German Blood Certificate

[2] Mischling is a term used during the Third Reich era in Germany to denote people deemed to have partial Jewish ancestry.

[3] The laws indicating the necessity of obtaining a German Blood Certificate were implemented at the time relationships between Aryan and Jews were outlawed.

[4] The law prohibited relationships between those of German blood or related with Jews; it stated that violations could result in imprisonment.

[4] The law also made it clear that it was unlawful for Jews to employ German females or their family members under the age of 45.

[6] The use of Nazi propaganda played a crucial role in spreading the message of the importance of blood purity.

[3] Hitler established a Reich Ministry in 1933 to ensure that the Nazi message was communicated freely by all means; it was headed by Joseph Goebbels.

[7] The media was pervasive in their methods of portraying Jews as sexual offenders in films, while stressing the consequences that would occur if any laws were broken.