1935 September – Nuremberg Laws – racially defined laws to protect “German blood and honour” excluding non-ethnic Germans from society and depriving them of civil rights. Gradual isolation of Ernst Putzki under the 1934 law for the protection of the nation against congenital diseases and their inheritance.
Symbolization
This is the imposition of symbols by force that makes it possible to visually distinguish one group from others. During the Holocaust, Jews were forced to wear different symbols that differed from country to country: a yellow Star of David sewn onto clothing, or, as in occupied Poland, a white armband with a blue Star of David worn on the arm. Classification and symbolization are commonplace. They become dangerous when accompanied by hatred and dehumanization. To counteract symbolization, symbols and hate speech should be banned by law.
“The responsibility for the crime of the murder of the whole Jewish nationality in Poland rests first of all on those who are carrying it out, but indirectly it falls also upon the whole of humanity, on the peoples of the Allied nations and on their governments, who up to this day have not taken any real steps to halt this crime. By looking on passively upon this murder of defenseless millions of tortured children, women, and men they have become partners to the responsibility.” Szmul Zygielbojm
Bertha Berkowicz-Lautman was born on 27th August 1925 in the town of Dlhoňa, Slovakia. She was born to an Orthodox Jewish family who lived in the small village of Vyšná Pisaná...