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1 & 2 willingly or carelessly shall be punished with a fine up to 150 Reichsmark or with imprisonment not to exceed 6 weeks. (2) Further protective measures on the part of the police as well as rules according to which a more severe punishment is permitted remain unaffected. Article 5
This decree shall also be valid within the borders of the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia with the specifications that the Reichs-Protector in Bohemia and Moravia shall adopt the rules of article 2 a, to the local situation in the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Article 6
This Police-law shall be valid two weeks after publication.
Berlin, 1 September 1941.
For the Reich Minister of the Interior.
Heydrich
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1939 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 485
Decree of the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor concerning the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, March 16, 1939
The Bohemian-Moravian countries belonged for a millennium to the living space of the German people. Violence and want of judgment have torn them arbitrarily from their old, historic environment and finally created, through their inclusion in the artificial structure of Czechoslovakia, a center of continuous unrest. Year after year the danger increased that out of this area-as once before in the past-would arise a new, stupendous menace to European peace. For the Czechoslovak State and its rulers had not succeeded in organizing in a reasonable manner the co-existence of the national groups arbitrarily comprised within it, and thus they failed to awaken and to preserve the interest of all concerned in the maintenance of the state common to them. Thereby this state has demonstrated its inherent inability to exist and therefore now has fallen into actual dissolution.
The German Reich cannot tolerate everlasting disturbances in these areas, areas so decisively essential not only to its own peace and security but also to the general welfare and the general peace. Sooner or later the German Reich would have had to suffer the most serious consequences because it is the power which is the most vitally interested and concerned by history as well as by geographical position. It is therefore only an act of compliance with the law of self-preservation if the German Reich is resolved to take decisive action for the reestablishment of the foundations of a Central European Order based on reason and to resort to measures impelled by this aim. For the millennial this historic past of the German Reich has proven that it alone is chosen by virtue of its greatness and the qualities of the German people to solve this problem.
of the foundations of a Central European Order based on reason and to resort to measures impelled by this aim. For the millennial this historic past of the German Reich has proven that it alone is chosen by virtue of its greatness and the qualities of the German people to solve this problem.
Imbued with the earnest desire to serve the true interests of the nations settled in this living space, to safeguard the national life of the German and Czech nations, to promote peace and the social welfare of all, I therefore order, in the name of the German Reich, the following as foundations on which the inhabitants of these areas can live side by side in the future:
Article 1. (1) The territories of the erstwhile Czechoslovak Republic, occupied by the German Armies in March, 1939, are hereby incorporated into the territory of the Greater German Reich and are placed under its protection as the "Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia."
(2) In so far as the defense of the Reich requires it, the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor may issue, for specified areas of these territories, orders at variance with these articles.
Article 2. (1) The residents of the Protectorate of German origin are hereby declared to be German nationals and German citizens, in accordance with the provisions of the Reich Nationality Code [Reichsburgergesetz] of September 15, 1935 (RGBl. I, p. 1146). Therefore, the provisions for the protection of German blood and German honor shall apply to them. They shall be subject to the jurisdiction of German courts.
(2) The other residents of Bohemia and Moravia are hereby declared to be citizens of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Article 3. (1) The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia is declared to be autonomous and shall govern itself.
(2) It shall exercise the sovereign rights to which it is entitled within the framework of the Protectorate in conformity with the political, military, and economic interests of the Reich.
Article 3. (1) The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia is declared to be autonomous and shall govern itself. (2) It shall exercise the sovereign rights to which it is entitled within the framework of the Protectorate in conformity with the political, military, and economic interests of the Reich.
(3) The Protectorate shall exercise these sovereign rights through its own political agencies, authorities, and officials.
Article 4. The head of the autonomous administration of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia shall be entitled to the protection and the full honors of the head of a sovereign government. The head of the Protectorate must enjoy, in the exercise of his high office, the confidence of the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor.
Article 5. (1) The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor will appoint as a guardian of the interests of the Reich a "Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia." His official residence shall be in Prague.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Reich Protector, as representative of the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor and as the agent of the Government of the Reich, to assure compliance with the political instructions issued by the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor.
