| 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) "Jews had their radios confiscated."
"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 |
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| 8. Notes | None |
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| 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 use Polish porters and may not own telephones." "The Warsaw Ghetto: Anti-Semitic Decrees Against the Jews of Warsaw;" American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise; jewishvirtuallibrary.org |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
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| 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) "Ditto the sale, lease or gift of Jewish real property."
"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 |
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | 1939 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | 9th Regulation to the Reich Citizenship Law |
| 3. Geography of Act | Germany |
| 4. Text of Act | None |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
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| 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) "All Jews must declare all the property in their possession or ownership." "The Warsaw Ghetto: Anti-Semitic Decrees Against the Jews of Warsaw;" American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise; jewishvirtuallibrary.org |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
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| 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) "Long list of public amenities, parks, restaurants, museums, closed to Jews. Proprietors to put up signs 'Entry forbidden to Jews'. The owners of public baths were ordered to have compartments set aside specifically for persons of Jewish descent and to signpost them as such. If that was not possible users of Jewish descent were to be segregated in time from users of non-Jewish descent. Bathing and lingering in state swimming pools is forbidden to Jews. Signs to be put up with The words 'Entry forbidden to Jews'. Jewish proprietors of guest houses, wine bars, coffee houses, etc. are to display the sign 'Jewish enterprise'." "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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
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| 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) "Removal of Polish Nationals. By Transportation." "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 |
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| 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 |
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | 1939 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | "Ban on Jews to Attend Public Schools" |
| 3. Geography of Act | Germany |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "After 30 July 1939, Jews were no longer permitted to attend German public schools at all, and the prior quota law was eliminated by a non-public regulation in January 1940." A. G. v. Olenhusen: Die "nichtarischen" Studenten an den deutschen Hochschulen. Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, 14 (1966), pp. 175–206 |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
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| 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) "Jewish pupils were excluded from German secondary schools. In Czech schools only 4% of the total number of pupils was permitted to be Jewish." "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 |
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| 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 own radios or enter movie theaters. Jewish teachers may not teach in Polish schools." "The Warsaw Ghetto: Anti-Semitic Decrees Against the Jews of Warsaw;" American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise; jewishvirtuallibrary.org |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
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| 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) "By the order dealing with the dismissal of Jewish employees it is declared that contracts of employment containing a period of notice are changed to six weeks from the first of any month. All rights to claims for entitlement to pensions, compensations, severance, are extinguished. A once-only severance pay of a maximum of half a year's salary can be paid." "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 |
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| 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) "A curfew imposed on all Jews in Warsaw from five o'clock." "The Warsaw Ghetto: Anti-Semitic Decrees Against the Jews of Warsaw;" American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise; jewishvirtuallibrary.org |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
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| 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) "… the Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia ordered the establishment of a central office for Jewish emigration." "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 |
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| 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) "On 16 March 1939 (i.e. one day after the invasion by Germany) Jewish lawyers were forbidden to practice, all Jewish employees in public administration, establishments and institutions, incl. courts and schools, were relieved of their duties. Jews are excluded from being any of the following: teachers and lecturers at secondary schools or others connected with schools with public access except for schools exclusively allocated for Jews, membership of public scientific institutions, learned societies, magistracy, assessors at patent tribunals, assessors at labour tribunals, assessors at courts of arbitration, sworn experts, members of juries or youth courts, notaries, translators, experts witnesses, public guardians, notaries, civil engineers, authorised mining engineers, employed by the stock exchange. Jews cannot be lawyers (solicitors' clerks), defenders in criminal cases and patent attorneys. They cannot bedoctors, veterinary surgeon, pharmaceutical chemists, practicing artists (in theatres or the film industry, editors except for periodicals specifically directed at Jews. Jews are not permitted to participate in the political life or be members of associations. Jewish doctors may only treat Jewish patients." "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 |
