OAJA Acts

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1. Full Date of Act
Nov. 12, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Decree issued by the Minister of Economy, Hermann Goering
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

1. All damage to Jewish businesses or dwellings on 8, 9 or 10 November 1938 through the indignation of the people over the agitation of the international Jews against national Socialist Germany, must be repaired at once by the Jewish occupant or Jewish businessman. ...2. The hostile attitude of Jewry towards the German people and Reich, which does not even shrink from committing cowardly murder, requires harsh atonement. Therefore I make the following order: the payment of a contribution of 1,000,000,000 Reichmarks to German Reich has been imposed on the Jews of German nationality as a whole. 3. From January 1st, 1939, on, a Jew cannot remain a businessman any longer. If a Jew has been a leading employee in a business enterprise, he will be dismissed after six months notice.
5. Source
“Consequences of Kristallnacht.” historylearningsite.co.uk, Chris Trueman, December 2011.
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
2011
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Nov. 15, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Circular Decree “Education of Jewish Children” issued by Reich Ministry of Education
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

After the heinous murderous deed of Paris it can’t be expected of German teachers any longer to teach Jewish children. It’s a matter of course as well that it’s intolerable for German students to sit in the same classroom with Jews. Although racial segregation has already been performed in the past few years in general, a remainder of Jewish students have stayed in German schools until now. A Joint school attendance with German boys and girls can’t be permitted to those remaining students anymore. Subject to further legal regulations, I therefore order with immediate effect: 1. Jews are not permitted to visit German schools. They are allowed to attend Jewish schools only. As far as it hasn’t already happened, all Jewish students that currently attend a German school have to be dismissed immediately.[…] Berlin 15 November 1938 - The Reich Minister for Science, Training and People’s Education Signed for by Zschinzsch.
5. Source
Deutsche Wissenschaft, Erziehung und Volksbildung 1938, page 520f. Accessed online.
6. Translator
Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation
2015
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Nov. 16, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Law on the Deprivation of the Right to Wear a Uniform issued by Adolf Hitler
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

Jews […], who belonged to the old or new German Armed Forces, the Austrian-Hungarian Army or the Austrian Federal Army and obtained the right to wear a uniform, will hereby be deprived of this right. Berlin 16 November 1938 – The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler […]
5. Source
1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 1611. Accessed online
6. Translator
Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation
2016
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Nov. 17, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“The Laws for the Defense of the Race” issued by Italian Government
3. Geography of Act
Italy
4. Text of Act

…Milan, November 11, 1938 …First Chapter Mixed marriages: Italian citizens may not marry members of the Hamitic, Semitic, or non-Aryan races; ...Second Chapter Definition of the Jewish race: The following are considered to be of the Jewish race: a person born from two Jewish parents; a person born of Jewish fathers and foreign (Aryan) mothers; a person born of mixed marriages who professes the Jewish religion, but not those who, as of 1 October 1938, profess another religion. Servants and Jews: All those of the Jewish race may not have in any way Aryans as their servants in the house and as their employees. Third Chapter ... Foreign Jews: It is forbidden to the foreigners of the Jewish race to settle in Italy, Libya or in the colonial possessions in the Aegean; the Italian citizenship granted to Jewish foreigners after January 1, 1919 will have to be considered as revoked…For the protection of the Italian schools: accordingly to this legal measure, all those of the Jewish race are forbidden to work and study in Public and Private Italian schools and the legal measure applies to all school ranks…
5. Source
“The Laws for the Defense of the Race (November 11, 1938).” jewishvirtuallibrary.org, No author.
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
2011
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Nov. 18, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
"Immigration ban on all Jews" issued by the Paraguayan Government
3. Geography of Act
Paraguay
4. Text of Act

"Paraguay has prohibited entrance of all Jews irrespective of their nationality or the class in which they are traveling. […] the ban also applies to Jews who are on [en] route with visas from Paraguay’s consuls [issued] in various countries."
5. Source
Jewish Telegraphic Agency; Paraguay Ban Affects Jews of All Countries;
6. Researcher
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research
2016
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Nov. 21, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Royal Decree - November 21, 1938-XVII, no. 2154 Amendments to the statute of the National Fascist Party
3. Geography of Act
Italy
4. Text of Act

