Nuremberg Race Laws

Two anti-Jewish laws passed in Nazi Germany in September 1935 and announced during a Nazi Party rally in the city of Nuremberg, collectively known as the Nuremberg Race Laws. These laws created a legal definition of who was Jewish, restricted the rights of Jews, and limited interactions between Jewish and non-Jewish Germans. The Nuremberg Race Laws prepared the legal foundation for subsequent anti-Jewish legislation of the Nazi regime and were central to policies to exclude Jews from German society.
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National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP)

The racist, antisemitic, and nationalist National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP, Nazi Party) was a radical far-right political party founded in 1920. Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, the NSDAP ruled Germany from 1933 until Nazi Germany was defeated in 1945. [...]

Luftwaffe

The German air force of Nazi Germany. Created in 1935 under the leadership of Hermann Göring, the Luftwaffe was one of the largest and most technologically advanced air forces during World War II.

Lebensraum

A central concept of Nazi ideology, Lebensraum (literally, “living space”) was aimed at the colonization of eastern European lands and the domination of “inferior” peoples to benefit “Aryans”.

League of Nations

The precursor to the United Nations, the League of Nations was established in 1920 in the aftermath of World War I to promote international cooperation and guarantee peace and safety. The League’s lack of power to prevent aggression on the part of the future Axis powers, Germany, Japan, and Italy, during the 1930s, led to its dissolution after World War II.

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