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | Jan. 17, 1939 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Eighth Decree of the German Civil Law issued by German government |
| 3. Geography of Act | Germany |
| 4. Text of Act | Article 1 -Licenses (Certificates, Diplomas) of Jewish dentists, veterinarians and pharmacists will expire on 31 January 1939. Article 2 – (1) Jews are banned from practicing medicine, including dentistry and veterinary medicine. (2) Jewish assistants in health care[…] are allowed to exercise their profession only to Jews or in Jewish institutions (3) Jews are banned from practicing Animal Health Care.[…] Berlin 17 January 1939, the Reich Minister of Interior by order: Pfundtner; the Deputy, of the Fuehrer Hess. |
| 5. Source | 1939 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 47f. Accessed online |
| 6. Translator | Franziska Wagener |
| 7. Year of Translation |
2015
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | Feb. 9, 1939 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Royal Decree-Law - Feb. 9, 1939-XVII, no. 126 Implementing rules and integration of the provisions of art. R. 10 of the decree-law on Nov. 17, 1938-XVII, no. 1728, on the limits of real estate and industrial and commercial activities for Italian citizens of Jewish race |
| 3. Geography of Act | Italy |
| 4. Text of Act | ... Art. 1 The limitations of the real property, established by art. 10, d) and e) of R. decree-law on Nov. 17, 1938-XVII, no. 1728 are determined by accumulating separately the land and buildings of urban sites in the territory of the Kingdom and making up the real estate assets of Italian citizens of Jewish race to the date of entry into force of this decree. ... Art. 4 The part of the real estate in excess of the permitted limits for Italian citizens of Jewish race, to be transferred indicated in the Entity. 11 in accordance with the provisions of this decree. ... Victor Emmanuel Mussolini - The Revel ... Acts of the Government, the register 406, sheet 32. - 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
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| 8. Notes |
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| 1. Full Date of Act | Feb. 17, 1939 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Act amending the Income Tax Law issued by Adolf Hitler |
| 3. Geography of Act | Germany |
| 4. Text of Act | An income taxpayer can receive tax reduction for dependents only if they are not Jews. In general, from now on Jews belong to the tax group I, whether single or married, which has to pay the highest tax rate. Berlin - 17 February 1939 - the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler |
| 5. Source | 1939 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 283-286. Accessed online |
| 6. Translator | Franziska Wagener |
| 7. Year of Translation |
2016
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| 8. Notes |
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| 1. Full Date of Act | Feb. 21, 1939 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | “Third Decree following the Ordinance Regarding the Registration of Jewish Estates.” issued by Göring |
| 3. Geography of Act | Germany |
| 4. Text of Act | - In accordance with Section 7 of the Ordinance Regarding the Registration of Jewish Estates, issued April 26, 1938 (RGBl. I, p. 414), I hereby order the following: § 1 – (1) All Jews (§ 5, First Ordinance amending the Reich Citizenship Law of November 14, 1935 – RGBl Part I, p. 1333) are required to surrender all items made of gold, platinum or silver, as well as precious stones and pearls, in which they have ownership, to the public purchasing offices established by the Reich according to § 14 of the Ordinance Regarding the Allocation of Jewish Estates (December 3, 1938, RGBl. Part I, p. 1709), within two weeks of the effective date of this decree. (2) The mandate of Subsection 1 does not apply to Jews of foreign citizenship. § 2 – (1) The Reich Minister for Economic Affairs shall issue detailed regulations regarding the appraisal of items surrendered, as well as disbursement of compensation. (2) The Reich Minister for Economic Affairs may grant exemptions from the duty to surrender the items above. § 3 – The Reich Minister for Economic Affairs shall issue all regulations necessary to enforce and amend this decree. § 4 – Non-compliance with this decree is punishable according to § 8 of the Ordinance Regarding the Registration of Jewish Estates, issued April 26, 1938 (RGBl. I, p. 414) § 5 – This ordinance is effective as of the day of its promulgation. |
| 5. Source | Deutsches Reichsgesetzblatt, "Berlin, February 21, 1939, Four-Year-Plan Commissioner Göring, General Field Marshal 1939," Part I, p. 282 |
| 6. Translator | Dominik Jacobs |
| 7. Year of Translation |
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | Mar. 3, 1939 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Ordinance Regarding the Extension of the Deadline for Surrender of Jewels and Precious Metal Items by Jews |
| 3. Geography of Act | Germany |
| 4. Text of Act | – In accordance with Section 3 of the Third Decree following the Ordinance Regarding the Registration of Jewish Estates (February 21, 1939, RGBl. Part I, p. 282), the following is hereby ordered: § 1 – The deadline for the surrender of items made of gold, platinum or silver, as well as precious stones and pearls, given in Section 1 of the Third Decree following the Ordinance Regarding the Registration of Jewish Estates (February 21, 1939, RGBl. Part I, p. 282), is extended until March 31, 1939. § 2 – This ordinance is effective as of the day of its promulgation. – Berlin, March 3, 1939, signing for the Undersecretary, the Reich Minister for Economic Affairs, Dr. [Heinrich] Koehler. |
| 5. Source | Deutsches Reichsgesetzblatt, 1939, Part I, p. 387 |
| 6. Translator | Dominik Jacobs |
| 7. Year of Translation |
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| 8. Notes | None |