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
1941
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 barbers and haircutting salons only between 8:00 and 10:00.”
“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
1941
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Law Restricting the use of Yiddish in Public Administration”
3. Geography of Act
Romania
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “Under the pretext that the Jews were dangerous, disloyal, Communist collaborators, and spies, thousands who lived along the border were moved from their homes into the interior of the country.” “Shattered! 50 Years of Silence: History and Voices of the Tragedy in Romania and Transnistria: Anti-Jewish Decrees;” nizkor.org

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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
1941
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Pro-Nazi Government”issued by Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
3. Geography of Act
Iraq
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “Rashid Ali al-Gaylani establishes a pro-Nazi government in Iraq.”

“The Holocaust: Timeline of Jewish Persecution (1932 – 1945);” 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
1941
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Law issued by Croatian government
3. Geography of Act
Croatia
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “April 30, 1941: Racial legislation enacted at Zagreb, Croatia, by the pro-German government removes Jews from public office.”

“1941: Mass Murder.” Online book; p. 226

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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1. Full Date of Act
1941
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Decree by the Reich Commissioner for the occupied territories of the Netherlands, Artur Seyss-Inquart – 3328-PS
3. Geography of Act
Germany / Occupied
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources:

1) “Following his assumption of office in the Netherlands on 29 May 1940, Seyss-Inquart, pursuant to the authority vested in him as Reich Commissar of the Netherlands by the Fuehrer decree of 18 May 1940, systematically promulgated decrees designed to implement the Nazi program of persecution and elimination of Jews…Other anti-Semitic decrees of a like nature, all of which were signed by Seyss-Inquart and published in the Verordnungsblatt fuer die besetzen niederlandischen Gebiete (VOBL) [Official Gazette for the occupied Dutch territories], may be summarized as follows: 3328-PS, Verordnungsblatt, No. 44, p. 841, 23 October 1941. No Jew can exercise any profession and trade without authorization from the administrative authorities which may refuse it or set up special conditions for its exercise. Administrative authorities may order the determination or the liquidation of any employment contract concerning a Jew. Any employer may terminate a contract with a Jew by giving notice on the first day of any calendar month if the general legal provisions of the contract provide for a longer term of notice, or if the contract is to expire normally at a date after 31 January 1942. An indemnity ranging from one to six times the monthly salary of the dismissed Jew may be, under certain circumstances, allocated as a settlement of all claims against the employer.”
“Artur Seyss-Inquart.” jewishvirtuallibrary.org

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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
1941
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 prohibited entry to any woods open to the public within Greater Prague, including private woods.” “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
1941
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 prohibited from playing the lottery.”

“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
1941
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Prague
3. Geography of Act
Czech Republic
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “Jews not to benefit from season ticket fares reduction. Jews completely excluded from the use of tramcars in Brünn / Brno.” “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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8. Notes
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1. Full Date of Act
1941
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Forced Labor Laws” issued by the Romania Government
3. Geography of Act
Romania
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) Romania passes a law condemning adult Jews to forced labor. “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
1941
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Decree by the Reich Commissioner for the occupied territories of the Netherlands, Artur Seyss-Inquart
3. Geography of Act
Germany / Occupied
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “Following his assumption of office in the Netherlands on 29 May 1940, Seyss-Inquart, pursuant to the authority vested in him as Reich Commissar of the Netherlands by the Fuehrer decree of 18 May 1940, systematically promulgated decrees designed to implement the Nazi program of persecution and elimination of Jews…Other anti-Semitic decrees of a like nature, all of which were signed by Seyss-Inquart and published in the Verordnungsblatt fuer die besetzen niederlandischen Gebiete (VOBL) [Official Gazette for the occupied Dutch territories], may be summarized as follows: 3326-PS, Verordnungsblatt, No. 39, p. 785, 20 September 1941. Freezing of property belonging to Jews who have emigrated from Holland which is located in Holland.” “Artur Seyss-Inquart.” jewishvirtuallibrary.org

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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
1941
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 prohibited from walking on either bank of the river Moldau / Vltava between the railway bridge in Smíchov and the Hlávka bridge.”

“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
1941
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 excluded from the purchase of apples.”

“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
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
1941
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Anti-Jewish Laws”
3. Geography of Act
Germany / Occupied France
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources:

1) “Jews in France are prohibited from the wholesale and retail trade; nor can they own banks, hotels, or restaurants.”
2) “The Central Office of Emigration in Berlin notifies all German consulates that Hermann Göring has banned emigration of Jews from France and all other occupied territories.”
“The Holocaust: Timeline of Jewish Persecution (1932 – 1945);” jewishvirtuallibrary.org

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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
1941
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 prohibited from entering public libraries and no books are to be lent to them.”

