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Party, for the Reichstag and the provincial diets (citizen's committee), based on the election results of 5 March 1933 or on the results of the coordination action, according to Article 4, Section 2 of the provisional law for the coordination of the states with the Reich of 31 July 1933, is void. An alternate distribution will not take place.
Community self-administrative bodies
Article 2
The distribution of seats, according to the elective suggestion of the Social Democratic Party, for the community self-administrative bodies (county diets, district diets, district councils, council of officials, city councils, city councils of representatives, community councils etc.) in Prussia based on the results of the election of 12 March 1933, in the other German states based on the results of the coordination action according to article 12, Section 2 of the provisional law for the coordination of the states with the Reich of 31 March 1933 is void.
Article 3
In as much as it may be necessary for the maintenance of a self-administration of the community to fill the seats whose distribution has been nullified, the state supervisory authority can fill these seats again according to the will of the people after the conquering of the republic [Parteienstaat].
Article 4
The members of the community self-administrative bodies will be appointed by the state supervisory authority according to the will of the people after the conquering of the republic in the following additional cases.
1. if a community body of representatives is dissolved, by the state supervisory authority, or if their election or coordination has been declared void in the examination of the election,
2. if a community or an association of communities is newly formed by way of organization.
3. if a regular filling of the community body of representatives is not possible, because, according to the elections, a sufficient number of acceptable alternates is no longer available;
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election, 2. if a community or an association of communities is newly formed by way of organization. 3. if a regular filling of the community body of representatives is not possible, because, according to the elections, a sufficient number of acceptable alternates is no longer available; 4. if in Prussia, a new election of the community body of representatives has not taken place on 12 March 1933.
Civic honorary positions
Article 5
(1) The elections of honorary members of national administrative
resolution authorities, committees and of bearers of national, individual honorary positions, who themselves belong to the Social Democratic Party, or who were elected because of the electoral suggestion of representatives of the Social Democratic Party, are void.
(2) The same applies to the election of honorary chairmen or members of boards of direction of communities and association of communities, deputations, commissions, community councils, as well as bearers of honorary individual positions, who are themselves members of the Social Democratic Party, or who have been elected by bodies of representatives or other organs, entitled to vote, of the community or of the community associations based on electoral suggestion, which have been submitted by the representatives of the Social Democratic Party.
(3) In as much as it is necessary for the maintenance of the national administration or of the community self-administration to fill civic honorary positions, the election of which are void (Section 1 and 2), the alternates will be appointed by the state supervisory authority or by its deputized officials according to the will of the people after the conquering of the republic.
Berlin, 7 July 1933.
The Reich Minister of the Interior
Frick
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1933 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 134
Decree of the Reich-President relating to the granting of amnesty of 21 March 1933
Pursuant to Section 48, subsection 2 of the Constitution of the Reich the following is ordered:
Section 1
Amnesty is granted for penal acts committed in the national revolution of the German People, in its preparation or in the fight for the German soil pursuant to the following provisions:
Section 2
Penalties imposed by final judgment at the time this law becomes effective and which have not yet been served, are annulled.
The amnesty applies to additional fines and security measures as long as they have not been executed, to subsidiary legal consequences as well as outstanding fines payable to the Treasury of the Reich or the Landes and to outstanding expenses.
If a sentence has been passed to the effect that something should be confiscated or made unusable it will remain as such.
Section 3
Pending proceedings will be discontinued if the offense has been committed before the 21 March 1933 and further proceedings are not to be instituted.
Section 4
Should a penalty which has not yet been served at the time when this decree becomes effective, include one or several penalties for offences for which amnesty is granted, such part of the entire penalty which is proportionally met out for the offences mentioned has to be deducted.
If a penalty constituting imprisonment has been transformed into one of penal servitude only an account of simultaneous offences for one of which amnesty is granted, the entire penalty which will be reduced pursuant to subsection 1, has to be commutated into imprisonment of the same length of time.
If a penalty constituting imprisonment has been transformed into one of penal servitude only an account of simultaneous offences for one of which amnesty is granted, the entire penalty which will be reduced pursuant to subsection 1, has to be commutated into imprisonment of the same length of time.
Judicial findings (Section 458 of Code of Criminal Procedure) relating to whether and to what extent a penalty is to be extenuated pursuant to the provisions of subsections 1 and 2 will be decided upon by the court which has the jurisdiction to impose penalties for the offence mentioned in subsection 1.
Section 5
The Court decides upon the discontinuance of pending proceedings upon application of the parties.
If the proceedings have been instituted upon a private complaint the costs of such proceedings are quashed. The Court may divide the necessary expense of the private complaint and the accused appropriately or may impose the expenses on any one of them.
