The Nuremberg Laws were the 1935 Nazi laws that stripped German Jews of citizenship and banned marriage between Jews and non-Jews.
The laws were announced at the Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg on 15 September 1935. The Reich Citizenship Law reduced Jews to subjects of the state rather than citizens with full political rights. The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour prohibited marriages and sexual relations between Jews and people classified as German or related blood.
The legislation institutionalized antisemitism through racial definitions rather than religious belief alone. Later regulations classified people according to the identities of their grandparents, creating the categories of “Jew,” “Mischling,” and “German-blooded.” These rules helped remove rights, exclude people from public life, and prepare the legal environment for further persecution.