The
Nuremberg Laws were
antisemitic laws in
Nazi Germany. They were introduced on 15 September 1935 by the
Reichstag at a special meeting convened at the annual
Nuremberg Rally of the
Nazi Party (NSDAP). The two laws were the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour, which forbade marriages and
extramarital intercourse between
Jews and Germans and the employment of German females under 45 in Jewish households, and the Reich Citizenship Law, which declared that only those of German or related blood were eligible to be Reich citizens; the remainder were classed as state subjects, without citizenship rights. A supplementary decree outlining the definition of who was Jewish was passed on 14 November, and the Reich Citizenship Law officially came into force on that date. The laws were expanded on 26 November to include
Romani people and
Black people. Out of foreign policy concerns, prosecutions under the two laws did not commence until after the
1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin.