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.
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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 non judicial 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 (RGB1. I p. 349) will be changed as follows:
1. To the pay class A will be added:
a. in pay group lb 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";
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
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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). 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 lb: 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 Court 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 will1 issue the legal and administrative regulations necessary for the execution of this law.
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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 the 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 People'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
Law on the organization of the People's Court, including pay and staffing
Authors
Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)
Adolf Hitler
Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)
- Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
- Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
- Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
- Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
- Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
- Member of: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
- Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin
Franz Guertner (Dr., Minister of Justice 1932-41)
Franz Guertner
Government minister of Germany (1881-1941)
- Born: 1881-08-26 (Regensburg)
- Died: 1941-01-29 (Berlin)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich
- Occupation: jurist; politician
- Member of political party: German National People's Party; Nazi Party; Q15787248
- Participant in: Aktion T4
- Position held: Baviarian Minister of Justice (member of cabinet: Q1719960, Q1719961, ..., Q1720104; period: 1922-08-04 through 1932-06-01; replaced by: Heinrich Spangenberger); Reich Minister of Justice (period: 1932-06-01 through 1941-01-29; replaced by: Franz Schlegelberger; replaces: Curt Joël)
- Educated at: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk (Graf; Reich Minister of Finance)
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
German nobleman, jurist, and senior Nazi government official (1887-1977)
- Born: 1887-08-22 (Rathmannsdorf)
- Died: 1977-04-03 1977-03-04 (Essen)
- Country of citizenship: German Empire; Germany; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
- Occupation: diplomat; economist; jurist; military personnel
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1937-01-30)
- Participant in: Aryanization; Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (date: 1947-02-06; role: affiant)
- Significant person: Karl Brandt (role: acquaintance)
- Position held: Chancellor of Germany (period: 1945-05-01 through 1945-05-23; replaced by: Konrad Adenauer; replaces: Joseph Goebbels); Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (period: 1945-05-02 through 1945-05-23; replaces: Arthur Seyss-Inquart); German Foreign Minister (period: 1945-05-02 through 1945-05-23; replaced by: Georg Dertinger; replaces: Arthur Seyss-Inquart); Leading Minister (period: 1945-05-01 through 1945-05-23)
Werner Blomberg, von (Minister of Defense)
Werner von Blomberg
German field marshal (1878-1946)
- Born: 1878-09-02 (Stargard)
- Died: 1946-03-14 (Nuremberg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (series ordinal: 3.805.226; since: 1937-01-30)
- Military rank: general field marshal
- Military branch: German Army
- Position held: minister of war
Date: 18 April 1936
Literal Title: 1936 Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Law on the People's Court and on the 25th change of the Pay Law of 18 April 1936
Total Pages: 3
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2342
Citation: IMT (page 255)
HLSL Item No.: 450236