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The laws Hitler proclaimed at a Nazi rally in 1935 were regarded as public health measures. How is that idea reflected in the titles of the two laws? In their content? What does it mean to define a group as a "public health problem"? How do you think the language the Nazis used shaped the way "Aryans" viewed their Jewish neighbors?
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What is the difference between an "inhabitant" and a "citizen"? How did that difference affect the way the Nazis defined the nation's "universe of obligation"--the circle of individuals and groups "toward whom obligations are owed, to whom rules apply, and whose injuries call for amends." What factors determined who belonged? Who was excluded? What were the consequences of being beyond the nation's "universe of obligation"? How does the poster reinforce the idea that Jews lie beyond Germany's "universe of obligation"?
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The Nazis tried to find a racial definition of a Jew only to fail. As a result, they used religious practices to determine who was and was not a Jew. Efforts in the United States to define an African American also failed. What questions might these failures have raised about the meaning of the term race? About the relevance of "race" to society?
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