| 1. Full Date of Act | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Warsaw |
| 3. Geography of Act | Poland |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "All Jews between the ages of 12 and 60 are sent to camps for re-education." "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 |
OAJA Acts
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| 1. Full Date of Act | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Prague |
| 3. Geography of Act | Czech Republic |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "Jews forbidden to enter any of Prague's public parks and gardens."
"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 | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Warsaw |
| 3. Geography of Act | Poland |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "Jews must step off the sidewalk upon seeing a uniformed or civilian German." "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 | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | "Professional Limits on Jews" |
| 3. Geography of Act | Norway |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "German authorities forbid Norwegian Jews to teach and participate in other professions." “The Holocaust: Timeline of Jewish Persecution (1932 – 1945);” jewishvirtuallibrary.org |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 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 travel by train between cities in Poland." "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 | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Prague |
| 3. Geography of Act | Czech Republic |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "Jews permitted to shop only during 11:00 to 13:00 and 15:00 to 16:30hrs. This 'shopping period' is to be notified to shops."
"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 | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Prague |
| 3. Geography of Act | Czech Republic |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "Jewish enterprises, including workshops, had to register their total inland and foreign property value as of 31.12.39. Acc. to para.4 Jews had until 15.03.40 to register shares in their possession as interests and other involvements. The same applied to a spouse of a Jew." "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
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | "Jewish Business Regulation" |
| 3. Geography of Act | Germany / Occupied |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "Jewish businesses in occupied Netherlands must be registered." "The Holocaust: Timeline of Jewish Persecution (1932 - 1945);" jewishvirtuallibrary.org |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Law issued by Government General of Poland |
| 3. Geography of Act | Germany / Occupied |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) “Later, in October, 1940, the Jews in Poland were compelled to live in ghettos, leaving the ghetto without permission being punishable by death.” The administration of Jewish affairs in the ghettos was entrusted to Jewish councils, which are responsible to the German authorities for the carrying out of demands made by the latter upon the Jewish population.” Lemkin, Raphael: “Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, Analysis of Government, Proposals for Redress.” p. 71 |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
None
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Warsaw |
| 3. Geography of Act | Poland |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "A monthly tax of five zlotys is imposed on Jews using trolleys." "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 | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | "Establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto" |
| 3. Geography of Act | Poland |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "Nazi's order the establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto." "The Holocaust: Timeline of Jewish Persecution (1932 - 1945);" jewishvirtuallibrary.org |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | "Expulsion of all Jews from Schools and Universities" |
| 3. Geography of Act | Romania |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "At the beginning of the pro-Nazi regime of Ion Antonescu in 1940, all Jewish students were officially expelled from the schools and universities. This was also the fate of the Jewish workers in the private economic sector." "Numerus Clausus;" jewishvirtuallibrary.org |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 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 open bookstores." "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 |
None
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Prague |
| 3. Geography of Act | Czech Republic |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "Jews forbidden to enter hotels, a notice to that effect to be displayed." "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 | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 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 two weeks to deposit their shares, fixed-interest bonds and similar stocks and shares in a depository of the Foreign Exchange Bank. The same regulations also apply to items made of gold, platinum or silver, as well as to precious stones and pearls." "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 | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Order issued by Chief of Military Administration |
| 3. Geography of Act | Germany / Occupied |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) “By an order of the Chief of Military Administration in France of October 18, 1940, Jewish property had to be declared and, it if was of some value, especially if it was real property, it could be put under the administration of trustees appointed by the occupant, which practically amounts to confiscation since the owner is not entitled to any allowances from property thus administered.” Lemkin, Raphael: “Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, Analysis of Government, Proposals for Redress.” p. 76 2) “On 18 October [1940] a new decree ordered the registration of all Jewish concerns, and on 12 December 'Aryan' commisars in charge of them, were appointed.” Vale, Robert: "Civil Affairs Handbook, France, Section 2A." scribd.com; p. 62 |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Warsaw |
| 3. Geography of Act | Poland |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "All Jewish property found outside the ghetto walls is confiscated." "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 |
None
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | "Ban on Issuance of Exit Visas to Jews" |
| 3. Geography of Act | Poland |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "A German directive issued from Krakow, Poland, prohibits issuance of exit visas to Polish Jews." "The Holocaust: Timeline of Jewish Persecution (1932 - 1945);" jewishvirtuallibrary.org |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
None
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 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 mail letters abroad." "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 |
None
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Prague |
| 3. Geography of Act | Czech Republic |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "Following the announcement of the Ministry of Finance of 16.09.40 Jews are required to declare to the Ministry any gold, platinum and silver, also precious stones and pearls in their possession between 15.09.40 to 15.10.40. The same applies to any item of jewellery and work of art and to art collections worth in excess of k 10,000." "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
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Prague |
| 3. Geography of Act | Czech Republic |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "Jews are not permitted to use taxis." "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 | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | "Regulations Regarding Jews" |
| 3. Geography of Act | Belgium |
| 4. Text of Act | Commentary from other sources: 1) "German occupiers in Belgium pass antisemitic legislations, including an edict that requires Jews to register their property." "The Holocaust: Timeline of Jewish Persecution (1932 - 1945);" jewishvirtuallibrary.org |
| 5. Source | None |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
None
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | Jan. 24, 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Decree concerning Sequestration of Private Property in the Government General of Occupied Poland |
| 3. Geography of Act | Germany / Occupied Poland |
| 4. Text of Act | …Section 16. ...(2) Debtors in respect of obligations owed to a Jew which are subject to an order of sequestration may terminate their obligation by paying the amount due into a blocked bank account of such Jewish creditor. ...Cracow, January 24, 1940. Frank Governor General of the Occupied Polish Territories. |
| 5. Source | Lemkin, Raphael: “Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, Analysis of Government, Proposals for Redress.” pp. 527-531 |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | Jan. 26, 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | Regulation on the Use of Railways by Jews in the General Government issued by the Governor - General |
| 3. Geography of Act | Germany / Occupied Poland |
| 4. Text of Act | Article 1 (1) The use of the railways by Jews is prohibited until further notice. […] Krakow January 26, 1940 - The Governor - General for the Occupied Polish Territories, Frank. |
| 5. Source | Yad Vashem Archives, the Weichert Collection, file no. 1, page 52. |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
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| 8. Notes | None |
| 1. Full Date of Act | Mar. 1, 1940 |
|---|---|
| 2. Name of Act (or Short Description) | General Measures to Secure Jewish Property issued by the Head of Foreign Exchange |
| 3. Geography of Act | Germany / Occupied Poland |
| 4. Text of Act | Article 2 – (1) Jews can only accept payments higher than 500 Zloty if they are paid in their favor into an account at a financial institution […]. (2) Jews can only acquire gold and other precious metals, unprocessed or processed, as well as scrap material of these metals, with permission of the exchange control office Krakow. Krakow 1 March 1940 - The Head of Foreign Exchange in the office of the General- Governor, Tetzner. |
| 5. Source | Yad Vashem Archives, the Weichert Collection, file no. 1, page 53. |
| 6. Researcher | None |
| 7. Year of Research |
None
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| 8. Notes | None |