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counselors' councils in Germany must be filled by National Socialists. There must no longer be any factory in which Marxists or "Christians" hold the leading positions. Orders should therefore be given immediately that Communist and Catholic factory or employee councils who are still holding office should be dismissed. To prevent this being carried out in a wild and undisciplined manner, it is laid down that the responsible Regional leader of the German Labour Front, in conjunction with the Gau Director of Factory cells should from time to time, decide on the necessary orders (in agreement with the Regional leader of German industry).
The above schemes [Ausfuehrungen] and orders are to be put into effect immediately with proven National Socialist thoroughness. No pardon to the enemy but stake all for the victory of the National Socialist revolution.
Signed Muchow
Director of the Office of the Organization of the German Labour Front and Deputy Director of the National Socialist Works Organization of the Political Organization of the N.S.D.A.P.
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1937 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 41
German Public Officials Law of 27 January 1937
A career as a public official, rooted in the German people and permeated by National Socialist ideology and loyalty bound to the Fuehrer of the German Reich and people, forms a foundation pillar of the National Socialist State. Therefore the Reich Government has enacted the following law, which is hereby promulgated.
CHAPTER I
Official Relationship [Beamtenverhaeltnis]
ARTICLE 1.
(1) The German official stands in a public service and trust relationship to the Fuehrer and to the Reich.
(2) He carries out the will of the state, which is based on the National Socialist German Labor Party.
(3) The state demands of the official absolute obedience and complete fulfillment of duty; in return it guarantees him a position for life.
CHAPTER II
Duties of Officials
1. General
ARTICLE 3.
(1) A position in the public service is proof of confidence on the part of the state leadership, which the official must justify by being constantly aware of the increased duties which his position imposes upon him. Fuehrer and Reich demand of him true patriotism, a spirit of self-sacrifice, and complete dedication of his efforts, obedience to his superiors, and comradeship toward his colleagues. He must be a model of loyal fulfillment of duty to all his fellow citizens. He must be faithful to the death to the Fuehrer, who assures him his special protection.
(2) The official must at all times support without reservation the National Socialist state and in all his behavior must be guided by the fact that the National Socialist German Labor Party, in indissoluble union with the people, is the basis of the German state concept
Fuehrer, who assures him his special protection. (2) The official must at all times support without reservation the National Socialist state and in all his behavior must be guided by the fact that the National Socialist German Labor Party, in indissoluble union with the people, is the basis of the German state concept. He must report to his superiors occurrences which might endanger the existence of the Reich or of the National Socialist German Labor Party, even when he has not learned of them in the course of his official duties.
(3) The public official is responsible for conscientious fulfillment of his official duties. By his conduct, on or off duty, he must prove himself worthy of the respect and confidence which his profession enjoys. He must not permit any member of his household to engage in any dishonorable activity.
2. Oath of Allegiance.
ARTICLE 4.
(1) The official confirms his special unity with the Fuehrer and the Reich with the following oath, which he must take upon entering upon his first duty:
"I swear: I will be loyal and obedient to the Fuehrer of the German Reich and people, Adolf Hitler, obey the law, and conscientiously perform my official duties, so help me God."
(2) If a law permits members of a religious affiliation to use other forms of affirmation instead of the oath, the official who is a member of such a religious affiliation may use such form of affirmation.
(3) If the official declares that he has objections to taking the oath in religious form, he can take it without the final words.
CHAPTER IV
Appointments and Transfers
1. Appointments
ARTICLE 25.
(1) Only a person who is of German or related blood and who, if he is married, has a spouse of German or related blood can become an official. If the spouse is a mixed-blood second degree, an exception may be made.
(2) An official may marry only a person of German or related blood
ARTICLE 25. (1) Only a person who is of German or related blood and who, if he is married, has a spouse of German or related blood can become an official. If the spouse is a mixed-blood second degree, an exception may be made. (2) An official may marry only a person of German or related blood. If the betrothed is a mixed-blood, second degree the marriage may be approved.
(3) For the admission of an exception under subdivision 1, 2nd sentence, and the approval under subdivision 2, 2nd sentence, the supreme office authority in agreement with the Reich Minister of the Interior and the Deputy of the Fuehrer are the competent authorities. The same authorities may also permit exceptions to subdivision 1, 1st sentence and Subdivision 2, 1st sentence, in individual cases.
ARTICLE 26.
(1) Furthermore, only such person may assume public office, who-
1. is a citizen of the Reich or is not a citizen yet only because he does not yet fulfill the requirements therefore because of his age,
2. has the preliminary training prescribed for his career or, in the absence of such regulations, the customary preliminary training or other special requirements for the office to be entrusted to him, and
3. offers guarantee that he will at all times support the National Socialist State without reservation.
