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Name of the exhibit:<\/strong> The COHN family Loss of German Citizenship<\/p>\n

Submitted by:<\/strong> Harry Cohn<\/p>\n

Date of origin:<\/strong> February 6, 1940<\/p>\n

Origin of the object:<\/strong> Bad Arolsen Germany Archive<\/p>\n

Description:<\/strong> This is the photocopy of the actual Act sanctioning officially my family\u2019s LOSS of CITIZENSHIP, as was published in the daily Official Gazette of the Nazi government (Reichsanzeiger) dated \u2013 Berlin, Tuesday 6 February 1940<\/p>\n

The numbers:<\/strong>
\n35 \u2013 Cohn, Valentin \u2013 my grandfather
\n36 \u2013 Cohn, Gertrud \u2013 my grandmother
\n37 \u2013 Cohn, Rudolf \u2013 my father
\n38 \u2013 Cohn, Heinz \u2013 my uncle<\/p>\n

By the time that this Decree became official, my family had already left Germany illegally, and settled in South America as refugees.
\nMy family never returned to Germany after the war!<\/p>\n

Historical background for this document:<\/em><\/p>\n

In 1935 government authorities required the Reichsvertretung (German Jewish Representation), to change its name to Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland (National Representation of Jews in Germany), a nuance that exemplifies the Nazi intention to cut off the Jews\u2019 German identity.
\nThe first of the \u201cNuremberg Laws\u201d (15 September 1935), as the decrees came to be known, was the Reich Flag Law, determined the official new colours of the German flag – The Nazi Flag.<\/p>\n

The second Law was the Reich Citizenship Law, and the third Law was The Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor, both carrying Hitler\u2019s signature, became centerpieces of Nazi Germany\u2019s anti-Jewish legislation.<\/p>\n

Henceforth Jews would only be subjects in Nazi Germany. Stripped of citizenship, deprived of civil rights, they would live as foreigners-if at all- in their German homeland. The Jews were returned to the legal position they had occupied in Germany before their emancipation in the 19th century.<\/p>\n

15 November 1935: The German Churches begin to collaborate with the Nazis by supplying records to the government indicating who is Christian and who is not; that is, who is a Jew.<\/p>\n

31 December 1935: The last Jews remaining in Germany\u2019s civil service are dismissed by the government.<\/p>\n

Voyage to Ottawa:<\/strong> During my research of my family past history, I contacted the USHMM and, among other documents, I received a copy of the official daily Gazette of the Nazi government (Reichsanzeiger).<\/p>\n

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