The second decree for the execution of the law regarding the changes of the surnames and forenames…” issued by Reich Minister of the Interior Representative Dr. Stuckart
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	...Art. 1 1. Jews may be given only such given-names as are cited in the directives issued by the Ministry of Interior concerning the utilization of given-names. 2. Para. (1) is not applicable to Jews who are foreign citizens. Art. 2 1. In so far as the Jews are still using some other given-names different from those which are at their disposal according to Art. 1,-they are obliged to assume by the 1st January 1938, a second, additional given-name as follows; for males, the given-names Israel and for females the given-name Sara…Art. 3 As far as is customary in juridicial and business procedure to indicate the given-names, the Jews are obliged always to indicate at least one of their given-names. ...Berlin, 17th, August 1938. Reichs Minister of the Interior: Representative, Dr. Stuckart. Reichs Minister of Justice: Dr. Guertner.
5. Source	“Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV Document No. 1674-PS.” avalon.law.yale.edu, No author.
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	2011
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Sep. 6, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Circular Note that excludes Jewish sales points from the acceptance of ration cards for fat and communal welfare vouchers issued by the Reich Labor Ministry
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	(1) Jewish sales points will be excluded from accepting coupons for cooking fat, ration cards for Margarine and communal welfare vouchers starting October 1, 1938. […]
5. Source	Ministerialblatt des Reichs- und Preussischen Ministeriums des Innern 1938, Column 1511.
6. Translator	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation	2016
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Sep. 7, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Royal Decree of Law September 7, 1938 - XVI
3. Geography of Act	Italy
4. Text of Act	Measures with Regard to Foreign Jews VICTOR EMMANUEL III BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND BY THE WILL OF THE NATION KING OF ITALY EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA We have decreed and decree: Art. 1. From the publication of the present decree it is prohibited to Jewish foreigners to establish permanent residence in the Kingdom, in Lybia or in the Possessions of the Aegean. Art. 2. As a result of the present decree, a person is considered Jewish who was born of two parents of Jewish race, even if he professes a religion other than the Jewish. Art. 3. The concessions of Italian citizenship given to Jewish foreigners later than January 1, 1919 are to be understood as revoked in every effect. Art. 4. Jewish foreigners who, at the date of publication of the present decree, find themselves in the Kingdom, in Lybia or in the Possessions of the Aegean and who took up residence there later than January 1, 1919 must leave the territory of the Kingdom, Lybia and the Possessions of the Agean, within six months of the date of publication of the present decree. Those who have not complied with this obligation within the aforementioned deadline will be expelled from the Kingdom in accordance with Art. 150 of the single text of the laws of P.S., upon the application of the penalties established by the law. Art. 5. The controversies that might arise from the application of the present decree will be resolved, on a case by case basis, with the decree of the Ministry for the Interior, issued in concert with the relevant Ministers. Such a decree is not subject to any administrative or jurisdictional burden (tax). The present decree will be enforced beginning on the day of its publication in the Gazzetta Ufficiale and will be presented to the Parliament to be converted into law. The Duce, the Minister for the Interior, proponent, is authorized to present the relevant bill. We order that the present decree, signed with the seal of the State, be inserted in the official collection of laws and decrees of the Kingdom of Italy, handing it over to whoever is responsible to ensure its observance. Given at San Rossore, September 7, 1938-Year XVI: Victor Emmanuel, Musssolini
5. Source	ANED Nazionale (Associazione Nazionale Ex-Deportati Nei Campi Nazisti), (National ANED National Association Ex-Deported in Nazi Fields); deportati.it; Accessed online
6. Researcher & Translator	Michael De Sapio
7. Year of Research & Translation	2018
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Sep. 23, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Royal Decree-Law 23 September 1938-XVI, n. 1630 Institution of primary schools for children of the Jewish race
3. Geography of Act	Italy
4. Text of Act	...We have decreed and decree: Art. 1 For the children of the Jewish race are established at the expense of the State Special sections of primary school in the town where the number of them will not be less than ten. Its teachers may be of the Jewish race. ... Art. 3 In primary schools for the children of the Jewish race they are adopted textbooks State, with appropriate adjustments, approved by the Ministry of Education. The costs are paid by the Jewish community. ... Given at St. Flushing, this day of September 23, 1938 - Year XVI Victor Emmanuel Mussolini - Bottai - Of Revel ... Acts of the Government, the register 402, sheet 109. - Mancini.
5. Source	"The Anti-Jewish Laws of Fascist Italy," CDEC, Foundation Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation, Accessed online.
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	2015
8. Notes	Editor Google translated from Italian on 8/2015.

1. Full Date of Act	Sep. 27, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Fifth Decree of the German Civil Law issued by German government
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	...Article I. Elimination of the Jews from the Bar (Attorneyship). Section 1. Jews are excluded from the profession of a lawyer. In as much as Jews are still lawyers they are to be eliminated from the bar pursuant to the following provisions : ...Signatories :The Fuehrer and Reich-Chancellor, Adolf Hitler. The Reich Minister of Justice Dr. Guertner. The Reich Minister of Interior Frick. The Deputy, of the Fuehrer R. Hess. The Reich Minister of Finance (in the name of Reinhardt).
