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Anti-Semitic laws against legal profession
Jewish lawyers made up about 16% of Germany’s legal profession - often working in family firms
Of the non-Aryan lawyers practising in 1933, 60% were able to continue working in spite of the new regulations
In the years that followed, the regime introduced stricter regulations to try and close these ‘loopholes’
The exclusion of lawyers was a gradual process over several years
Anti-Semitic laws against doctors
More than 10 of German doctors were Jews
They were attacked by Nazi propaganda as a ‘danger to German society’
Some local authorities began to remove Jewish doctors from their posts
Anti-Semitic propaganda against Jewish doctors treating Aryans was filled with lurid stories about malicious actions supposedly carried out by Jewish doctors
The Nazi regime announced a ban on Jewish doctors in April 1933
However in reality many Jewish doctors carried on their normal practice several years after then 1933 ban
Anti-Semitic laws against education
April 1933 - Law against Overcrowding of German Schools and Universities restricted the number of Jewish children who could attend state schools and universities
Propaganda - said Aryans would be given more attention instead of wasting this on pupils who would ‘grow up to be enemies of Germany’
Propaganda also stressed the danger that a well educated Jew was a greater threat than one who’s uneducated
The April 1933 Law’s process was not complete until 1938
Many Jewish professors and teachers lost their jobs and these were seized by German academics
Anti-Semitic laws against the press
October 1933 - the Reich Press Law enabled the regime to apply strict censorship and close down publications they disliked
Jews had a prominent role in journalism and publishing in Weimar Germany - but the Press Law effectively silenced the large number of Jewish journalists and editors
Many of these had to leave the country
Closing down of press wasn’t just laws and regulations, also involved instances of violence and intimidation
