1939 - 1941
Restrictions on the rights of Jews in the Czechoslovak Republic and in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, 1939-1941



1939
over the year 1939

· Jews are expelled from all associations/clubs
· Jews may not visit sports grounds, even as spectators

JANUARY 1939

· Ordinance on the residency of emigrants
· Review of the citizenship of inhabitants who became citizens during the First Republic (1918-1938)
· People of Jewish descent are no longer allowed to be actively employed in the civil service

MARCH 1939

16 March 1939: Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia proclaimed

· Jews are banned from practising law
· Jews are banned from working in the public administration and in public institutes/institutions
· Jews are banned from working in courts of law
· Jews are banned from working in schools
· Doctors of "non-Aryan descent" are banned from working at all health facilities
· Ban on the holding of shares in businesses that are owned completely or in part by Jews

JUNE 1939

21 June 1939: the Nuremberg Laws come into force in the Protectorate

· Jews are banned from selling real estate
· Jews are banned from selling economic enterprises and associated rights
· The sale of all valuables is subject to the approval of the Protectorate
· Aryan trustees are appointed to manage Jewish assets

JULY 1939

· Jewish children can no longer attend German elementary and secondary schools

AUGUST 1939

· Jews are banned from pub and café rooms frequented by Aryans
· Jews are banned from certain public venues
· Jews are banned from municipal swimming pools and public pools
· Jews may not occupy the same rooms as Aryans in hospitals, sanatoriums and poorhouses

SEPTEMBER 1939

1 September 1939: the beginning of the Second World War

· Jews are banned from German universities
· Jews are ordered to immediately hand in radio sets
· Jews are placed under 8 pm curfew

OCTOBER 1939

· Jews may be dismissed from their jobs on the first day of the month without any reason given

NOVEMBER 1939

· Blocked accounts are opened for Jews but may be used only with the approval of the financial authorities
· Jews are obligated to pay property and land rent into blocked accounts
· An emigration tax comprising 25% of an emigrant's entire assets is introduced

DECEMBER 1939

· For every property transfer, legal representatives, notaries and judges are obligated to state whether Jews are involved in the legal proceedings


1940
JANUARY 1940

· All payments to Jews must be sent to blocked bank accounts
· Jews are completely excluded from economic life
· Jews may not run enterprises that have been transferred into Aryan hands

FEBRUARY 1940

· Jews are obligated to declare the value of their assets as of 31 December 1939
· Jews are banned from theatres and cinemas

MARCH 1940

· The identity cards of Jews are marked with the letter "J"
· Jews are obligated to place all their valuables in bank safe-deposit boxes
· Anyone to whom the Nuremberg Laws apply is obligated to register with the Jewish religious community

MAY 1940

· Jews are banned from entering all public parks and gardens in Prague

JULY 1940

· Jews are banned from breeding pigeons
· Jews are banned from using rental cars
· Jews are banned from travelling on steamboats

AUGUST 1940

· Shopping hours for Jews are restricted: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., 3 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
· Jewish children are banned from attending Czech-language schools
· Jews are banned from using dining-cars and sleepers on trains
· Jews are definitively banned from all cafés, pubs and restaurants, even where separate rooms are available for Jews

SEPTEMBER 1940

· Jews are banned from all municipal woods in the Prague district
· Restrictions on tram use: Jews are allowed to board only the rear carriage and are banned from single-carriage trams.

OCTOBER 1940

· Ordinance on the renting of vacated Jewish apartments to Germans
· Prague Jews may no longer obtain clothing ration cards

NOVEMBER 1940

· Jews are forbidden to change domicile and to leave their district
· All Jewish bank accounts are to be transferred to blocked Jewish accounts

DECEMBER 1940

· Jews are banned from German streets in the centre of Prague


1941
JANUARY 1941

· 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 attending driving schools

FEBRUARY 1941

· Jews must return their fishing licences and are banned from fishing

MARCH 1941

· The Jewish community's retraining courses are cancelled
· Jews may no longer obtain clothing ration cards

JUNE 1941

· Jews may no longer obtain sugar rations
· Jews may go to the barber's shop only between 8 and 10 a.m.

JULY 1941

· Retroactive ban on marriage and extra-marital relations between Jews and Reich nationals
· Jews are banned from all woods and forests (including private woodlands)

AUGUST 1941

· Jews may no longer obtain rations of pulses

SEPTEMBER 1941

· Jews are forbidden to leave their district or community without permission from the police
· 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 in public

OCTOBER 1941

· Jews are forbidden to smoke tobacco and to procure tobacco products
· Jews may use only third-class train compartments
· 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 cheese to Jews
· It is forbidden to sell or give Jews fish, poultry or game
· It is forbidden to sell or give Jews any remaining assets
· Jews lose their entitlement to sick pay, health insurance and family allowance
· Jews lose their holiday pay entitlement
· Jews lose their entitlement to overtime pay
· Jews may be employed only in groups that are kept separate from other employees
· Jews are forbidden to receive occupational training

NOVEMBER 1941

24 November 1941: the first transport train carrying the 'construction squad' arrives in Terezín

· Jews may no longer obtain onions
· Jews lacking means are obligated to register at central offices
· Jews are banned from buses, except war veterans and the blind
· Total ban on Jews using trolleybuses



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