(2) Exceptions to subdivision 1, No. 1 require the approval of the Reich Minister of the Interior in agreement with the Deputy of the Fuehrer or the authorities appointed by them.
CHAPTER VII
Termination of official Relationship
2. Dismissal from Office
(a) Refusal to take the oath
ARTICLE 57.
Whoever refuses to take the oath of allegiance prescribed by law is to be dismissed.
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of the Interior in agreement with the Deputy of the Fuehrer or the authorities appointed by them. CHAPTER VII Termination of official Relationship 2. Dismissal from Office (a) Refusal to take the oath ARTICLE 57. Whoever refuses to take the oath of allegiance prescribed by law is to be dismissed. 3. Retirement
(d) Political Reasons
(1) The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor may retire a life-time or temporary official on the request of the supreme office authority in agreement with the Reich Minister of the Interior, if the official no longer offers guarantee that he will at all times support the National Socialist State.
(2) The facts justifying this request are to be ascertained in an investigation in which the questioning of witnesses and excerpts on oath is permissible and in which the official is to be heard.
Berlin, 26 Jan. 1937
The Fuehrer and Reichs Chancellor
Adolf Hitler
The Reichs Minister of the Interior
Frick
The Reich Minister of Finance
Count Schwerin von Krosigk
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1939 REICHSGESETZBLATT, NO. 38, 2 MARCH 1939, PAGE 371
Decree on the education and careers of German officials of 28 February 1939
Par. 2.
The applicants must belong or have belonged to the party or one of its formations. In the selection the personal aptitude and character are decisive. Honorably discharged workers and soldiers (cf. par. 16 (1) and par. 17 of the decree on the care for soldiers and workers in the form of 29 Dec 1937-RGBl I, p. 1417) and children of child-rich families have preference. For pension applicants the special decrees apply.
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1936 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 369
Law on the People's Court and on the 25th amendment to the Salary Law of 18 April 1936
The Reich Cabinet [Reichsregierung] has passed the following law which is hereby promulgated:
CHAPTER I
ARTICLE 1.
The People's Court is a regular Court in the sense of the law on judicial organizations.
ARTICLE 2.
The People's Court is comprised of one president and the necessary numbers of presidents of the senate and councillors as main official members [hauptamtliche Mitglieder].
ARTICLE 3.
The president, the presidents of the senate and the councillors are appointed for lifetime. They have to be qualified for the judge's office and must have completed their 35th year of age.
ARTICLE 4.
The honorary members of the People's Court are appointed by the Fuehrer and Reichs Chancellor for the duration of 5 years upon recommendation of the Reichsminister of Justice.
ARTICLE 5.
Senates are formed at the people's Court, the number of which is determined by the Reichsminister of Justice.
ARTICLE 6.
If it is necessary for lawful course of affairs, permanently employed judges may be called in temporarily as assistant judges to the People's Court in case of an accumulation of business. The delegation of an assistant judge may be called off before the end of the time, for which the assistant judge has been called in, only if the emergency, by which it was caused, does no longer exist.
ARTICLE 7.
The office of the public prosecutor at the people's Court is filled by one or several Reich prosecutors or State prosecutors. They are nonjudicial officials, must however be qualified for the judge's office.
ARTICLE 8.
At the People's Court an office will be established which will be filled with the necessary number of recording officials.
CHAPTER II
ARTICLE 9.
The Reich pay law of 10 December 1927 (RGBl. I p. 349) will be changed as follows:
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nonjudicial officials, must however be qualified for the judge's office. ARTICLE 8. At the People's Court an office will be established which will be filled with the necessary number of recording officials. CHAPTER II ARTICLE 9. The Reich pay law of 10 December 1927 (RGBl. I p. 349) will be changed as follows: 1. To the pay class A will be added:
a. in pay group Ib after "directors of law courts": "Chief State Prosecutors at the People's Court";
b. in pay group 10a after "Sergeant of the German Supreme Court" [Reichsgerichtswachtmeister];
2. To the pay class B will be added:
a. in pay group 3b under Section "Reichministry of Justice" before "president of the highest court of Justice" [Kammergerichtspresident]: "President of the  People's Court";
b. in pay group e under section "Reichministry of Justice" after "Senate President at the German Supreme Court,": "Senate president at the People's Court, Reich Prosecutor as head of the State Prosecutor's office at the People's Court" and in note I after "German Supreme Court": "and at the People's Court as well as the Reich Prosecutor as head of the State Prosecutor's office at the People's Court";
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Supreme Court,": "Senate president at the People's Court, Reich Prosecutor as head of the State Prosecutor's office at the People's Court" and in note I after "German Supreme Court": "and at the People's Court as well as the Reich Prosecutor as head of the State Prosecutor's office at the People's Court"; c. in pay group 8 under Section "Reichministry of Justice" before "Presidents of District Courts at Courts with 30 or more organic [planmaessig] judges in the district": "Councillors at People's Courts".