(3) The members of the government of the Protectorate shall hold office subject to confirmation of the Reich Protector. A confirmation may be later revoked.
(4) The Reich Protector may demand information concerning all acts of the government of the Protectorate and may offer his counsel to the government. He may protest against measures which may be harmful to the Reich, and, in cases of emergency, may take all steps necessary to the common welfare.
(5) The publication of statutes, orders, and other general rules and regulations, and the enforcement of administrative measures and execution of judicial decisions which have become final, shall be suspended upon notice of protest given by the Reich Protector.
may take all steps necessary to the common welfare. (5) The publication of statutes, orders, and other general rules and regulations, and the enforcement of administrative measures and execution of judicial decisions which have become final, shall be suspended upon notice of protest given by the Reich Protector.
Article 6. (1) The foreign affairs of the Protectorate, especially the protection of its citizens abroad, shall be entrusted to the Reich. The Reich shall take charge of the foreign affairs in such a manner as shall conform with the common interest of both countries.
(2) The Protectorate shall have a representative with the Government of the Reich officially designated as Minister.
Article 7. (1) The Reich shall extend military protection to the Protectorate.
(2) For the purpose of extending such protection the Reich shall maintain garrisons and military establishments in the Protectorate.
(3) The Protectorate may establish its own units for the maintenance of home security and protection. The Government of the Reich shall determine the form of organization, the number of the forces, and the armament to be employed.
Article 8. The Reich shall directly supervise all traffic, posts, and telegraphs.
Article 9. The Protectorate shall form part of the German customs area and shall be subject to its customs authority.
Article 10. (1) In addition to the Reichsmark the Krone shall constitute legal tender until further notice.
(2) The rate of exchange for the two currencies shall be determined by the government of the Reich.
Article 11. (1) The Reich may issue orders having the force of statutes for the Protectorate, in so far as required by the common welfare of both of them.
(2) In so far as there is a common need, the Reich may take over branches of the administrative services and may establish the necessary Reich agencies in their stead.
(3) The Government of the Reich may take all measures necessary for the maintenance of security and order.
of both of them. (2) In so far as there is a common need, the Reich may take over branches of the administrative services and may establish the necessary Reich agencies in their stead. (3) The Government of the Reich may take all measures necessary for the maintenance of security and order.
Article 12. The laws and statutes presently in effect in Bohemia and Moravia shall remain in effect unless incompatible with the purposes of protection by the German Reich.
Article 13. The Reich Minister of the Interior shall, in agreement with the reich ministers concerned, issue all rules and regulations, general and administrative, required for the enforcement and implementation of this decree.
Prague, March 16, 1939.
Adolf Hitler, Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor
Frick, Reich Minister of the Interior
von Ribbentrop, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Lammers, Reich Minister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery
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1938 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 1342
Law on Passports of Jews on 5 October 1938
Based on the law on passport, alien police and registration affairs as well as on identification affairs of 11 May 1934 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, Page 589) the following is ordered in agreement with the Reich Minister of Justice:
Article 1
(1) All German passports of Jews (Article 5 of the first law to the Reich citizenship of 14 November 1935-Reichsgesetzblatt I Page 1333), who reside in the Reich area, become invalid.
(2) The holders of the passports, mentioned in Section (1), are obliged to hand in these passports to the passport authority within Germany, in whose district the holder of the passport has his permanent residence or in lieu of such sojourns temporarily, within 2 weeks after this law becomes effective. For Jews who are staying abroad at the time of publication of this law, this period of two weeks begins with the day of their re-entry into the Reich area.
(3) The passports, made out to be valid abroad, will become valid again if they are marked with a sign designated by the Reich Minister of the Interior, which will mark the holder as a Jew.
Article 2
Whoever carelessly or willfully does not comply with the obligation described in article 1, section 2 will be punished with prison and fined up to 150 marks or with either one of them.
Article 3
The law becomes effective with its promulgation.
Berlin, 5 October 1938.
The Reich Minister of the Interior
By order
Dr. Best.
