Gun Control: Gateway to Tyranny

This book contains the German language original of the Nazi Weapons Law of March 18, 1938, a page-by-page translation, and then a page-by-page comparison with the U.S. Gun Control Act of 1968. Analysis shows the organizational and textual similarities between these Nazi and U.S. laws. Other chapters feature copies of several implementing regulations, in full text German and English, including the infamous 1938 regulation prohibiting Jews from possessing weapons. An official letter shows that Sen. Thomas Dodd asked for and received from the Library of Congress a translation of the Nazi law at the time that he was sponsoring the similar bill in Congress. Interviews with Holocaust survivors discuss how civilian disarmament played a crucial role in the Nazi extermination program. 128 pages; photos.Simkin, Jay is the author of 'Gun Control: Gateway to Tyranny', published 1992 under ISBN 9780964230415 and ISBN 0964230410.