OFFICIAL GAZETTE FOR THE OCCUPIED DUTCH TERRITORIES, YEAR 1941
[Verordnungsblatt fuer die besetzten Niederlaendischen Gebiete]
Part 44, Page 841.
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Decree of the Reich Commissioner for the Occupied Dutch Territories concerning the regulation of the professional activities of Jews. ,
By virtue of Article 5 of the decree of the Fuehrer concerning the exercise of governmental authority in the Netherlands 'of May 18, 1940 (Reichsgesetzblatt I S.778) I hereby order:
Article 1 ;
The exercise by Jews of professional, industrial or other pursuits aimed at profits, mhy be made subject to permission or to-conditions or may be prohibited by administrative orders. Ar-
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rangements for the termination and liquidation of work contracts, to which a person affected by this administrative order is a party, can be made at the same time.
Article 2
1. The administrative orders will be issued by the Reich Commissioner for the occupied Netherlands territories (Commisioner General for Finance and Economics) or by the department, authorized by him. They may apply to groups of persons or to individuals.
2. Administrative orders, applying to groups of persons will be announced in the legal gazette [Verordnungsblatt] of the occupied Netherlands territories, unless in a special case a different way of announcement is ordered.
Article 3
Administrative orders, decreed by virtue of Section 2 of the decree No. 137/1940 concerning the regulation of the lawful and the financial situations of officials, employees and workers and certain persons under oath, remain untouched.
Article 4
The instructions of the implementation order (No. 9/1940) relating to the decree No. 8/1940 concerning the work restrictions, in the version of the decree No. 64/1940, do not apply to the discharge of a Jew.
Article 5
An employer can cancel a labor contract with a Jew, by giving three months notice on the first day of any calender month, if the notice period is longer on the basis of a law or a contract, or if the contract would expire after January 31, 1942.
Article 6
The Secretary-General of the Ministry for Social Affairs may convert the claim of a Jew, his widow or his surviving descendants for a pension or survivor benefits against the employer in a claim for a payment of a lump sum to be paid in full settlement, if the employer requests it. The Secretary General may rule that the payment, in full settlement of all claims, shall be made in installments.
Article 7
1. If the labor contract of a Jewish employee terminates and, on account of this termination, the Jew or any other persons is entitled to claims against the employer, other than those outlined in Section 6, a compensation in lien of these claims will then be paid in full settlement of all claims, computed on the basis of the
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salary, to which the Jew was entitled in the last month of his activity. The compensation to be paid in full settlement of all claims, in case of an uninterrupted duration of the Contract, amounts to—
(1) a maximum of 5 years—one month salary
(2) over 5 to a maximum of 1.0 years—one and a half
months salary
(3) over 10 to a maximum of 15 years—2 months salary
(4) over 15 to a maximum of 20 years—3 months salary
(5) over 20 to a maximum of 25 years—41/2 months salary
(6) over 25 years—6 months salary.
2. The sum in full settlement of all claims is due at the time of the termination of the contract, if it does not exceed the triple amount of a month's salary.
In cases of part 1 No. 5 the balance may be paid in advance in two monthly part payments, in cases of part 1 No. 6 in three monthly part payments.
3. The instructions of part 1 and 2 do not apply, if the claim is lower than the compensation to be paid in full settlement of all claims. As far as the sum in full settlement of all claims consists of repeated performances, it is taken for granted—relative to the settlement in a sum for all claims—that the repeated performances would have been paid for a maximum of 3 years. Interests, accrued for the time in between, will not be considered.
Article 8
A Jew—in accordance with this decree—is a person, who, by virtue of the instructions of Section 4 of the decree No. 189/1940 concerning the registration of employers—is a Jew or is considered a Jew.
Article 9
1. The Reich Commissioner for the occupied territories of the Netherlands (General Commissioner for Finance and Economy) will take the necessary measures for the execution of this decree. He may delegate his authority to others.
2. The Reich Commissioner (Commissioner General of Finance and Economy) in case of doubts resulting from the application of the instructions of this decree may make generally binding legal decisions.
Article 10
This decree becomes effective on the day of its publication. Den Haag, October 22, 1941.
The Reich Commissioner for the occupied Dutch territories
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Decree authorizing the regulation of professional or business activities of Jews, including permission requirements, conditions imposed, or prohibitions, and cancellation of contracts with Jews
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
Official Gazette for the Occupied Netherlands Territories (German regime)
Date: 22 October 1941
Literal Title: Official Gazette for the occupied Dutch territories year 1941 , , , 198. Decree of the Reich Commissioner for the Occupied Dutch Territories concerning the regulation of the professional activities of Jews.
Defendant: Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Total Pages: 3
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-3328
Citation: IMT (page 2843)
HLSL Item No.: 453257
Notes:This document was entered for judicial notice without an exhibit number.