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Law requiring that public officials and members of the armed forces swear an oath of obedience to Hitler

IMT

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Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)

Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
Member of: Nazi Party
Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin

Wilhelm Frick (Minister of the Interior; chief of Nazi delegation, Reichstag; admin. Plenipotentiary)

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

Werner Blomberg, von (Minister of Defense)

Born: 1878-09-02 (Stargard)
Died: 1946-03-14 (Nuremberg)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician
Member of political party: Nazi Party (series ordinal: 3.805.226; since: 1937-01-30)
Military rank: general field marshal
Military branch: German Army
Position held: minister of war

Date: 20 August 1934

Literal Title: 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Oath of Reich Officials and of German Soldiers.

Defendant: Wilhelm Frick

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: PS-2061

Document Book No: Prosecution D

Citation: IMT (page 255)

HLSL Item No.: 450270

Staff Evidence Analyses

PS-2061: 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt I, page 785: Law on the Oath of Officials and Soldiers of 20 August 1934