ORDINANCES OF THE FUEHRER'S DEPUTY Confidential
Compilation of all ordinances by the Fuehrer's Deputy, promulgated up to 31 March 1937 and still effective
1937
Central Publishing House of the NSDAP, Franz Eher, succ., Munich. Page 190.
Ordinance No. 184/35
Based on the "Law against treacherous attack against State and Party, and for the protection of the Party uniform," of 20 December 1934, all those punishable acts, which comprise an attack against the party, its leader or its institution, were presented to the Fuehrer's deputy by the Reichminister for Justice for a political, joined decision.
The Fuehrer's deputy has made use of his right of assisting of reading a decision, especially, because he wants to be sure, that it is prevented, that miscreants go to jail for months for every small crime and because that a second law for the protection of the republic would be created by such action.
Although it must absolutely be prevented that martyrs are created, one must take merciless action against such people, in whose attacks a bad character or attitude, decisively inimical to the State, can be recognized. For this purpose, I request the Gauleiters to report here briefly all crimes, which must absolutely be punished, and which have become known to the districts regardless of the report to be made to the district attorney's office [Staatsanwaltschaft]. * * *
The district and local leaderships [Kreisleitungen und orto-gruppen] are to be notified accordingly. However, if it should be decided from wherein this or that punishable case, that the miscreant is to be given a simple or strong reprimand by the court, I shall give the directive for the future, that the Districts are informed of the names of the persons.
I therefore request, to see to it, that these compatriots be especially watched by the Ortsgrupten, and that it be attempted, to influence them in the National Socialist sense. Otherwise, it will be necessary to place the activities of such persons, who do not want to be taught, under exact control.
In these cases, it will eventually be necessary, to notify the
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Munich, 3 September 1935
The Chief of Staff of the Fuehrer's Deputy
[Der Stabsleiters des Stellvertreters des Fuehrers]
' M. BORMANN
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Ordinances on the punishment of attacks against the state, ranging from reprimands and corrective guidance in minor cases to referral to the Gestapo in serious cases
Authors
Martin Bormann (Chief, Party Chancellery, deputy to Hess, then Hitler)
Martin Bormann
German Nazi Party official and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery (1900-1945)
- Born: 1900-07-17 1900-06-17 (Halberstadt)
- Died: 1945-05-02 (Berlin)
- Country of citizenship: German Empire; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
- Occupation: farmer; military personnel; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Participant in: Aryanization; International Military Tribunal (role: defendant; since: 1945-11-19)
- Military rank: Obergruppenführer; soldier
Date: 1937
Literal Title: Ordinances by the Fuehrer's Deputy
Defendant: Martin Bormann
Total Pages: 2
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-2639
Citation: IMT (page 255)
HLSL Item No.: 450247