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An anti-Jewish sign posted on a street in Bavaria reads "Jews are not wanted here." [LCID: 64416]
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anti-Jewish legislation

The Nazi German government used laws to persecute Jewish people in Germany and German-occupied Europe. Anti-Jewish legislation (also called antisemitic legislation) excluded, isolated, and discriminated against Jews. During the Holocaust, the Nazis' allies and collaborators also used laws to discriminate against Jewish people. Explore more content related to anti-Jewish legislation during the Holocaust.

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A young man in the Jewish quarter of Paris wears the mandatory Jewish badge. [LCID: 81039]
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A young man in Paris wearing the mandatory Jewish badge
Reproduction of the first page of an addendum to the Reich Citizenship Law of September 15, 1935. [LCID: 03624]
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Addition to the Reich Citizenship Law of September 15, 1935
People crowded around an antisemitic "Pesti Ujság" newspaper display
Timeline Event
Anti-Jewish Laws in Hungary
Forced labor in Tunisia
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Anti-Jewish Legislation in North Africa
The front page of a German passport is filled out and stamped in black ink. A large red J is stamped in the top left corner.
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Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar Germany
Media Essay
Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar Germany - Photographs
A motorcyclist reads a sign stating "Jews are not welcomed here." [LCID: 97470]
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Anti-Jewish sign
Sign on a phone booth in Munich that prohibits Jews from using the public telephone. [LCID: 64098]
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Anti-Jewish sign on a telephone booth
Anti-Nazi protest [LCID: dnp0214c]
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Anti-Nazi protest
Arthur Lewy with a customer in his tobacco shop in Berlin. Arthur was arrested in 1938 and was forced to sell his business after his release. Berlin, Germany, 1938.
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Antisemitic Legislation 1933–1939
A Jewish man wearing a yellow star reads newly posted antisemitic regulations in Budapest. [LCID: 68612]
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Antisemitic regulations posted in Budapest
A group of boys with light skin tone line up in front of an adult with light skin tone in a suit. The adult is measuring the size of one of the boy’s heads with his hands while the other boys watch carefully.
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Aryan
A large chart of family trees in German. These charts are made of circles in various colors that would help determine someone’s racial membership according to the law.
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"Aryanization"
"Aryanization" in France: this shop, belonging to Jews, has been given to a non-Jewish "temporary administrator." [LCID: 28177]
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"Aryanization" in France
"Aryanization" of Jewish-owned businesses: a formerly Jewish-owned store (Gummi Weil) expropriated and transferred to non-Jewish ... [LCID: 89725]
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"Aryanization" of Jewish-owned businesses
Germans in front of Jewish-owned department store in Berlin, anti-Jewish boycott. Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933.
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Boycott of Jewish Businesses

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