The laws would define German citizenship by blood and forbade marriages between Germans and Jews. A special session of the Reichstag German parliament enacted the laws, marking an intensification of Nazi measures against Jews. These laws embodied many of the racial theories underpinning Nazi ideology.
They would provide the legal framework for the systematic persecution of Jews in Germany. Adolf Hitler announced the Nuremberg Laws on September 15, Antisemitism was of central importance to the Nazi Party, so Hitler had called parliament into a special session at the annual Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany.
Fritz Glueckstein left on a picnic with his family in Berlin, Germany, Fritz's father was Jewish—he attended services in a liberal synagogue—and his mother was Christian.
Under the Nuremberg Laws of , Fritz would be classified as mixed-raced Mischling , but since his father was a member of the Jewish religious community, Fritz was classified as a Jew.
The Nazis had long sought a legal definition that identified Jews not by religious affiliation but according to racial antisemitism. Jews in Germany were not easy to identify by sight. Many had given up traditional practices and appearances and had integrated into the mainstream of society. Some no longer practiced Judaism and had even begun celebrating Christian holidays, especially Christmas, with their non-Jewish neighbors.
