Timeline of Events
- 1933
- January 30
- February 28
- March 22
- April 1
- April 7
- April 25
- May 10
- July 14
- September 17
- October 4
- November 24
- 1934
- June 30
- August 2
- August 19
- 1935
- May 1
- June 28
- September 15
- 1936
- August 1
- August 3
- 1937
- July 15
- November 8
- 1938
- March 11
- March 14
- May 29
- July 6
- August 17
- September 29
- October 5
- November 9
- November 11
- November 12
- December 2
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
Letter notifying Dr. Susanne Engelmann that she has been dismissed from her teaching position in compliance with the new Civil Service Law of April 7, 1933. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Peter Engelmann
April 7, 1933
The German government issues the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service (Gesetz zur Wiederherstellung des Berufsbeamtentums), which excludes Jews and other political opponents of the Nazis from all civil service positions. The law initially exempts those who had worked in the civil service since August 1, 1914, those who were veterans of World War I, or those with a father or son killed in action in World War I.
The German government also issues a new law concerning membership in the bar, which mandates the disbarment of non-“Aryan” lawyers by September 30, 1933. Exempted from this provision are Jewish lawyers practicing law since August 1, 1914, or Jewish lawyers who are German veterans of World War I.
Related Topics
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—1933: Key Dates
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—Examples of Antisemitic Legislation, 1933–1939
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar Germany
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—Germany: Jewish Population in 1933
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—World War I
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