CRMN 2031U Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Reichstag Fire Decree, Totalitarianism, Nazi Concentration Camps
18 Dec 2018
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Totalitarian lawmaking: law emanates directly from the political executive. Lose as communists are arrested: social democratic party many are also arrested. Enabling act (1933: gave the cabinet the power to make laws without legislative consent. Law for the prevention of hereditary diseased offspring (july 14, 1933: compulsory sterilisation of people with hereditary, physical, and mental. Social misfits" clause: the law simultaneously allows for the incarceration of social misfits. July 1933: naturalised german jews are stripped of their citizenship. This allows for recent immigrants to be deported. Law for the protection of german blood and german honour. Law forbids: marriage between jews and germans, extra-marital relations between jews and germans, employment of german females under 45 in jewish households. Law against dangerous habitual criminals (november 24, 1935) Law on treason (1934: almost all activities of opposition parties became prohibited and punishable by. Death: the penalties applied to, preparation of treason (new par.