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1934 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 785
Oath of Reich Officials and of German Soldiers, of 20 August 1934.
Law on attestation of officials and of soldiers of the Armed Forces, of 20 August 1934.
The Reich's government has enacted the following law which is hereby proclaimed:
Art. 1
The Public officials and the soldiers of the armed forces have to take an oath of service on entering service.
Art. 2
1. The oath of service of public officials will be:
"I swear: I shall be loyal and obedient to Adolf Hitler, the Fuehrer of the German Reich and people; respect the laws, and fulfill my official duties conscientiously, so help me God."
2. The oath of service of the soldiers of the armed forces will be:
"I swear by God this sacred oath, that I will render unconditional obedience to Adolf Hitler, the Fuehrer of the German Reich and people, supreme commander of the armed forces, and will be ready as a brave soldier to risk my life at any time for this oath."
Art. 3
Officials already in service are to be given the oath without delay according to Art. 2, number 1.
Art. 4
The law on attestation of officials and of soldiers of the armed forces of 1 Dec. 1933 (RGBl. I. P. 1016) and the decree of the second of the same month (RGBl. I. P. 1017) are rescinded.
Berlin, 20 August 1934.
The Fuehrer and Reichschancellor
Adolf Hitler
The Reichsminister of the Interior
Frick
The Reichsminister of Defense
von Blomberg.
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1936 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 487
Decree concerning the Appointment of a Chief of German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior of 17 June 1936
I
For the unification of police duties in the Reich, a Chief of German Police is instituted for the German Ministry of the Interior, to whom is assigned the direction and conduct of all police affairs within the jurisdiction of the Reich and of the Prussian Ministries of the Interior.
II
(1) For the Chief of German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior, the Deputy Chief of the Secret State Police of Prussia is declared to be Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich HIMMLER.
(2) He is subordinated individually and directly to the Reich and the Prussian Ministries of the Interior.
(3) In their absence he represents for his jurisdiction the Reich and the Prussian Ministries of the Interior.
(4) He bears the service title: Reichsfuehrer SS and Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior.
III
The Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior shares in the sessions of the Reich Cabinet, so far as his jurisdiction is concerned.
IV
I commission the Reich and the Prussian Ministries of the Interior with the conduct of this decree.
Berlin, 17 June 1936
The Fuehrer and Chancellor of the Reich
Adolf Hitler
The Reich Minister of the Interior
Frick
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1937 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 187
Decree for appointment of a chief of the organization of Germans abroad within the Foreign Office. 30 January 1937.
I
For uniform care for German Nationals abroad a Chief of the Organization of Germans abroad is appointed within the Foreign Office and to whom, at the same time, the leadership and processing of all affairs of German Nationals abroad within the jurisdiction of the Foreign Office will be given over.
II
(1) As chief of the Organization for Germans abroad within the Foreign Office Gauleiter Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, director of the Organization for Germans abroad of the Nazi Party is appointed.
(2) His is a personal appointment and immediately subordinate to the Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs. His field of activity, as chief of the organization of German nationals abroad of the Nazi Party and his subordination to the deputy of the Fuehrer are not affected.
(3) His official title is: Chief of Organization of Germans abroad within the Foreign Office.
III
The Chief of Organization of Germans abroad of the Foreign Office participates in the sessions of the Reich Cabinet so far as his field is concerned.
IV
The Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs in agreement with the deputy of the Fuehrer will issue the implementative regulations of this decree.
Berlin, 30 January 1937.
The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor
Adolf Hitler
The Reich Foreign Minister
Freiherr von Neurath
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1933 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 136-137
Decree of the Reich Cabinet relating to the formation of special courts of March 21, 1933
On the basis of Chapter II, Part 6 of the third decree of the Reich President to safeguard economy and finances and to combat political excesses, of 6 October 1931 (Reichsgesetzblatt I pp. 537, 565) the following is decreed.
Section 1
(1) A special court will be created for the district of each court of appeals.
(2) The special courts are courts of the State [Land].
(3) The legal administration of the State [Land] determines the seats of the special courts.
Section 2
The special courts have jurisdiction over crimes and felonies enumerated in the decree of the President of the Reich for the defense of people and state, of 28 February 1933 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 83) and in the decree relating to the defense against insidious attacks against the government of the national revolution provided that such offenses are not within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court or court of appeals.
Section 3
(1) The special courts also have jurisdiction when a crime or felony which is under their jurisdiction fulfills at the same time the specifications of another offense.
(2) If another offense is directly connected with the crime or felony which comes under the jurisdiction of the Special Courts, then the proceedings against the offenders and accessories of the other offense may be instituted in the Special Courts.
