National Socialist Family Law

Mariken Lenaerts, PhD (2012, Maastricht University), is a legal historian. She has taught a variety of courses at Maastricht University and has published previously about attempts to nazify Dutch family law during the German occupation ("De voorstellen tot herziening van het Nederlandse echtscheidingsrecht tijdens de Duitse bezetting" in Familie en Recht, December 2013).

Preface ... xi

1 Introduction ... 1
1.1 Family Law during the Nazi Era ... 2
1.2 Research Questions and Scope of this Research ... 2
1.3 Sources ... 4
1.4 Structure of the Research ... 5
1.5 Translation of Terminology ... 6

2 Family Policy According to National Socialism ... 7
2.1 Introduction ... 7
2.2 The Origins of National Socialism ... 8
2.3 The Position of Jews in Germany ... 16
2.4 The Development of Family Policy in the First Half of the Twentieth Century ... 20
2.5 The Nazi Era ... 35
2.6 Conclusion ... 50

3 National Socialist Racial and Family Law in Germany ... 54
3.1 Introduction ... 54
3.2 Family Law in the Weimar Republic ... 55
3.3 From Weimar to Third Reich ... 64
3.4 March 1933–August 1935: Re-interpreting the Law ... 65
3.5 The Nuremberg Laws .. 72
3.6 Keeping the Aryan Race Healthy – the Marriage Health Law ... 95
3.7 The New Matrimonial Law for the New Germany ... 106
3.8 Conclusion ... 152

4 Racial and Family Law in the Netherlands during the German Occupation ... 158
4.1 Introduction ... 158
4.2 Dutch Family Law before the German Occupation ... 159
4.3 Years of Occupation ... 214
4.4 Conclusion ... 294

5 Conclusion ... 300
5.1 National Socialism – the Family as Germ Cell of the Nation ... 300
5.2 National Socialism in Practice ... 301
5.3 National Socialist Family Law? ... 305

Bibliography ... 309
Literature ... 309
Periodicals ... 321
Internet Sources ... 322
Archival Source List ... 322
Table of Legislation ... 323
Table of Cases ... 333