Unconfirmed Acts

The following are Acts that are missing either a full date and/or an Official source.

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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 permitted to visit catering establishments only if rooms are provided which are exclusively for Jews.”
“Nazi Restrictions on the Jews of Prague & The Role of the Jewish Community Council,” Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team, Accessed 8/27/2015

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None
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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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 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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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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 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

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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

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None
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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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
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) “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

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None
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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

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None
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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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 enter the central post office.” “The Warsaw Ghetto: Anti-Semitic Decrees Against the Jews of Warsaw;” American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise; jewishvirtuallibrary.org

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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

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6. Researcher
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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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

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6. Researcher
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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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) “All Jewish schools and educational institutions are closed.” “The Warsaw Ghetto: Anti-Semitic Decrees Against the Jews of Warsaw;” American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise; jewishvirtuallibrary.org

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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) “Acc. to orders of 6 June 1939 those serving in the administration the (Czech) military and are of Jewish descent are to be retired.”
“Nazi Restrictions on the Jews of Prague & The Role of the Jewish Community Council,” Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team, Accessed 8/27/2015

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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1. Full Date of Act
Nov. 24, 1939
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Visa Restrictions for Jews” issued by General Enrique Peñaranda del Castillo
3. Geography of Act
Bolivia
4. Text of Act

“1) It is prohibited […] for national consuls to provide passports and tourist visas to Semitic elements.”

5. Source
Global Jewish Advocacy: Anti-Semitism: An Assault on Human Rights; Accessed online
6. Researcher
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research
2016
8. Notes
Researcher
A copy of the same decree was posted in the Bolivian Consulate in Buenos Aires
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

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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) “Pilsudski Square is renamed Hitler Square and is off-limits to Jews.” “The Warsaw Ghetto: Anti-Semitic Decrees Against the Jews of Warsaw;” American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise; jewishvirtuallibrary.org

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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

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8. Notes
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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

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None
6. Researcher
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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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) “The following regulations of 10 September regulate the trade of Jewish dental technicians. The right to practice by Jews as dental technicians is extinguished 30 days from the publication of the announcement (date of announcement 11 December 1940). Jews can be admitted as dental technicians but must not number more than 2% of the total of admitted dental technicians. The practice of their trade is restricted to Jews. They are obliged to display the sign ‘Jewish dental technicians’.” “Nazi Restrictions on the Jews of Prague & The Role of the Jewish Community Council,” Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team, Accessed 8/27/2015

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8. Notes
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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) “Jewish doctors may not treat Polish patients and Polish doctors may not treat Jewish patients.” “The Warsaw Ghetto: Anti-Semitic Decrees Against the Jews of Warsaw;” American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise; jewishvirtuallibrary.org

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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 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

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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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

1) “The enrolment of Jewish pupils in schools where Czech is language of instruction was forbidden from the beginning of the school year 1940/41 in public as well as non-Jewish private schools.”

5. Source
“Nazi Restrictions on the Jews of Prague & The Role of the Jewish Community Council,” Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team, Accessed 8/27/2015
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
None
8. Notes
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