THE ARCHIVE [Das Archiv], BERLIN, APRIL, 1934, PAGE 31 New Ruling on Protective Custody
The Reich Minister of the Interior made known to the Provincial government by a decree of 12 April specific provisions on the proclamation and execution of protective custody throughout the Reich. The new decree is founded on the consideration that the stabilizing of the national situation makes it feasible to place restricting provisions on protective custody for the entire Reich ; it makes broad use of the corresponding regulations issued, shortly before, in Prussia.
Like the Prussian model, the Reich decree limits competencies for the proclamation of protective custody, and also its length, which must not exceed eight days, unless the order for protective custody is issued by the supreme Provincial authority or is expressly confirmed by it. The order for protective custody, to be issued in writing, must contain the grounds for the protective custody, and be forthwith tendered to the person in retention. On these grounds the person must be heard. Protective custody is now permissible only for the special protection of the person in custody himself, or if the latter by his conduct, in particular by subversive activity, immediately endangers public security and order.
Notice of a new decree on the procedure for the use of protective custody, either to protect the person involved or "public security and order"
Authors
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
Date: April 1934
Literal Title: Das Archiv . . . New Ruling on Protective Custody
Defendant: Wilhelm Frick
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: L-301
HLSL Item No.: 451550
Notes:Frick is identified by his office, Reich minister of the interior. This document was apparently not entered as evidence.
Document Summary
L-301: New ruling on custody
New ruling on custody