Question

e #5: the nuremberg race laws
according to the nuremberg laws of 1935, how did the german government decide if someone was jewish?

Explanation:

The 1935 Nuremberg Race Laws defined Jewish status based on ancestry, not religious practice. The government used genealogical records to count the number of Jewish grandparents:

1. A person with 3 or 4 Jewish grandparents was classified as fully Jewish.
2. A person with 2 Jewish grandparents was classified as a Mischling (mixed blood) of the first degree, and could be further categorized as Jewish if they practiced Judaism, were married to a Jew, or had Jewish children.
3. A person with 1 Jewish grandparent was classified as a Mischling of the second degree.

Answer:

Under the 1935 Nuremberg Race Laws, the German government determined Jewish status exclusively through genealogical records, counting the number of full Jewish grandparents:

• Those with 3 or 4 Jewish grandparents were deemed fully Jewish.
• Those with 2 Jewish grandparents were labeled Mischlinge (mixed blood) of the first degree, and could be classified as Jewish if they engaged in Jewish religious practice, were married to a Jew, or had Jewish children.
• Those with 1 Jewish grandparent were labeled Mischlinge of the second degree.

Religious identity or self-identification was not the determining factor.