OFFICIAL GAZETTE FOR THE OCCUPIED DUTCH TERRITORIES, YEAR 1940
TVerordnungsblatt fuer die besetzten Niederlaendischen Gebiete]
Part 42, Page 761.
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Decree of the Reich Commissioner for the occupied Dutch Territories concerning the employment of Germans in Jewish
households.
By virtue of section 5 of the edict of the Fuehrer on the execution of governmental authority in the Netherlands of 18 May 1940 (RGB1. I. S. 118) I decree:
Section 1
(1) German Nationals of German or related blood cannot be employed in households of which a Jew is the head, nor in families
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of which a Jew is a permanent or temporary member for a noninterrupted period of more than four weeks.
(2) In the sense of paragraph I are considered as Jews, those who according to the regulations of section 4 of decree Nr. 189/ 1940 concerning the registration of enterprises, are Jews or are considered as such. Employed in a household are those who, in order to work there, are entirely or partially temporarily or continuously a member of the household or those who perform daily household work or other daily work directly or indirectly connected with the household without being a member thereof.
(3) In exception to the regulations set forth in section I, employment based on an existing agreement is permissible:
(1) from the time this decree becomes effective until 1
February 1941;
(2) from the date on which occurs the fact confirming
the regulation according to section 1 until the earliest date on which the employer can terminate the contract, however for a maximum of 30 days only.
Section 2
(1) Contracts are void inasmuch as they contain the obligation for employment forbidden according to section 1.
(2) The fact that the definitions of section 1 paragraph 1 can or will be applied to a contract, does not set forth an important reason for the employer in the sense of article 1639.P, section 1 of the Netherlands civil law.
Section 3
(1) Employment of German Nationals violating the law of section 1 will be punished with imprisonment up to one year and a fine up to ten thousand guilders or one of these penalties.
(2) The prosecution of a person not of German or Netherland nationality nor stateless requires the consent of the Reich commissioner for the occupied Netherland territories.
(3) Deeds according to section 1 are punishable offences in the sense of paragraph 2 section 2 of the decree Nr. 52/1940 of the German jurisdiction for penal cases.
* Section 4
The Reich commissioner for the occupied'-Netherland territories may grant exemptions of the regulations of this decree.
Section 5
This decree becomes effective on the day of its publication.
The Hague, 19 December 1940
The Reich commissioner for the occupied Dutch territories
SEYSS-INQUART
Decree prohibiting the employment of Germans in Jewish households
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: 19 December 1940
Literal Title: Official Gazette for the Occupied Dutch territories year 1940. . . . 231 Decree of the Reich Commissioner for the occupied Netherland Territories concerning the employment of Germans in Jewish households.
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-3334
HLSL Item No.: 453260
Notes:This document was apparently not entered as evidence.
Document Summary
PS-3334: Article Funk is 'Deutschland in Kampf' 'Funk about the organization of the War Economy'