... Sole Article Article. 8 of the Statute of the National Fascist Party, approved by Decree R-XVI April 28, 1938, n. 513, is replaced by the following: 'The Italian citizenship is a necessary condition for membership in the PNF 'They can not be enrolled in the PNF Italian citizens, in accordance with the law, are considered Jewish race. ... Given in Rome, this day of November 21, 1938-XVII Victor Emmanuel Mussolini ... Acts of the Government, the register 406, sheet 35. - 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
Nov. 28, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Order issued by Reich Ministry of Interior
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

Police Regulation of the Appearance of Jews in Public of 28 November 1938. ...ARTICLE 1 The Government Presidents in Prussia, Bavaria, and the Sudeten German areas, the proper authorities in the remaining provinces of the old Reich, the district captains (the Mayor in Vienna) in Austria and the Reich Commissar of the Saar district may impose upon Jews, both subjects of the German State and stateless Jews ... restrictions as to place and time to the effect that they may not enter certain districts or may not appear in public at certain times. ...Berlin, 28 November 1938. The Reich Minister of Interior. By order : Heydrich.
5. Source
"Anti-Semitic Legislation; Police regulation of the appearance of Jews in public." axishistory.com, No author.
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
2012
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Nov. 29, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
First Regulation Implementing and Supplementing the Carrier Pigeons Law Issued by Reich Minister of Interior
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

[…] Article 1 (1) The permission (to keep carrier pigeons) won’t be granted to Jews. […] Berlin 29 November 1938 – The Reich Minister of the Interior Frick.
5. Source
1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 1749. Accessed online
6. Translator
Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation
2015
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 2, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Curfew for Jews on the Day of National Solidarity (3 December 1938) issued by the Chief of the Reich Security Police
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

Jews have no part in the solidarity of the German people. […] The following is therefore ordered: 1. Jews of German citizenship and stateless Jews […] have to stay in their current homes and have to refrain from entering streets and squares on the day of National Solidarity from 12pm – 8pm […]
5. Source
Juedisches Nachrichtenblatt, issue 3, 1938, page 1. Accessed online
6. Translator
Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation
2016
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 3, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Order Concerning the Utilization of Jewish Property” issued by Reich Minister of Economic Affairs
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

Order concerning the Utilization of Jewish Property of 3 December 1938…Article 1 The owner of a Jewish industrial enterprise…may be ordered to sell or liquidate the enterprise within a definite time. Certain conditions may be stipulated in the order. ...Article 6 A Jew…may be ordered to sell wholly or partly his land or forest enterprise, his other land or forest properties, his other real estate or other properties within a definite time…Article 7 1. Jews cannot legally acquire real estate and mortgages…3. At the foreclosure of real estate, the court ordering such sale must reject bids if there is reason to suspect that the bidder is a Jew… Article 8 1. Jews require authorization to dispose of real estate and mortgages. …Article 10 1. If a Jew sells a piece of land which is situated within the confines of Berlin, the Reich Capital Berlin has a right of pre-emption ...Article 11 1. Within a week after this decree goes into effect, Jews must deposit all their stocks, shares in mines, bonds, and similar securities at a foreign exchange bank. ...Article 12 The disposing of securities deposited as Jewish, as well as the release of such securities require the consent of the Reich Minister of economics or an authority named by him… Jews are forbidden to acquire, pawn or sell objects of gold, platinum or silver as well as precious stones and pearls ...Berlin, 3 December 1938 Reich Minister of Economic Affairs Walter Funk Reich Minister of Interior Frick.
5. Source
“Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV Document No. 1409-PS.” yale.edu, No author.
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
2011
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 6, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Seventh Regulation to The Reich Citizenship Law of December 6, 1938” issued by Reich Minister of Interior
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

[…] Article 2 (1) The pension of Jewish officials who are retired and have received the full remuneration of their last income as a retirement pension or waiting pay up to now shall be fixed and payed instead of the previously granted compensation with effect from January 1, 1939. Berlin 5 December 1938 - The Reich Minister of the Interior Frick; the Deputy, of the Fuehrer Hess.
5. Source
1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 1751. Accessed online
6. Translator
Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation
2015
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 8, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Decree on the Exclusion of Jews from German Universities issued by the Reich Ministry of Education
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