5. Source	"Anti-Semitic Legislation; Fifth decree to law relating to the Reich citizenship." axishistory.com, No author.
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	2012
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Sep. 28, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	First Regulation on the Profession of Nursing and the Establishment of Nursing Schools issued by the Reich Ministry of Interior
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	Article 20 (1) - Jews are only allowed to work as a nurse when taking care of other Jews or working in Jewish institutions. (3) Jewish nurses can only be trained at Jewish nursing schools. Those schools are not allowed to educate people of German or kindred blood. […] Berlin 28 September 1938, The Minister of Interior, Frick.
5. Source	1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 1310. Accessed online
6. Translator	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation	2016
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 5, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Law on Passports of Jews” issued by Reich Minister of Interior
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	...Article 1 (1) All German passports of Jews (Article 5 of the first law to the Reich citizenship of 14 November 1935…) … who reside in the Reich area, become invalid. (1.2) The holders of the passports, mentioned in section (1), are obliged to hand in these passports to the passport authority within Germany, ... For Jews who are staying abroad at the time of publication of this law, this period of two weeks begins with the day of their re-entry into the Reich area. (3) The passports, made out to be valid abroad, will become valid again if they are marked with a sign designated by the Reich Minister of the Interior, which will mark the holder as a Jew. …Berlin, 5 October 1938. The Reich Minister of the Interior By order Dr. Best.
5. Source	“Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV Document No. 2120-PS,” No author, avalon.law.yale.edu.
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	2011
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 6, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Decree on “the Admission of Jews to the Health Insurance” issued by Reich Minister of Labor
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	[…] Article 1 - Upon expiration of the approval of Jewish doctors in accordance with Article 1 of the Fourth Ordinance to the Reich Citizenship Law of 25 July 1938 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 969), their entry in the register of medical practitioners and their admission will expire as well. Article 2 – (1) Jews who are allowed to practice medicine precariously according to Article 2 of the Fourth Regulation to the Reich Citizenship Law may take part in the care provided under health insurance for insured Jewish patients and their family members only with permission from the Reich Panel Doctors' Association. The authorization is revocable at any time. (2) As long as Jews exercise a professional activity due to a permission according to paragraph (1) they are under the authority of the Reich Panel Doctors' Association in the same way as doctors. The physicians association can govern their rights and obligations notwithstanding the general rules, if special circumstances require it. […] Berlin 6 October 1938 – The Reich Minister of Labor His Deputy: Dr. Krohn.
5. Source	1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 1391. Accessed online
6. Translator	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation	2015
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 7, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Order Regarding the Entry of Jewish Refugees issued by Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro
3. Geography of Act	Japan
4. Text of Act	[…] The number of Jews who wish to enter our country is constantly increasing. The entry of refugees of that kind - meaning Jewish refugees, but towards foreign countries they will just be described as refugees in general - to Japan and our colonies is unwanted. The entry of those refugees to Japan shall be prevented in the future. […] This shall not be mentioned towards foreign countries.
5. Source	Martin Kaneko, Die Judenpolitik der Japanischen Reichsregierung, Berlin 2008, page 25.
6. Translator	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation	2016
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 26, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Law to expel issued by German government
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	Telephone Instructions to Expel Polish Jews from Germany enacted by the Head of the Legal Department [Germany]: […] Therefore the Jews of Polish nationality, who are located in Germany, will be expelled as a precaution from the Reich immediately in the shortest possible time. […] Berlin 26 October 1938 - Signed by Gauz
5. Source	Akten zur deutschen auswaertigen Politik, 1918 – 1945, series D, volume 5, page 93. Accessed online
6. Translator	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation	2015
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 31, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	First Regulation amending the Civil Tax Law issued by Adolf Hitler
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	Article 1 (4) - For children who are Jews, children discount from the citizen tax won’t be granted any longer. Berlin 31 October 1938 – The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler.
5. Source	1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 1545. Accessed online
6. Translator	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation	2016
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Nov. 10, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Order issued by Reinhard Heydrich
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	Regards: Measures against Jews tonight...a) Only such measures may be taken which do not jeopardize German life or property (for instance, burning of synagogues only if there is no danger of fires for the neighbourhoods). b) Business establishments and homes of Jews may be destroyed but not looted. The police have been instructed to supervise the execution of these directives and to arrest looters. c) In Business streets special care is to be taken that non-Jewish establishments will be safeguarded at all cost against damage...As soon as the events of this night permit the use of the designated officers, as many Jews, particularly wealthy ones, as the local jails will hold, are to be arrested in all districts. Initially only healthy male Jews, not too old, are to be arrested. After the arrests have been carried out the appropriate concentration camp is to be contacted immediately with a view to a quick transfer of the Jews to the camps...
5. Source	“Kristallnacht Order.” fcit.usf.edu, No author.
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	2012
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Nov. 11, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Order issued by Minister of Interior
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	Regulations Against Jews' Possession of Weapons, 11 November 1938. ...§1 Jews (§5 of the First Regulations of the German Citizenship Law of 14 November 1935, Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 1333) are prohibited from acquiring, possessing, and carrying firearms and ammunition, as well as truncheons or stabbing weapons. Those now possessing weapons and ammunition are at once to turn them over to the local police authority. §2 Firearms and ammunition found in a Jew's possession will be forfeited to the government without compensation. ...Berlin, 11 November 1938 Minister of the Interior, Frick.
5. Source	"A Gun Control Law Passed by the German Government One Day After Kristallnacht." constitutionalistnc.tripod.com, No author, Accessed on 11/29/2012
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	None
8. Notes	None