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1938 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 594
Decree Introducing the Nurnberg Racial Laws into the Land of Austria 20 May 1938
Pursuant to Article II of the law relating to there-union of Austria with the German Reich, 13 March 1938 (Reichsgesetz Bl. I, p. 237), the following is ordered:
ARTICLE I
LAW RELATING TO CITIZENSHIP OF THE REICH
Section 1
The following are applicable to the Land of Austria:
1. The Law Relating to Citizenship of the Reich of 15 September 1935 (Reichsgesetz Bl. I, p. 1146).
2. Section 2, Sub-Section 2, Section 4, Sub-Sections 1, 3 and 4, Sections 5 and 6, Sub-Section 1, and Section 7 of the First Decree under the Law Relating to Citizenship of the Reich of 14 November 1935 (Reichsgesetz Bl. I, p. 1333).
Section 2
The effective date of Section 1, Sub-Section 2, of the Reich Citizenship Law will be determined by the Reich Minister of the Interior.
Section 3
The elimination of Jews from public offices which they hold on the effective date of this decree will be specially regulated.
Section 4
For the application of Section 5, Sub-Section 2, of the First Decree under the Reich Citizenship Law, 16 September 1935 will be considered the effective date of the Reich Citizenship Law in Austria also, and 17 September 1935 will be considered the day on which the law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor came into effect.
ARTICLE II
THE LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE BLOOD
Section 5
The Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor of 15 September 1935 (Reichsgesetz Bl. I, p. 1146) and the First Decree for the implementation of this Law of 14 November 1935 (Reichsgesetz Bl. I, p. 1334) are applicable to the Land of Austria.
Section 6
Section 3 of the Law for the Protection of the Blood will become effective on 1 August 1938.
Section 7
(Reichsgesetz Bl. I, p. 1146) and the First Decree for the implementation of this Law of 14 November 1935 (Reichsgesetz Bl. I, p. 1334) are applicable to the Land of Austria. Section 6 Section 3 of the Law for the Protection of the Blood will become effective on 1 August 1938. Section 7
For the application of Section 12, paragraph 3, of the First Decree for the implementation of the Law for the Protection of the Blood, the 16 September 1935 is also to be considered the effective date of the Law for the Protection of the Blood in Austria.
Section 8
1. A marriage cannot be entered into unless it is proved by the testimony of the local Burgermeister of the bride's permanent residence that there is no obstacle to the marriage according to the provisions of the Law for the Protection of the Blood and of the First Decree for the implementation of this law. If the bride has no permanent residence in Austria, the competence of the Burgermeister is determined by the further Provisions of Section 3 of the General Administrative Procedure Law (Austrian BG. BL. #274/1925).
2. If the Burgermeister has any doubt about the existence of a marriage obstacle in the sense of Section 6 of the First Decree for the implementation of the Law for the Protection of the Blood, he must demand a Marriage Fitness Certificate from the bride and groom of the official physician.
Section 9
In the application of Section 15, sentence 2, of the First Decree for the implementation of the Law for the Protection of the Blood, the former possession of Austrian citizenship is equivalent to the former possession of German citizenship.
ARTICLE III
PROCEDURE REGULATIONS
Section 10
In annulment proceedings, the provisions of the Austrian Law relating to the jurisdiction and the procedure of the courts in lawsuits relating to the annulment of marriages are applicable, subject to the following limitations:
of German citizenship. ARTICLE III PROCEDURE REGULATIONS Section 10 In annulment proceedings, the provisions of the Austrian Law relating to the jurisdiction and the procedure of the courts in lawsuits relating to the annulment of marriages are applicable, subject to the following limitations:
1. The suit is to be made against both spouses. If the public prosecutor or one of the spouses files an appeal, then in the first case both spouses and in the second case the public prosecutor and the other spouse are to be considered as adverse parties.
2. The regulations relating to compulsory representation by counsel are not applicable to the public prosecutor.
3. If the public prosecutor is defeated, the Treasury is obliged to refund the expenses incurred by the spouses, according to Sections 40 et seq., of the Austrian Civil Law.
4. No counsel for the defense of the marriage bond will be appointed.
5. The suit can only be field, if both spouses are alive. If one of the spouses should die before the sentence is executed, the case is to be considered in the main as closed.