As far as professors, other teachers and academic assistants, who are Jewish within the meaning of the Nuremberg Laws and as such have been dismissed from active university service, received a permission to continue to work scientifically in university institutions, libraries etc. or to use these facilities, I will revoke this permit with immediate effect. I request that necessary measures will be taken immediately. Berlin 8 December 1938 - The Reich Minister of Science, Training and People’s Education, signed by Groh
5. Source
Deutsche Wissenschaft, Erziehung und Volksbildung - 4. 1938, page 550. Accessed online
6. Translator
Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation
2016
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 9, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Regulations on job description of Jewish consultants” issued by Reich Minister of Justice
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

1. The persons authorized to legal advice and representation of Jews use the professional title 'consultant'. On signs, letterheads and business cards and similar announcements the following note has to be added in perfectly legible characters: 'Admitted only for legal advice and representation of Jews.' […]. 2. The consultant has to attach a plate of light metal or wood […] to the door of his office as of 1 February 1939. The sign must bear the following inscription in black block letters on a white ground: The first- and surname, the job description 'consultant' and the label: 'Admitted only for legal advice and representation of Jews.'[…]
5. Source
Deutsche Justiz 1938, page 1974 and Walk Joseph, Das Sonderrecht fuer die Juden im NS-Staat, page 264. Accessed online
6. Translator
Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation
2015
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 12, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Law on Exchange Control issued by the Reich Ministry of Economy
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

Article 58 – While travelling abroad or into the Customs-free zone of the Baden state, Jews […] are not allowed to carry other belongings than those strictly necessary for personal use without permission. This does not apply to Jews of foreign nationality. Berlin 12 December 1938 – The Reich Economy Minister Funk.
5. Source
1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 1742. Accessed online
6. Translator
Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation
2016
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 14, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Second Regulation Implementing the Order on the Elimination of Jews from the German Economic Life” issued by the Reich Minister for Economic Affairs
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

[…] Article 1- In companies that are owned by a Jew the Reich Trustee of Labor has to appoint an operating manager […] who meets the bloodline requirements for acquiring the Reich citizenship. The Reich Trustee of Labor can set regulations for the structure of the legal relationship between the operating manager and the owner. […] Article 5 - Compensation for personal or economic disadvantages caused by the implementation of this Regulation shall not be granted. […] Berlin 14 December 1938 - the Reich Minister for Economic Affairs signed by Brinkmann; the Reich Labor Minister signed by Dr. Krohn; the Reich Minister of the Interior signed by Pfundtner.
5. Source
1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 1902. Accessed online
6. Translator
Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation
2015
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 21, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Law on Midwives” issued by Adolf Hitler
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

[…] Article 7- Recognition as a midwife shall be refused […] 4. If the applicant is Jewish. Berlin, 21 December 1938 – The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler; the Minister of the Interior Frick.
5. Source
1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 1893. Accessed online
6. Translator
Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation
2015
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 22, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Royal Decree-Law - December 22, 1938-XVII, no. 2111 Provisions relating to placement on leave absolute and for pensions to the military personnel of the armed forces of the Jewish race
3. Geography of Act
Italy
4. Text of Act

... Art. 1 The officers serving with the Royal Army, the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force, the Royal financial police and militia for national security, belonging to the Jewish race, other than those referred to in art. 4, are exempt from service in accordance with art. 20 of the Royal Decree-Law of November 17, 1938-XVII, number 1728, and placed on leave ever. ... Victor Emmanuel Mussolini - Solmi - Of Revel ... Acts of the Government, the register 406, sheet 12. - 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
Dec. 23, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Implementing Rules for the Sales Tax Law issued by the Reich Ministry of Finance
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

Article 39 - Jewish private scholars, artists, writers, sales agents and brokers will not get any sales tax relief. Berlin 23 December 1938 - The Reich Finance Minister, signed by Reinhardt.
5. Source
1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 1935. Accessed online
6. Translator
Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation
2016
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 31, 1938
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Second Regulation on Rent Subsidies issued by the Reich Ministry of Interior
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

