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Restrictions

1939

  • Jews are banned from practising law
  • Jews are banned from working in public institutions
  • Jewish doctors are banned from working at all health facilities
  • Jews are banned from public and café rooms
  • Jews are banned from swimming pools and sportsgrounds
  • Jews are banned from German universities
  • Jews are ordered to immediately hand in radio sets
  • Jews are placed under 8 PM curfew
  • Jews may be dismissed from their jobs without reason
  • Jews are expelled from all associations/clubs

1940

  • Jews are obligated to declare the value of their assets
  • Jews are banned from theatres and cinemas
  • Identity cards of Jews are marked with the letter “J”
  • Anyone to whom the Nuremberg Laws apply is obligated to register with the Nazis
  • Jews are banned from entering all public parks and gardens in Prague
  • Jews are allowed to board only the rear carriage of trams
  • Jews are banned from breeding pigeons/li>
  • Jews are banned from travelling on steamboats
  • shopping hours for Jews are restricted: 11 AM –1 PM and 3 PM–4:30 PM
  • Jewish children are banned from attending schools
  • Jewish apartments are confiscated and reallocated to Germans
  • Prague Jews may no longer obtain clothing ration cards
  • All Jewish bank accounts are frozen

1940

  • Jews are banned from German streets in the centre of Prague
  • All telephones are confiscated from Jews
  • Apple rations are taken from Jews
  • Jews are ordered to hand in their driving licences
  • Jews are banned from fishing
  • Jews may no longer obtain sugar rations
  • Retroactive ban on marriage between Jews and Reich nationals
  • Jews are banned from all woods and forests
  • Jews are forbidden to leave their district without permission
  • All Jews over 6 are forced to wear the yellow Star of David
  • Jews are banned from public libraries
  • Music by Jewish composers may not be broadcast or performed
  • Jews are forbidden to smoke tobacco
  • Jews may no longer obtain shaving soap
  • it is forbidden to provide Jews with fruit or candy
  • it is forbidden to sell or give Jews marmalade or jam
  • it is forbidden to sell or give Jews fish, poultry or game
  • Jews lose their entitlement to sick pay, holiday pay and overtime
  • Jews may only be employed in groups
  • Jews may no longer obtain onions
  • total ban on Jews using trolleybuses