ARTICLE 10.
Of the positions printed in the budget of the Reichministry of Justice for the financial year of 1935 (individual plan IX) at Chapter 2 (German Supreme Court) the following positions are transferred to Chapter 2a (People's Court):
Group B7: 1 Reich Prosecutor.
Group A 2b: 2 Chief State Prosecutors.
Group A 2d: 4 senior judges in law courts of justice (6 of whom to be transformed in future).
Group A 4b: 6 Chief inspectors of the Government.
Group A 4c: 2 inspectors of the Government.
Group A 7: 6 Secretaries.
Group A10: 6 Sergeants of the German Supreme Court [Reichsgerichtswachtmeister].
(2) In the budget of the Reichministry of Justice (Individual Plan IX) the following organic positions will be newly created in Chapter 2a (People's Court):
Group B 3b: President of the People's Court.
Group B 6: 2 Senate presidents at the people's Court, 1 Reich Prosecutor (under Transformation of the Reich prosecutor's position of Group B 7 transferred from the German Supreme Court)
following organic positions will be newly created in Chapter 2a (People's Court): Group B 3b: President of the People's Court. Group B 6: 2 Senate presidents at the people's Court, 1 Reich Prosecutor (under Transformation of the Reich prosecutor's position of Group B 7 transferred from the German Supreme Court). They receive an irrevocable extra pay of 1000 RM which can be added to the base pay, for purpose of pension [pensionsfaehig].
Group B 8: 6 Councillors at the People's Court.
Group A 1b: 2 Chief State Prosecutors at the People's Court.
Group A 2b: 2 Chief State Prosecutors.
Group A 10a: 1 Chief Messenger's supervisor.
He receives extra pay for this position of 300 RM which can be added to the base pay for the purpose of pension [pensionsfaehig] and is irrevocable.
5 Sergeants of the People's court under transformation of 5 positions of sergeants of the German Supreme Courts taken over from the German Supreme Court.
CHAPTER III
In as far as laws or other regulations refer to the Chief Reich Prosecutor as authority of indictment at the people's Court, his place will be taken by the Reich Prosecutor at the People's Court.
CHAPTER IV
The Reichministry of justice will issue the legal and administrative regulations necessary for the execution of this law.
CHAPTER V
(1) This law shall take effect as of 1st April 1936.
(2) The honorary members of the People's Court appointed on the basis this former regulations continue to remain in office according to their appointment hitherto. The same holds good with regard to members who have to be qualified for the judge's office
CHAPTER V (1) This law shall take effect as of 1st April 1936. (2) The honorary members of the People's Court appointed on the basis this former regulations continue to remain in office according to their appointment hitherto. The same holds good with regard to members who have to be qualified for the judge's office. On 31st October 1936 however those are being eliminated who will not have been appointed up to this date to main official members of the pople's Court.
(3) If members of the German Supreme Court and Reich Prosecutors are being transferred to the People's Court up to 1st April 1937, they will receive in case of their being retired at least the pension to which they would have been entitled if they had remained in their former positions at the German Supreme Court.
Berlin, 18. April 1936
The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor
Adolf Hitler
The Reichministry of Justice
Dr. Guertner
The Reichministry of Finances
Count Schwerin von Krosigk
The Reich War Ministry and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
von Blomberg
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RECONSTRUCTION OF A NATION [Aufbau Einer Nation] by Hermann Goering, 2nd Edition, Published by E. S. Mittler & Son, Berlin 1934, [Page 89].
Against the enemies of the State, we must proceed ruthlessly. It cannot be forgotten that at the moment of our rise to power, according to the official election figures of March 1933, six million people still confess their sympathy for Communism and eight million for Marxism . . . . Therefore, the concentration camps have been created, where we have first confined thousands of Communists and Social Democrat functionaries.
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1935 REICHSVERWALTUNGSBLATT, Vol. 56, No. 29, Pages 577-578, dated 20 July 1935
(Editorial Board: A. Mirow, Dr. H. H. Lammers, H. Pfundtner, Dr. O. Koellreutter, Dr. F. A. Medicus)
II. COURT DECISIONS
Survey of decisions of the Supreme Administrative Court [Oberverwaltungsgericht]
Police in General (Rush-reprint)
Since the Law on the Secret State Police [Geheime Staatspolizei] of 30 November 1933 (GS.S. 419) became effective, decisions of the Office of the Secret State Police [Geheimes Staats Polizeiamt] can no longer be contested according to the provisions of the law on the Administration of Police. The only remedy against them is a complaint to the superior authority.
