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) “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)
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

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) “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
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) “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
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) “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

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) “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

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) “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
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) “… 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
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)
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
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)
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
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) “By the order of the government of 23.06.1939 the regulation concerning an emigration tax was passed. The emigration tax is 25% of the net worth of 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
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) “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
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) “The chief of the civil administration in Brunn / Brno prohibited the disposal of Jewish enterprises in Moravia.”
“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
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)
Prague
3. Geography of Act
Czech Republic
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “By order of the Reichsprotektor the keeping of pigeons of any sort, even temporarily, is prohibited.”

“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
1940
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Internment of Aliens
3. Geography of Act
England
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “In May 1940 the government decided to intern most adult enemy aliens including Jewish refugees.” Raphael Langham: The Jews in Britain: A chronology, p. 89

5. Source
None
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
None
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
None
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) “Travel on electric trams limited to last carriage. If carriage has two compartments then use is limited to last part. If tramcar consists of one carriage only, then entry by Jews is completely prohibited.” “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
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
None
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
1940
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Jewish Ban on Posting Obituaries”
3. Geography of Act
Poland
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “The ‘Generalgouvernement’ of Poland issues a decree excluding Jews from posting obituaries.” “The Holocaust: Timeline of Jewish Persecution (1932 – 1945);” jewishvirtuallibrary.org

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