What happened to the Jews in 1937 AD?

Aliens Act limits entry of Jewish refugees

Following agitation over the arrival of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, the Aliens Act empowered a selection board to apply an "assimilability" test, sharply reducing Jewish refugee entry.

By

South African government

Where

South Africa

Beginning of the Nazis' policy of seizure of Jewish property through " Aryanization ".

By

Nazi Germany

Dissolution of the B'nai B'rith Stuttgart Lodge

The Stuttgart lodge of B'nai B'rith was dissolved in 1937.

By

Nazi authorities

Where

Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany

Forced "Aryanization" of Jewish businesses begins

The "Aryanization" of the economy got under way: with no legal basis, Jewish owners were compelled to sell their businesses, usually far below the worth of their goods.

By

Unknown

Jews banned from all office work in Germany

Germany barred Jews from employment in any office.

By

Unknown

Where

Germany

Law of Nationalization of Labor restricts alien workers

Batista's government enacted a law limiting aliens' right to work for wages, which hit Jewish immigrant workers and pushed them out of the working class.

By

Batista government

Where

Cuba

Nazi gauleiter dismisses Jews from liberal professions

Albert Forster removed almost all Jews from practice in the liberal professions in the Free City.

By

Albert Forster, Nazi gauleiter

Where

Gdańsk, Pomerania, Poland

Vargas regime restricts Jewish immigration to Brazil

After 1937 the Vargas government imposed restrictions on Jewish immigration, so German Jewish refugee families with farming experience could not get entry visas for the Rezende colony.

By

Vargas regime

Where

Brazil

Confiscation and forced sale of Jewish businesses (Arianisierung)

Jewish capital was increasingly confiscated and Jewish enterprises forced into sale, accompanied by arrests and other anti-Jewish measures.

By

Nazi government

Where

Germany

Nazi economic boycott and Aryanization of Krefeld Jewish firms

The Nazi economic boycott led to all Jewish-owned firms being taken over by non-Jews.

By

Nazis

Where

Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Aryanization of Jewish businesses in Leipzig

By 1938 about 1,600 Jewish businesses in Leipzig had been taken over in the Nazi aryanization process.

By

Nazi regime

Where

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Jewish children expelled from German public schools

Jewish pupils were removed from public schools and Jewish teachers were dismissed, forcing the community to set up its own schools.

By

Nazi German authorities

Where

Germany

Nazi terror, discrimination and boycotts against Munich Jews

After the Nazi seizure of power, Munich Jewry suffered continuous desecration, discrimination, terror and boycotts.

By

Nazi regime

Where

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Nazi persecution drives Jews from Germany and Austria

After the Nazi Party took power in 1933, persecution forced very large numbers of Jews from Germany and Austria into exile.

By

Nazi Party

Where

Germany · Austria

Anti-Jewish measures in Germany

Persecution of Jews in Germany rises until they are stripped of their rights not only as citizens, but also as human beings. During this time antisemitism reached its all-time high.

By

S.A

Where

Germany

"Jewish benches" introduced in Polish universities

In the last years before World War II, Polish academic authorities assigned Jewish students separate benches at the back of lecture halls, leading to clashes.

By

Polish academic authorities

Where

Poland

Canada bars Jewish refugees in the 1930s

Despite desperate appeals from Jewish refugees and organizations, the Canadian government kept Jews out under a policy summed up by the phrase "none is too many."

By

Canadian government

Where

Canada

South African immigration restrictions aimed at Jewish refugees

Faced with agitation over refugees from Nazi Germany, South Africa introduced immigration restrictions intended to reduce Jewish arrivals, though without naming Jews in the laws.

By

South African government

Where

South Africa

Latin American restrictions on Jewish immigration

Latin American governments imposed economic, political, racial and religious restrictions to limit Jewish immigration during the Nazi era, tightening sharply from 1940.

By

Latin American governments

Where

Latin America (several countries)

Persecution of Kurdish Jews amid anti-Zionist propaganda in Iraq

Following the start of anti-Zionist propaganda in Iraq in 1925, persecution of Kurdish Jews intensified, peaking during the Rashid Ali revolt of 1941.

By

Unknown

Where

Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Brazil restricts immigration of Jewish refugees from Europe

Brazilian officials, with Oswaldo Aranha instrumental as minister and wartime foreign minister, limited the entry of Jewish refugees fleeing Europe.

By

Brazilian government (Oswaldo Aranha)

Where

Brazil