Section 11
The court of first instance has jurisdiction over violations of Section 5, Sub-Sections 1 and 2, of the Law for the Protection of the Blood.
ARTICLE IV
CONCLUDING PROVISIONS
Section 12
If regulations introduced into Austria by this decree cannot be applied according to the letter, they are to be applied according to the spirit.
Section 13
This decree comes into effect on the day after its promulgation.
Berlin, 20 May 1938.
The Reichsminister of the Interior
Frick
The Deputy of the Fuehrer
Hess
The Reich Minister for Justice
per Dr. Schlegelberger.
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SECRET
[STAMP:]
German Armistice Delegation
14 December 1942
Del. W. 7903
Berlin, 11 December 1942
Foreign Office,
No. Ha Pol 7563 g
T
The enclosed statement of the Reichsbank, Department for national Economy [Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung], of the capability of France is submitted for your information.
To this the Reichsbank remarks as follows:
"The statement deals solely with the effect of an increase of the occupation expenses through levying on the French budget in regard to economy and currency.
"It is an entirely different question, however, how to act in practice in the face of the imperative military necessities.
"The Armed Forces' money requirements must be supplied in any case-either through the budget of the French Government or in the form of an advance from the issuing bank or in any other form of financing; otherwise it would be necessary to issue Reich Credit Bills [Reichskredit Kassenscheine], which is undesirable."
To: The German Armistic Delegation for Economy in Paris
per (signed:)	DUMONT
[pencil notation:]
The German Embassy in Paris
Occup. SECRET
-each separate-
Copy to be attached to Ha Pol
other form of financing; otherwise it would be necessary to issue Reich Credit Bills [Reichskredit Kassenscheine], which is undesirable." To: The German Armistic Delegation for Economy in Paris per (signed:) DUMONT [pencil notation:] The German Embassy in Paris Occup. SECRET -each separate- Copy to be attached to Ha Pol. 7563/42 g
Berlin, 7, December 1942
SECRET:
German Reichsbank
Department for National Economy
Concerning the question of an increase of French contributions to the Occupation expenses.
Altogether the burden for France hitherto as an effect of the Armistice is nearly 18.5 billion marks or 370 billion francs.
France therefore has transferred the greatest part of her payments (17.6 billion marks) in the form of goods and labor.
Anyhow the conclusion is obvious that the French National Economy has been taxed more heavily since the Armistice in June 1940 than Germany was after the World War.
Since the French contributions for the occupation expenses could not be covered by taxes, they had to be financed in part from the proceeds of the issuing of treasury bills, but mostly by credit from the bank of issue.
Whether the economic exploitation of France could be intensified by raising the daily contributions to the occupation expenses from 15 to 25 million marks for the rest of the War seems to us-as far as we can judge from here-rather doubtful for the following reasons:
Under these circumstances the French Government would be obliged to utilize the credit of the bank of issue to still greater extent than hitherto in order to finance the demands for increased occupation expenses.
Inflationary rises in prices and wages in France would cause very grave disadvantages for Germany.
Such a measure also seems very problematical in regard to the goods [gueterseite] in French national economy.
With the loss of a large part of French imports, industrial production as well as the capacity of France to supply us with food will have to be further reduced in the future
for Germany. Such a measure also seems very problematical in regard to the goods [gueterseite] in French national economy. With the loss of a large part of French imports, industrial production as well as the capacity of France to supply us with food will have to be further reduced in the future. Such a great weakening of French economic power is to be reckoned with that it does not seem to make much sense to raise the expenses of the occupation.
An increase in French contributions to the occupation expenses could be advocated, however, only if there were a corresponding chance of raising her production ability [Sachleistungen].
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NATIONAL SOCIALIST PARTY CORRESPONDENCE NSK No. 358
30 March 1933
Defeat the Enemy of the World!
By Julius Streicher, head of the Central Committee for defense against Jewish horror and boycott agitation.
All Judah wanted the battle, it shall have it! It shall have it until it realizes that the Germany of the Brown Battalions is not the Germany of cowardice and of surrender: All Judah shall have the battle until victory is ours.
National Socialists!
Defeat the enemy of the World! And if the World were full of devils, we must still succeed!
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