“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
1941
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Expropriation of Jewish Real Estate Properties”
3. Geography of Act
Romania
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “… yet another decree legalized the expropriation of Jewish real estate.” “Shattered! 50 Years of Silence: History and Voices of the Tragedy in Romania and Transnistria: Anti-Jewish Decrees;” nizkor.org

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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
1941
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Law issued by Prime Minister Ion Antonescu
3. Geography of Act
Romania
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “In numerous instances Antonescu personally instigated specific anti-Semitic steps adopted by the Romanian fascist state: on June 19, 1941, Antonescu ordered the closure of all ‘Jewish communist cafés’ and the completion of lists—region by region—of all ‘Jidani, communist agents, and [communist] sympathizers’; the Ministry of the Interior was to ‘prevent them from circulating’ and to prepare ‘to deal with them’ when Antonescu gave the order…”

“The Role of Ion Antonescu in the Planniing and Implementation of Antisemitic and Anti-Roma Policies of the Romanian State.” Online paper at yadvashem.org; p. 1

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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1. Full Date of Act
1941
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Order issued by Colonel Vasile Nica
3. Geography of Act
Transnistria
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “On September 3, 1941, Colonel Vasile Nica, the prefect of Balta county, ordered all the Jews?or ‘kikes’ (jidani) as he termed them in the ordinance in the town to move into the ghetto (in an area restricted to four streets) within three days. He appointed the Jewish elder Pribluda Shloimu Abramovici as head of the ghetto, allowing him to select colleagues to assist in administration. An independent bakery, pharmacy, and hospital staffed solely by Jews were to be established; flour for the bakery was to be provided by the town of Balta as an advance against payment for its products. A market was to be set up where the inhabitants could buy and sell produce between 9:00 a.m. and noon. The head of the ghetto was also authorized to organize a Jewish police force to protect the lives and belongings of the residents.” “Ghettos 1939-1945 New Research and Perspectives on Definition, Daily Life, and Survival.” ushmm.org 2) “On September 3, 1941 Colonel Vasile Nica, within three days, ordered all district Jews into a ghetto across four street blocks. He appointed one Jew as a ‘primar’ who was authorized set up a Jewish police force, prohibiting any one to leave the ghetto and sentenced everyone 14-60 years old, men and women, to hard labor. In addition, every Jew had to wear a yellow star and a registration number. Balta had local Jews as well as Jews deported from Bessarabia, Bukovina, and Dorohoi.” “Balta Ghetto Listings: Introduction By Oleg Sirbu and Nolan Altman.” JewishGen.org, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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1. Full Date of Act
1941
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 excluded from obtaining oranges and mandarins.”
“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
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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
1941
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Prague
3. Geography of Act
Czech Republic
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “Prohibition to dispose of own property. By means of an announcement, which every head of a Jewish family had to sign, Jews were henceforth prohibited from disposing of their own property. These forms were checked, were sent by courier to the provincial Jewish community offices and returned when signed.” “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
1941
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 prohibited from walking along and in the vicinity of the castle.”

“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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1. Full Date of Act
Aug. 1941
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Ordinance No.1” issued by General Hugo Schwab
3. Geography of Act
Transnistria [Provisional]
4. Text of Act

“The Jews will live in ghettos, colonies, and labor camps. All Jews at present in Transnistria who do not report to the authorities within ten days from the posting of this present order for the purpose of the fixing of their place of residence, will be executed. The Jews are forbidden to leave the ghettos, labor camps and convoys without the approval of the authorities. Those who do not respect this order will be punished by death…Every Jew brought to Transnistria who tries to cross, or has crossed, into Romania without the approval of the authorities will be executed. Anyone who gives shelter to the Jews . . . will be sent to prison for a period of between three to twelve years and fined between 100 and 200 marks.”

5. Source
“Ghettos 1939-1945 New Research and Perspectives on Definition, Daily Life, and Survival.” No author. Online paper, Accessed on 10/10/2012
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7. Year of Research
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8. Notes
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1. Full Date of Act
1942
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Jewish Dress Code”
3. Geography of Act
Belgium
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “Jewish Belgians forced to wear the yellow badge.” “Yellow badge,” wikipedia.org

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7. Year of Research
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1. Full Date of Act
1942
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Prague
3. Geography of Act
Czech Republic
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “The sale of Czech newspapers to Jews, directly or indirectly, 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

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8. Notes
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1. Full Date of Act
1942
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 prohibited from crossing the park at the National Museum.”
“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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1. Full Date of Act
1942
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Jewish Dress Code”
3. Geography of Act
Luxembourg
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) “With the German annexation of Luxembourg, the yellow badge was introduced there.” “Yellow badge;” wikipedia.org

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