New York Herald Tribune September 16, 1935
The Shame of Nuremburg
by Ralph Barnes
NUREMBURG, Germany, September 15, 1935. Strict new laws depriving German Jews of all the rights of German citizens were decreed by a cheering Reichstag here tonight after an address by Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Tonight’s decrees are among the most sweeping measures taken since the Nazis came into power two and half years ago. Under the new laws, Jews in Germany will be put back abruptly to their position in Europe during the Middle Ages.
The new laws, which go into effect January 1, help to realize the anti-Jewish part of the Nazi program. They are described as laws for the protection of German blood and German honor. As read before the Reichstag by the president of the legislative body, they are:
- Marriages between Jews and Germans are forbidden.
- Physical contact between Jews and Germans is forbidden.
- Jews are not permitted to employ in their household German servants under the age of 45.
- Jews are forbidden to raise the swastika emblem (now the national flag).
Violation of any of the first three laws is punishable by imprisonment at hard labor. Violation of the fourth law is punishable by imprisonment.
Tonight’s session of the Reichstag was called unexpectedly by Hitler. All but two or three of the 600 members are Nazi party men. The Reichstag, which is now nothing more than a rubber stamp, was called to order by the president of the Reichstag at 9 P.M. After speaking of the three laws, the President asked the Reichstag for unanimous approval. Six hundred men, most of them in brown uniforms, leaped to their feet.
With the anti-Jewish wing of the Nazi party now in power, further anti-Semitic measures are expected to be enacted soon.
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