1939 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 1097
Tenth Decree Relating to the Reich Citizenship Law of July 4, 1939.
On the basis of section 3 of the Reich citizenship law of 15 September 1935 (Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1146) the following is hereby decreed :
Article 1.
Reich Association of the Jews.
Section 1.
(1) The Jews will be united into a Reich Association.
(2) The Reich association is an organization endowed with legal personality. It bears the name "Reich Association of the Jews", and has its headquarters in Berlin.
(3) The Reich association uses the Jewish worship congregations as local branch offices.
Section 2.
(1) The Reich association has the purpose of promoting the emigration of the Jews.
(2) The Reich association is likewise:
a. Supporter of the Jewish school instruction.
b. Supporter of the voluntary Jewish welfare administration.
(3) The Reich minister of the interior may transfer other missions to the Reich association.
¡section 3.
(1) All Jewish citizens and stateless Jews belong to the Reich association, who have their residence or their customary abode in Reich territory.
(2) In case of a mixed-marriage, the Jewish partner is a member only,
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a. If the man is the Jewish partner and there are no offspring
from the marriage, or, .
b. If the offspring are considered as Jews.
(3) Jews of foreign nationality and those Jews living in mixed marriage, who are not members by virtue of provision 2. are permitted to join the Reich association.
Section 4.
The Reich association is subject to the supervision of the Reich minister of the interior; its statutes require his approval.
Section 5.
(1) The Reich Minister of the Interior may dissolve Jewish clubs, organizations and foundations or decree their incorporation in the Reich Association.
(2) In case of dissolution, the regulations of the civil law are valid for the liquidation. The Reich Minister of the Interior can however appoint and recall administrators and regulate the type of liquidation in departing from the provisions of civil law. After the liquidation is carried out, the property of the dissolved Jewish organizations is to be transferred to the Reich Association.
(3) In case of incorporation, the property of the affected Jewish organizations devolves to the Reich Association. A liquidation does not take place in these cases. The Reich Association is responsible with all its property for the obligation incurred by the incorporated organization (institution).
(4) The Reich Minister of the Interior may abolish and change statutory provisions and resolutions of Jewish organizations and foundations, if they have decided upon regulations concerning the disposal of the property in departing from these provisions. Jews who have profited in some manner as à result of the subsequently repealed statutory provisions or resolutions, are obliged to give it up to the Reich association in accordance with the fundamentals of unjustifiable enrichment.
The Reich Minister of the Interior
FRICK
The Deputy of the Fuehrer HESS
The Reich Minister of Education .... RUST
The Reich Minister of Church Affairs
KERRL
Decree establishing the Reich Association of Jews, including all Jewish citizens and stateless Jews, to promote emigration and support Jewish schooling and welfare, under the supervision of the Minister of the Interior
Authors
Wilhelm Frick (Minister of the Interior; chief of Nazi delegation, Reichstag; admin. Plenipotentiary)
Wilhelm Frick
German Nazi official (1877-1946)
- Born: 1877-03-12 (Alsenz)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: diplomat; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: German Völkisch Freedom Party; National Socialist Freedom Movement; Nazi Party
- Member of: AGV München; Thule Society
- Participant in: Aryanization; Beer Hall Putsch; International Military Tribunal (role: defendant)
- Position held: Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (period: 1943-08-24 through 1945-05-04; replaces: Konstantin von Neurath); Reichsminister des Innern (period: 1933-01-30 through 1943-08-20; replaced by: Heinrich Himmler; replaces: Franz Bracht); member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Rudolf Hess (Deputy to the Fuehrer; minister without portfolio)
Rudolf Hess
German Nazi leader (1894-1987)
- Born: 1894-04-26 (Alexandria)
- Died: 1987-08-17 (Spandau Prison) (located in the administrative territorial entity: West Berlin)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: aircraft pilot; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Thule Society
- Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch
- Military rank: lieutenant
Bernhard Rust (minister for science, education, and culture)
Bernhard Rust
German Holocaust perpetrator (1883-1945)
- Born: 1883-09-30 (Hanover)
- Died: 1945-05-08 (Nübel)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: politician
- Member of political party: German Völkisch Freedom Party; Nazi Party
- Member of: Deutschvölkischer Schutz und Trutzbund; Militant League for German Culture; Sturmabteilung
- Military rank: lieutenant
- Position held: Reichsminister; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Hanns Kerrl (Reich Minister for Church Affairs (1935-38); justice minister, Prussia (1933-34))
Hanns Kerrl
Nazi Minister for Religion (1887-1941)
- Born: 1887-12-11 (Fallersleben)
- Died: 1941-12-15 1941-12-12 (Paris)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich
- Occupation: politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Sturmabteilung
- Significant person: Paul Lindemann
- Position held: Member of Landtag of Prussia; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; minister
Date: 04 July 1939
Literal Title: 1939 Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Tenth Decree Relating to the Reich Citizenship Law of July 4, 1939. . . . Article 1. Reich Association of the Jews.
Defendants: Wilhelm Frick, Rudolf Hess
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-2876
Citation: IMT (page 255)
HLSL Item No.: 450532
Trial Issues
Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I…
Document Summary
PS-2876: 4 July 1939. Tenth decree under the Reich citizenship law. Signed by Frick.
4. To undertake such further functions as may be assigned by the Reich Minister of the Interior.
Decree of 4 July 1939 (RGBL,1939, I,P.1097) signed by Frick, Hess, Rust, and Kerrl.