The Law for protection of the nation was a Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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n law, effective from 23 January 1941 to 27 November 1944, which directed measures against Jews

Jews

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 and others. This law was passed along the example of the Nuremberg Laws

Nuremberg Laws

The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 were antisemitic laws in Nazi Germany introduced at the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party. After the takeover of power in 1933 by Hitler, Nazism became an official ideology incorporating scientific racism and antisemitism...

 in Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

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The law ordered measures for:

• Changes in the names of Jews
• Rules about their place of residence
• Confiscation of their possessions
• Their exclusion from the public service
• Prohibition of economic and professional activity

Citizens of Jewish origin were also banned from public areas, restricted economically, and marriages between Jews were prohibited.

This law suppressed all Freemasonry lodges

Freemasonry

Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around six million, including approximately 150,000 under the jurisdictions of the Grand Lodge...

 and all other secret organizations.

The Law for protection of the nation, was passed under direct influence from Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...

, but didn't lead to the deportation of the Bulgarian Jews to Nazi extermination camps.