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Under the Nazi regime, 1933-1938

Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0351 | RG Number: RG-02.203

Describes author's observations of the first five years of Nazi rule and its effect on German Jews: the Nazi anti-Jewish boycott; author's distribution of anti-Nazi handbills; the Nazi concept of Rassenschande and the Nuremberg Laws; the exclusion of Jews from the professions; the silence of Christian churches; antisemitism during the 1936 Berlin Olympics; author's emigration to Italy; Kristallnacht; and the death of members of the author's family.

Extent: 1 folder

Topical Term: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany.
Antisemitism--Germany.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground literature.
Anti-Jewish boycotts.
Discrimination in employment.
Kristallnacht, 1938.
Race defilement (Nuremberg Laws of 1935)
Geographic Name: Italy--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
Personal Name: Leyes, Hermann.
Meeting Name: Olympic Games (11th: 1936: Berlin, Germany)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The United States Holocaust Research Institute Archives received the memoir in Aug 1994.
Conditions on Use: Restrictions on use. Published materials protected under copyright.
: Record last modified: 2020-05-28 15:05:47
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