Harzstraße 3, former secondary school
The National Socialist policy pursued the isolation of people who did not conform to their racial ideals at all levels. Here, for example, in schools.
The exclusion of Jewish children from public schools was introduced as early as April 1933 with the "Law against overcrowding in German schools and universities". A maximum of 5 percent of pupils in educational institutions were now allowed to be of "non-Aryan" origin. For new enrolments, it was only 1.5 percent.
On November 7, 1938, a seventeen-year-old of Jewish faith carried out an assassination attempt on the German diplomat in Paris. A week later, the "Reich Ministry of Science and Education" announced that "no German teacher can be expected to teach Jewish schoolchildren any more. It also goes without saying that it is intolerable for German pupils to sit in a classroom with Jews."
The exclusion corset thus became ever tighter and by the beginning of 1939 at the latest, there were no more Jewish children in public schools.
In June 1942, the Jewish children still remaining in Germany were also banned from attending school in private institutions. This meant that compulsory education for Jewish children was de facto abolished.
The National Socialist policy also focused on the "segregation" of children with learning difficulties and physical disabilities. With the pretext of "relieving the burden" on elementary school, these children were assigned to special schools. Hereditary forms of disability and obvious deformities were part of the "Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring". With the stigma of being uneducable and "unworthy of life", countless children became victims of sterilization and the "euthanasia" killing machinery.
The National Socialist policy pursued the isolation of people who did not conform to their racial ideals at all levels. Here, for example, in schools.
The exclusion of Jewish children from public schools was introduced as early as April 1933 with the "Law against overcrowding in German schools and universities". A maximum of 5 percent of pupils in educational institutions were now allowed to be of "non-Aryan" origin. For new enrolments, it was only 1.5 percent.
On November 7, 1938, a seventeen-year-old of Jewish faith carried out an assassination attempt on the German diplomat in Paris. A week later, the "Reich Ministry of Science and Education" announced that "no German teacher can be expected to teach Jewish schoolchildren any more. It also goes without saying that it is intolerable for German pupils to sit in a classroom with Jews."
The exclusion corset thus became ever tighter and by the beginning of 1939 at the latest, there were no more Jewish children in public schools.
In June 1942, the Jewish children still remaining in Germany were also banned from attending school in private institutions. This meant that compulsory education for Jewish children was de facto abolished.
The National Socialist policy also focused on the "segregation" of children with learning difficulties and physical disabilities. With the pretext of "relieving the burden" on elementary school, these children were assigned to special schools. Hereditary forms of disability and obvious deformities were part of the "Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring". With the stigma of being uneducable and "unworthy of life", countless children became victims of sterilization and the "euthanasia" killing machinery.
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