What does citizenship mean to you? Look at chapters i and 3 and write 200 words on how the french revolution and nazism defined citizenship what did the nuremberg laws mean to the 'undesirables' in nazi germany? What other legal measures were taken against them to make them feel unwanted?
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What does citizenship mean to you? Look at chapters i and 3 and write 200 words on how the french revolution and nazism defined citizenship what did the nuremberg laws mean to the 'undesirables' in nazi germany? What other legal measures were taken against them to make them feel unwanted?
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1) To me, citizenship means the right to live freely in the country of my birth or the country where I desire to live. The French Revolution defined citizenship in a way which was different from the way that the Nazism defined it. The French people thought that all men have equal rights as they are born equal. The rights of a citizen include liberty, security, owning of property and resisting oppression. Also they believed in the freedom of expression, whether verbal or in writing, art, etc. They believed in the rule of law and that no one can be above it. However, the Nazi definition of citizenship was quite different. It was defined with the perspective of racial discrimination against all except the 'pure Aryan' Nordic race. So they said that Jews and other 'undesirable' population would not be considered as citizens of Germany. These people were given very harsh treatment like death in the gas chamber or banishment to concentration camps. Many of them were forced to flee to other countries because of this.
2)Basically, the Nuremberg Laws meant that the 'undesirables' had no rights to live along with the other citizens. These included Jews, Gypsies, 'Blacks' and other nationalities like Polish and Russian people. These laws, promulgated in 1935, stated (i) Only persons of German or related blood would be German citizens, enjoying the protection of the German Empire. (ii) Marriages between Germans and the 'undesirables' were forbidden. Extramarital relations between them also became a crime. Other legal measures included (i) Boycott of Jewish businesses. (ii) Expulsion of Jews from government services. (iii) Confiscation and forcible selling of the properties of Jews.
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