MARRIAGE IN GERMANY.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 305, 9 December 1936, Page 3

MARRIAGE IN GERMANY.

NAZI ENACTMENTS. ARYANS AND JEWS. LONDON, May 30. Proof of Hie doubt Mil! existing in tin in.nd-, of many Germans on the allinipm".mi question of “Am 1 an Aryan or a Jew saw lhe special correspondent ul lhe Daily Telegraph, is to bo loi,nd in care i ully-dra w n diagrams with wry simple descriptions Contained in a new pamphlet winch lhe .X.izi aulhorities haw published. In this booklet li.e nation is considered as divi 'd into pure Germans, Jews ami persons of mixed blood. Kmly pure Germans —those who are iml. more than one-eighth Jewish—may be German citizens, entitled, to eider lhe service ul Hie Government, lu xote. ami generally lo take part IU cixil IHe. To purify the race it may be generall\ said that marriage between these c.a>ses is not allowed. A pure German may, however, marry a quarterJew. I’crmissii u must be obtained tor the marriage of an Arjun with a person ol hall'-Jewish bluud. Special License Needed. 'Lhe marriage of persons of mixed blood j- almost invarably subject to special license, as the may or may not be crossing lhe border of being emit led, lik_- pure Germans, to citizenship or aut, like pure Jews, Thus two persons who are each one-quarter Jewish are not allowed to marry, as they are v oil on the way to “purification,’’ whi.e permission for a halfJew to mu ry a quarter-Jew may oe obtained. Existing n.a’.iiages are not anrulle.l, but m tuturc marriages contracted in defiance .oi taese regulations are lo be cmiside cd ms null and voil, even if contracted outside Germany. Liberation from Hi s? lax s may be giamed b\ Ikrr Hiller alone.