1.In September of 1935, the racial laws of Nuremberg came out. Essentially, these laws were mean to formalize the actions that had been taken against Jews living in Germany up to that year. Basically lip service, the Nazis pointed to the Nuremberg laws as evidence that Jews were being deprived of their rights in accordance with Nazi Party legislation. These laws did not actually make a definite division of who was a Jew in the legal sense. Because of this, an additional measure was added in November 1935 which made the definition of Jew, Aryan and Mischlinge
Jews: People with at least three full Jewish grandparents
Mischlinge of the first degree: basically a "half-Jew", a person with two Jewish grandparents who did not practice Judaism and was not married to a Jew.
Mischlinge of the second degree: a "qu
4. Historical documents would seem to support the fact that at least the initial persecution of Jews by the Nazis was commonly known in Germany. The laws and classifications on the Mischlinge were fully advertised. It was also common knowledge of the punishments and actions against the Jews like the Kristalnacht, which happened in front of the entire population of Germany. It is probably likely that most Germans knew about the concentration camps, although the information about the facilities was kept secret. It has been generally accepted by historians that the basic happenings within the camps was known, although specific details of some of the atrocities did not become public knowledge until after the camps were liberated.
3. The Wermacht was the military organization, and is felt to be the one German
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