1933 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART II, PAGES 679, 687-688 Concordat Between The Holy See and the German Reich
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Article 31. Those Catholic organizations and societies which pursue exclusively charitable, cultural, and religious ends, and as such are placed under the ecclesiastical authorities, will be protected in their institutions and activities.
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Those Catholic organizations which to their religious,-cultural, and charitably pursuits add others, such as social or professional interests, even though they may be brought into national organizations, are to enjoy the protection of Article 31, Section 1, provided they guarantee to develop their activities outside all political parties.
It is reserved to the Reich Government and the German episcopate, in joint agreement, to determine which organizations and associations come within the scope of this article.
So far as the Reich and its constituent States take charge of sport and other youth organizations, care will be taken that it shall be possible for the members of the same to practice their religious duties regularly on Sundays and feast days, and that they shall not be required to do anything not in harmony with their religious and moral convictions and obligations.
Article 31 of the Vatican-German Concordat, on the protection of Catholic organizations and their activities that are non-political, and allowing for participation of German youth group members in religious activities
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Reich Legal Gazette (Reichsgesetzblatt)
Date: 1933
Literal Title: 1933, Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Concordat between the Holy See and the German Reich . . . Article 31.
Total Pages: 1
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-2655
Citation: IMT (page 255)
HLSL Item No.: 450315