# Nuremberg Laws (1935)

URL: https://germany-history.com/timeline/1935-nuremberg-laws
Location: Nuremberg
Categories: main-event

On 15 September 1935 the Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of citizenship and banned marriages between Jews and 'Aryans'. They defined who was a Jew by ancestry. Persecution intensified.

## Why it matters
They legalised racial discrimination.

Ruler at the time: [Adolf Hitler](https://germany-history.com/rulers/adolf-hitler)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia – Nuremberg Laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica – Nuremberg Laws](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nurnberg-Laws)