DECREES OF THE DEPUTY OF THE FUEHRER [Anordnungen des Stellvertreters des Fuehrers] Pages 190-192.
' Decree Nr. 183/35
On the basis of the "Law Against Malicious Attacks on State and Party and for the Protection of the Party Uniform" of 20 December 1934 all those penal cases constituting an attack on the party, its leaders or its institutions, were submitted by the Reich Minister of Justice to the Deputy of the Fuehrer for joint decision from a political point of view.
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Should my office have decided in any particular penal case that the offender shall be punished by simple or severe reprimand of the Court, I will issue directives that in the future the names of these persons shall be communicated to the Gaue.
I request that you subsequently take the necessary steps to cause the local organizations [Ortsgruppen] to keep a special eye on these fellow Germans, and to attempt to influence them in the sense of National Socialism. On the other hand it is necessary to place under close control the activities of such persons who do not care for advice. In such cases it might become necessary to inform the »Secret State Police [Gestapo].
Munich, 3 September 1935
The Chief of Staff to the Deputy of the Fuehrer (signed) M. Bormann
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Party decree instructing local organizations to "keep a special eye" on those who have criticized the party, and to inform the Gestapo if offenders do not conform
Authors
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
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: Translation of Excerpts from . . . Decrees of the Deputy of the Fuehrer . . . Decree Nr. 183/35
Defendants: Martin Bormann, Rudolf Hess
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-3239
Citation: IMT (page 2785)
HLSL Item No.: 453190
Notes:This document was entered for judicial notice without an exhibit number. The decree was issued by Hess and signed by Bormann.