Legal status of the bureau of the Secret State Police according to the Law on the Secret State Police of 30 November 33.
On September 4 1934 the Association Secretary filed a suit against the Secret State-Police at the District-Administrative Court in Berlin. The association asserted that on 23 August 1934 their president had been informed by two officials of the office of the Secret State-Police that the assets of the association would be sequestrated for the purpose of an eventual confiscation.
With the decision of 1 November 1934 the District-Administrative Court decided to dismiss the suit.
The appeal of the plaintiff against this decision could not have any success.
the Secret State-Police that the assets of the association would be sequestrated for the purpose of an eventual confiscation. With the decision of 1 November 1934 the District-Administrative Court decided to dismiss the suit. The appeal of the plaintiff against this decision could not have any success.
The District-Administrative Court in this case dismissed the suit on the ground of the inadmissibility of such an action to this court. According to the principle of enumeration quoted by the judge of first instance a suit can be filed with the administrative courts only if legal provisions expressively rule to that effect. The right of legal redress as provided by the law relating to the Police-Administration applies according to the wording of this law only to the police orders issued by the ordinary police-authorities, i.e. the police-authorities of the community, the district, or the province. The sequestration order in question has not been issued by an ordinary police-authority; on the contrary it had been issued by the Office of Secret State-Police, the legal status of which has been provided by the Law of 30 November 1933.
With this law an authoritative status was given to the Secret State-Police which was basically different from the one at the time it was created, based on the Law of 26 April 1933. By virtue of this last-mentioned law, the Office of the Secret State-Police should act in political matters "at the side of or in the place of the ordinary police-authorities" and "should have the status of a Province-Police-Authority" . . . .
This legal status was changed, as the District-Administrative-Court properly recognized, when the "Secret State-Police" was created, An authoritative organization was created thus, the status of which is expressly determined by law to be exempt from the sphere of the Minister of Interior, otherwise competent in all Police matters.
Section 1, sub-section 1, sentence 1 and 2 of the Law of 30 November 1933 quotes:
created, An authoritative organization was created thus, the status of which is expressly determined by law to be exempt from the sphere of the Minister of Interior, otherwise competent in all Police matters. Section 1, sub-section 1, sentence 1 and 2 of the Law of 30 November 1933 quotes:
"The Secret State Police is forming an independent branch of the interior administration. Its chief is the Prime Minister". The conception "interior administration" here is not used in the usual meaning of today according to which this word designates the specified affairs within the sphere of the Minister of the Interior-as for instance in comparison with the Administration of commerce or public instruction, etc. . . .
That the Secret State Police became an independent organization is clearly shown on one side by the fact that it is subordinated as a whole to the prime Minister, and then by the creation of special authorities designated with specific names.
of commerce or public instruction, etc. . . . That the Secret State Police became an independent organization is clearly shown on one side by the fact that it is subordinated as a whole to the prime Minister, and then by the creation of special authorities designated with specific names.
Concluding from all this the legal status of the Office of the Secret State Police since the Law of 30 November 1933 became effective is the following: The office is part of a special authoritative organization, the "Secret State Police" which forms an independent branch of the Administration of the Prussian State. It has, like the Secret State Police as a whole, its special field as to the nature of its tasks: the management of affairs of the political police. Therewith the Characteristic signs are given of a "Special Police Authority" within the purview of Section 2, subsection 2 and section 8 of the Law relating of the Administration of the Police, an authority detached from the organization of the ordinary police-authorities entrusted with a special police task. It cannot be considered part of the limited circle of police authorities, i.e. State [Landes] authorities, Kreis or local authorities, pursuant to Section 2, sub-section 1 of the Law relating to Police-Administration, as in relation to them it figures rather as a central authority pursuant to the mentioned provisions of Section 3, sub-section 2 of the law of 30 November 1933.
From the thus signified character of the Office of the Secret State Police, which therefore doubtlessly forms a special-police authority, it can be concluded that its orders as mentioned before, are not subject to the provisions of the law relating to the Police-Administration in regard to means of redress. Neither does the law of 30 November 1933 provide for the contesting of a decision by a suit (filing an appeal) at the administrative court. Therefore the party affected by such orders has only the general legal remedy of a complaint to the supervisory authority.
Decree of 2 May 1935 III. C. 43/35
Neither does the law of 30 November 1933 provide for the contesting of a decision by a suit (filing an appeal) at the administrative court. Therefore the party affected by such orders has only the general legal remedy of a complaint to the supervisory authority. Decree of 2 May 1935 III. C. 43/35
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