1936 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 893
20th October 1936
Reich regulations for the enlistment, employment and promotion of Reich and Provincial Officials, of the 14th Oct. 1936. Basic conceptions Para 1.
[Definitions of "Enlistment", "Employment", and "Promotion"].
Enlistment Para 2.
[Enlistment regulations—candidates for Employment].
Employment Para 3.
[Employment regulations].
Para 4.
(1) Candidates for the higher posts must pass State examinations. '
(2) Candidates can only be given permanent employment after 4 years public service (with the exception of certain officials such as architects, doctors, teachers, etc., who after their final university examinations worked in their profession).
These may be remitted up to 3 of the 4 years.
(3) Preferential treatment for Party members who pass the exam with well above average success. They can be employed already after three or, under special circumstances, after two, one and a half or even one year.
(4) If there are reasons why employment or promotion seems justified because members of the NSDAP are concerned who deserve well of the National Socialist Movement because of their activities before the 30th January 1933, the Reich Minister of the Interior will previously obtain for the Fuehrer's deputy a statement to the effect that the special services to the National-
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Socialist Movement justify the preferential treatment requested.
(5) Service in a senior position in the Party, its institutions and organizations counts as service as a candidate.
Para 5.
[Restrictions for candidates who failed to pass the State test].
Para 6.
[Regulations for employment of Highest State Officials).
Para 7.
[Qualifications required of lesser employees].
Promotions Para 8.
Only those officials can be promoted who besides fulfilling their general duties as officials without reservations and
a. Have clearly proved by their previous political attitude and have shown since the 30th of January, 1933 that they support the National-Socialist state unconditionally and under all circumstances and represent it effectively,
b. Have shown documentary proof that they and their wives or husbands are of German or related blood
c. and are fully qualified for the higher position.
Para 9.
Only one promotion a year for any one official.
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(2) Preferential treatment for very active Party Members (not merely members)
Para 13.
Reconstruction of the Reich administration and its effect on promotions. .
Exceptions. ' Para 17.
(1) The Reich Ministers of the Interior and Finances are authorized to deviate from certain regulations.
Signed Adolf Hitler
Frick '
Reinhardt (for Minister of Finance)
R. Hess
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Regulations for the employment and promotion of Reich and provincial officials, with preference for party members; promotions require unconditional political loyalty and "German or related blood" (incomplete text)
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
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
Fritz Reinhardt (state secretary, Finance Ministry)
Fritz Reinhardt
German politician (1895-1969)
- Born: 1895-04-03 (Ilmenau)
- Died: 1969-06-17 (Regensburg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: economist; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Sturmabteilung
- Position held: member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic; secretary of state from Germany
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/763401
Date: 14 October 1936
Literal Title: Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Reich regulations for the enlistment, employment and promotion of Reich and Provincial Officials, of the 14th Oct. 1936.
Defendant: 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-3183
HLSL Item No.: 453723
Notes:Many of the paragraphs are omitted. This document was apparently not entered in the trial. One provision states that details of a recommended promotion should be provided to Hess for review.