OFFICIAL GAZETTE FOR THE OCCUPIED DUTCH TERRITORIES, YEAR 1941
[Verordnungsblatt fuer die besetzten Niederlaendischen Gebiete]
Part 39, Page 785.
Decree of the Reich Commissioner for the occupied Netherlands Territories, whereby an order is put into effect, issued by the Reich Minister of Economics regarding the blocking of property within the country belonging to Jews, who emigrated to the Netherlands.
Pursuant to section 5 of the Fuehrer's decree concerning the exercise of governmental authority in the Netherlands of 18 May 1940, I hereby order as follows:
Section 1
The order printed in the appendix—issued by the Reich Minister of Economics, concerning the blocking of. property within the country belonging to Jews who emigrated to the Netherlands, herewith takes effect.
Section 2
Proper Foreign Exchange Control Offices in the sense of this order are those which are considered proper Foreign Exchange Control Offices in the German Reich in accordance with the prevailing regulations. ...
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Section 3
Failure to comply with this order will be punished, pursuant to the rules of point VI of the law of Dec. 12, 1938 (RGB1. I pg. 1733) dealing with the control of foreign exchange. It will be considered a punishable act in the sense of Section 2, paragraph 2, of the decree No. 52/1940, which concerns German jurisdiction over crimes in the sense of the decree No. 123/1941.
The Hague, September 18, 1941.
The Reich Commissioner for the occupied Netherlands territories
SEYSS-INQUART
Appendix
Order concerning the blocking of property within the country belonging to Jews who emigrated to the Netherlands.
Pursuant to section 60 of the Foreign Exchange Decree, I hereby order the following, to take effect as of Sept. 1st, 1941: Jews, residing in occupied Netherlands territories, who emigrated from the German Reich after August 3rd, 1931, and who at that time were German citizens—can dispose their property— still remaining in parts of the German Reich—only with the consent of the proper Foreign Exchange Control office.
Berlin, August 30, 1941.
For the Reich Minister of Economics
(s) Dr. Landfried
Decree applying an order that Jews who emigrated from Germany to the Netherlands can dispose of their property only with the permission of the foreign exchange control office
Authors
Arthur Seyss-Inquart (Nazi official, Austria, Poland, Netherlands)
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Austrian Nazi politician, and Nazi ruler of occupied Netherlands, convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death (1892-1946)
- Born: 1892-07-22 (Stonařov)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
- Country of citizenship: Austria; Austria-Hungary; Nazi Germany
- Occupation: jurist; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: Fatherland Front; Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Position held: Federal Chancellor of Austria (period: 1938-03-11 through 1938-03-13; replaced by: Anschluss; replaces: Kurt Schuschnigg); Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (period: 1945-04-30 through 1945-05-02; replaced by: Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk; replaces: Joachim von Ribbentrop); Reichskommissar; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany
- Employer: Austrian Federal Government; Reichskommissariat Niederlande
Landfried (Dr., deputy of the Reich Minister for Economics)
Friedrich Landfried
German politician and jurist (1884-1952)
- Born: 1884-09-26 (Heidelberg)
- Died: 1952-12-31 (Hamburg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: jurist; politician
- Member of political party: German National People's Party
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/45242843
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000019186707
- WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/viaf-45242843
Official Gazette for the Occupied Netherlands Territories (German regime)
Date: 18 September 1941
Literal Title: 180[.] Decree of the Reich Commissioner for the occupied Netherlands Territories, whereby an order is put into effect, issued by the Reich Minister of Economics regarding the blocking of property within the country belonging to Jews, who emigrated to the Netherlands.
Defendant: Arthur Seyss-Inquart
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-3326
HLSL Item No.: 453256
Notes:This document was apparently not entered as evidence. Landfried signed the order on 30 August and Seyss-Inquart issued his decree on 18 September 1941.