(3) The extended jurisdiction pursuant to Paragraphs 1 and 2 does not apply to offenses for which the Supreme Court or Courts of Appeals have jurisdiction.
Section 7
Proceedings may be instituted also before the Special Court in the district of which the defendant was caught or where he is in custody
(3) The extended jurisdiction pursuant to Paragraphs 1 and 2 does not apply to offenses for which the Supreme Court or Courts of Appeals have jurisdiction. Section 7 Proceedings may be instituted also before the Special Court in the district of which the defendant was caught or where he is in custody. The release of the defendant does not affect this jurisdiction once it has been established.
Section 9
(1) No hearings relating to the warrant of arrest shall be held.
Section 11
A preliminary court investigation will not take place. If a preliminary investigation is pending at the time this decree becomes effective, the records are to be transferred at once to the prosecuting official with the Special Court.
Section 16
(1) No legal remedy is admissible against the decisions of the Special Courts.
Berlin, March 24, 1933
The Reich Chancellor
Adolph Hitler
For the Reich Minister of Justice
The Deputy of the Reich Chancellor
von Papen.
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1934 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 365
Decree concerning the establishment of the Reichs Ministry of Science, Education, and Popular Culture of 1 May 1934
(1) For the entire system of education, training, and instruction of the Reich, as well as for the tasks of science, a Reich Ministry for Science, education, and popular culture is established.
(2) The director of this office bears the title "Reich Minister for Science, Education and Popular Culture."
(3) The Chancellor of the Reich will determine the various duties of the Reich Ministry for Science, Education, and Popular Culture. He will also determine the duties which are transferred from the sphere of activity of the Reich Ministries affected to the new Ministry and also even if the sphere of activity of the ministries concerned is fundamentally affected hereby.
Berlin, 1 May 1934
The President of the Reich
von Hindenburg
The Chancellor of the Reich
Adolf Hitler
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1935 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 1145
Reich Flag Law
15 September 1935
The Reichstag has unanimously ratified the following law which is hereby announced:
Article 1
The colors of the Reich are black, white, and red.
Article 2
The Reich and national flag is the swastika flag. It is also the merchant flag.
Article 3
The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor designates the design of the Reich War Flag and the Reich Service Flag.
Article 4
The Reich Minister of the Interior releases the necessary legal and administrative regulations for the execution and completion of this law as long as it does not interfere with the jurisdiction of the Reich Minister of War.
Article 5
This law becomes valid on the day of announcement.
Nurnberg 15 September 1935
on the Reichparteitag of Freedom
The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor
ADOLF HITLER
The Reich Minister of the Interior
FRICK
The Reich Minister of War and Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht
VON BLOMBERG
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1933 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 661
Law relating to the Reich Chamber of Culture of September 22nd, 1933.
The Reich Government has decreed the following law which is hereby promulgated:
Section 1
The Reich Minister for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda is ordered and authorized to organize the functions under his jurisdiction into public corporations.
Section 2
Pursuant to section 1, the following chambers are established:
1. a Reich Chamber of Archives,
2. a Reich Press Chamber,
3. a Reich Radio Chamber,
4. a Reich Theater Chamber,
5. a Reich Music Chamber,
6. a Reich Chamber of Creative Arts.
Section 3
In establishing the Chambers mentioned in section 2, the provisions relating to the film industry contained in the Law relating to the Establishment of a Provisional Film Chamber of 14 July 1933 (Reichsgesetzblatt, page 483) and supplementary executive provisions thereunder are to receive corresponding application.
Section 4
The organization of these Chambers must be kept within the framework of the policies laid down by the Reich Government in connection with professional advancement.
Section 5
The corporate bodies listed in Section 2, together with the provisional film Chamber, referred to as the Reich Film Chamber, are united into a Reich Chamber of Culture. The Reich Chamber of Culture is under the supervision of the Reich Minister for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda. It has its seat in Berlin.
Section 6
The Reich Minister for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda and the Reich Minister of Economics are authorized to coordinate the provisions of the Trade Laws with the provisions of this law by means of a combined decree.
Section 7
Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda. It has its seat in Berlin. Section 6 The Reich Minister for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda and the Reich Minister of Economics are authorized to coordinate the provisions of the Trade Laws with the provisions of this law by means of a combined decree. Section 7
The Reich Minister for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda is authorized to decree laws and general administrative regulations as well as amendments for the purpose of implementing this law. The laws and general administrative regulations affecting financial or trade interests of the Reich require consent of the Reich Minister of Finance, in agreement with the Reich Minister of Economics.
Berlin, 22 September 1933.
The Reich Chancellor
Adolf Hitler
The Reich Minister for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda
Dr. Goebbels
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