In early 1930s Nazi Germany, the party in power began isolating the Jews from almost all spheres of national life; boycotts of Jewish professionals were encouraged in informal decrees and it was not long before formal rulings were introduced to bar Jews from being doctors, lawyers, judges and other members of esteemed professions.
“Avoid Jewish Physicians and Lawyers”
“Jewish Lawyers And Notaries May No Longer Have Legal Responsibilities Regarding the City of Berlin. 18 March 1933.”
1 April 1933: the public is advised “Don’t go to Jewish lawyers”; warnings on red notepaper reading “Visits prohibited! Jew!” were affixed to the
doorplates of Jewish lawyers’ offices, here in Munich at the Stachus.
