Racial policy of Nazi Germany

Racial policy of Nazi Germany originated as the Dolchstoßlegende ("betrayal legend") of disgruntled WW I German nationalists who blamed non-Germans for the loss of the war. The Nazis exploited these sentiments and later molded them into the Nuremberg Laws.

Jewish response to the Nuremberg Laws

The Reichsvertretung* der Juden in Deutschland (Representation of the German Jews) announced the following:

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:The Laws decided upon by the Reichstag in Nuremberg have come as the heaviest of blows for the Jews in Germany. But they must create a basis on which a tolerable relationship becomes possible between the German and the Jewish people. The Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland is willing to contribute to this end with all its powers. A precondition for such a tolerable relationship is the hope that the Jews and Jewish communities of Germany will be enabled to keep a moral and economic means of existence by the halting of defamation and boycott.

Related Topics:
Germany - Jewish - Reichsvertretung der Juden

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:The organization of the life of the Jews in Germany requires governmental recognition of an autonomous Jewish leadership. The Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland is the agency competent to undertake this.

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:The most urgent tasks for the Reichsvertretung, which it will press energetically and with full commitment, following the avenues it has previously taken, are:

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:1. Our own Jewish educational system must serve to prepare the youth to be upright Jews, secure in their faith, who will draw the strength to face the onerous demands which life will make on them from conscious solidarity with the Jewish community, from work for the Jewish present and faith in the Jewish future. In addition to transmitting knowledge, the Jewish schools must also serve in the systematic preparation for future occupations. With regard to preparation for emigration, particularly to Palestine, emphasis will be placed on guidance toward manual work and the study of the Hebrew language. The education and vocational training of girls must be directed to preparing them to carry out their responsibilities as upholders of the family and mothers of the next generation.

Related Topics:
Youth - Knowledge - Emigration - Palestine - Hebrew

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