Article 1 (2) - Jews do not receive rent subsidies. Berlin 31 December 1938 - The Minister of Interior, in representation of the State Secretary, Schuetze
5. Source
1938 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 2017, Accessed online.
6. Translator
Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Translation
2016
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
1939
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Prague
3. Geography of Act
Czech Republic
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) "Curfew. Jews were forbidden to be out of doors after 20:00 hours. This prohibition was broadcast by word of mouth by the employees of the Jewish community offices." "Nazi Restrictions on the Jews of Prague & The Role of the Jewish Community Council," Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team, Accessed 8/27/2015
5. Source
None
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
None
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
1939
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Decree issued by Reich in Occupied Poland
3. Geography of Act
Germany / Occupied
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources:

1) “By a decree of 17 September 1939 the property of all Polish citizens became subject to confiscation, while the property of Jews was automatically confiscated.”
"The German Occupation of Europe." holocaustresearchproject.org
5. Source
None
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
None
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
1939
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Order issued by President of German Lottery
3. Geography of Act
Germany
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “1939 August 1 The President of the German Lottery forbids the sale of lottery tickets to Jews.” “Part II: Selected Documents Showing Key Legal Mechanisms used to Implement the Nazi Agenda.” ushmm.org
5. Source
None
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
None
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
1939
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Prague
3. Geography of Act
Czech Republic
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources:

1) "Handing over Radio Receivers. The Jews of Greater Prague had to hand over their radio receivers. The receivers, about 12,000 of them, were delivered during the deadline of two days and had to be stored by the Jewish community offices. The operation was particularly difficult because it coincided with the counting of Jews."
"Nazi Restrictions on the Jews of Prague & The Role of the Jewish Community Council," Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team, Accessed 8/27/2015
5. Source
None
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
None
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
1939
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Act IV of 1939” issued by Hungarian government
3. Geography of Act
Hungary
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “Act IV of 1939, the second Jewish law, was detailed and draconian, and I only summarize it here. First, it revived a racial definition of Jewishness, though with some narrow provision for some Christian converts. Second, it lowered the maximum representation in the professions from 20 percent (in the first Jewish law) to 6 percent, the estimated Jewish proportion in the population. Third, it expanded the number of sectors where discrimination was legalized, which now included, among others, land holding, licenses for trade, and salaries. Fourth, unlike previous legislation, it introduced outright exclusions. Jews whose families had immigrated to Hungary after 1867 no longer had the right to vote or serve in parliament. Jews could no longer serve in the upper house of parliament unless it was as one of the designated representatives of the Jewish community. They could no longer serve as editors, publishers or directors, except for exclusively Jewish publications. Finally, the law added provisions for the protection of 'national' property in anticipation of Jewish emigration.” Wittenberg, Jason: “International Influences on anti-Jewish Legislation in Interwar Hungary.” witty.berkeley.edu/Hungary; p. 8.

2) “A year later [1939], a more far-reaching anti-Jewish law was passed, defining the status of Jews, barring them from leading positions in the media, prohibiting the issuance of new trade licenses to them or the renewal of old ones. The law also barred further admission of Jews to the professions until their share fell to below 6 percent. It authorized the government to expropriate, with compensation, Jewish landed property. Jews could no longer acquire Hungarian citizenship by naturalization, marriage, or adoption. Voting rights of nonnative Jews or those whose forebears were not permanently resident before 1868 were canceled.”Dawidowicz, Lucy S.: “The War Against the Jews: 1933-1945.” (1975) Online book; p. 462
3) “…a person is to be regarded as Jewish, If he or she, or at least one of the parents, or at least two of the grandparents were members of the Israelite denomination before the coming into force of the present Law.”Molnar, Judit: “Gendarmes, Policemen, Functionaries and the Jews-New Findings on the Behavior of Hungarian Authorities During the Holocaust.” jewishvirtuallibrary.com
5. Source
None
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
None
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
1939
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Warsaw
3. Geography of Act
Poland
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) "Jews may not deal in textiles or processed leathers."

"The Warsaw Ghetto: Anti-Semitic Decrees Against the Jews of Warsaw," American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, Jewish Virtual Library, Accessed 8/27/2015
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None
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
None
8. Notes
None