Aryan paragraph

Aryan paragraph

An Aryan paragraph is a clause in the statutes of an organization, corporation, or real estate deed that reserves membership and/or right of residence solely for members of the Aryan race and excludes from such rights any non-Aryans, particularly Jews or those of Jewish descent, as well as to those who were then referred to as Negroes. They were an essential aspect of public life in Germany and Austria from 1885 to 1945.

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In Austria and Germany

One of the first documentable examples of such a paragraph was written by the Austrian nationalist leader and anti-Semite Georg von Schönerer in his nationalistic Linz Program of 1882, and countless German national sports-clubs, song societies, school clubs, harvest circles and fraternities followed suit to also include Aryan paragraphs in their statutes. However, the best-known Aryan paragraphs are to be found in the legislation of Nazi Germany.

In the United States

Up until 1948, many real estate deeds in the United States that were issued by builders of subdivisions included a restrictive covenant that stated a home could only be bought or sold to members of a certain race. This practice was deemed unconstitutional i.e. unenforceable by the United States Supreme Court in 1948. See Shelley v. Kraemer 334 U.S. 1

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The information about Germany and Austria was translated from the German Wikipedia article on this subject.


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