1.

     The Nuremberg laws were the first official definition of who was to be considered a Jew and
who an Aryan. The first of the Nuremberg Laws were called the "Reich Citizenship Law," which
declared that only Aryans could be citizens of the Reich. This targeted the Jews for their political
rights. The second law, "Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor," restricted marriages
and extramarital sexual relations between Germans and Jews, the employment of German maids
under the age of 45 in Jewish homes, and the raising of the German flag by Jews.

2.      The laws of the Nazi government made the Holocaust possible. They filled all aspects of daily
life in German society and influenced the laws to act with complete disregard for the rights of people
to be safe and free, especially the Jews.

3.      The Nazis actively abused their power to change the way the people saw Jews. They attempted
to isolate Jews by controlling their economic, social, religious, family, and private lives through a
series of laws designed to destroy their relationships with Germans.

How did the Nuremberg Laws affect Marianne Schweitzer and her family? How did the laws
influence how they thought about their own identities?

The Nuremberg Laws divided their family, with some members who were devastated and worried
about their future. They found themselves swept up into a Jewish identity they had never possessed
and forced them to turn against their neighbors, colleagues, and former friends. With the laws and
people of Germany against them, they thought that there was no hope for Jews to have a decent life
or to be safe in their homes, communities, religious institutions, businesses, schools, or chosen
professions.