Why do you think peasants paid the lord a fee when they
inherited their father's acres?

Because the land only belonged to the peasants in name, the land was actually property of the lord.

For this reason, the peasants had to pay a fee when they inherited land. They also had to give the lord a percentage of the agricultural output that they produced in their land.

Explanation:

so they can differentiate themselves from others as they saw themselves as the superior race. the star was basically a symbol that meant you are a less of a person than i am because of my race. the star was also degrading for those who had to wear it because they were aware of this and the nazis used the notion to make them feel less like a person.