1933 REICHSGESETZRLATT, PART I, PAGE 285 Law concerning Trustees of Labor of 19 May 1933
The Reich Government has decided on the following law, which is hereby promulgated.
Section 1
1. The Reich Chancellor appoints trustees of labor for the larger economic areas upon the proposal of the competent provincial governments and in agreement with them.
2. The Reich Labor Minister will assign the trustees either to the participating provincial governments, if they agree, or to the provincial authorities.
Section 2
1. Until a new revision of the social constitution, the trustees are to regulate the conditions for the conclusion of labor contracts. This practice is to be legally binding for all persons and replaces the system founded on combinations of workers, of individual employers or of combinations of employers. The regulations concerning the general application (par 2 ff of the tariff accord decree in the publication of 1 March 1928, Reichsgesetzblatt I, p 47) remain unaffected.
2. Moreover, the trustees are also to look after the maintenance of the labor peace.
3. Furthermore, they are to be convoked for their cooperation in the preparation of a new social constitution.
Section 3
The trustees are empowered to request aid of the competent Reich and provincial authorities for the execution of their regulations. They should contact the provincial government or one of their designated authorities before executing their measures, even though the danger of delay exists.
Section 4
The trustees of labor are bound by the directives and decrees of the Reich Government.
Section 5
The Reich Minister of Labor in agreement with the Reich Minister of Economics issues the necessary regulations for the implementation.
Berlin 19 May 1933.
The Reich Chancellor
Adolf Hitler
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405-PS
The Reich Labor Minister
Franz Seldte
The Reich Economics Minister and Agriculture
Hugenberg
- The Reich Minister of the Interior
Frick
The Reich Minister of Finance
Count Schwerin von Krosigk
Three evidence documents on the Nazi takeover of labor organizations in 1933
Authors
Robert Ley (Dr., Reichsleiter of German Labor Front)
Robert Ley
German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)
- Born: 1890-02-15 (Niederbreidenbach)
- Died: 1945-10-25 (Nuremberg Court Prison)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: aircraft pilot; chemist; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Sängerschaft zu St. Pauli Jena
- Military rank: lieutenant
- Position held: Member of Landtag of Prussia; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)
Adolf Hitler
Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)
- 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
Franz Seldte (Reich Minister of Labor)
Franz Seldte
German politician (1882-1947)
- Born: 1882-06-29 (Magdeburg)
- Died: 1947-04-01 (Fürth)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: politician
- Member of political party: German National People's Party; Nazi Party
- Member of: Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten
- Military rank: major
- Military branch: Imperial German Army
Alfred Hugenberg (Minister for Food and Agriculture (1933))
Alfred Hugenberg
German politician (1865-1951)
- Born: 1865-06-19 (Hanover)
- Died: 1951-03-12 (Kükenbruch)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: diplomat; financier; media proprietor; politician
- Member of political party: German Fatherland Party; German National People's Party
- Position held: member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
- Educated at: Heidelberg University; Humboldt University of Berlin; University of Göttingen; University of Strasbourg
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/72185793
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
Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk (Graf; Reich Minister of Finance)
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
German nobleman, jurist, and senior Nazi government official (1887-1977)
- Born: 1887-08-22 (Rathmannsdorf)
- Died: 1977-04-03 1977-03-04 (Essen)
- Country of citizenship: German Empire; Germany; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
- Occupation: diplomat; economist; jurist; military personnel
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1937-01-30)
- Participant in: Aryanization; Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (date: 1947-02-06; role: affiant)
- Significant person: Karl Brandt (role: acquaintance)
- Position held: Chancellor of Germany (period: 1945-05-01 through 1945-05-23; replaced by: Konrad Adenauer; replaces: Joseph Goebbels); Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (period: 1945-05-02 through 1945-05-23; replaces: Arthur Seyss-Inquart); German Foreign Minister (period: 1945-05-02 through 1945-05-23; replaced by: Georg Dertinger; replaces: Arthur Seyss-Inquart); Leading Minister (period: 1945-05-01 through 1945-05-23)
Date: 21 April 1933
Literal Title: Circular Letter Nr 6/33
Defendants: Wilhelm Frick, Robert Ley
Total Pages: 5
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-405
HLSL Item No.: 450056
Notes:The documents are labelled Exhibits A, B, and C. They are in a folder of prosecution material concerning the Nazi takeover of labor organizations.
Trial Issues
Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I… IMT prosecution memos, drafts, reports, lists, etc. (mostly US)
Document Summary
PS-392: Translated excertp from the book 'The Social Life in the New Germany and a Special Consideration of the German Labor Front' re Seizure of Trade Union Property and arrest of Trade Union Leaders
Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, 1933, No. 52, Law Con-cerning Trustees of Labor. 19 May 33
Proclamation of the Action Committee for the Protection of German Labor
PS-392: Circular letter by Ley, 21 April 1933, ordering action to be taken against free trade unions beginning 2 May 1933: trade union establishments to be taken over by Sa or Ss, trade union leaders to be arrested
PS-405: 19 May 1933. Law passed by the Reich government, providing for regulation of labor conditions by the government. Signed by SCHWERIN von KROSIGK.
Law of 19 May 1933 (RGBl,1933,I,p.285) concerning Trustees of Labor, signed by, among others: SCHWERIN-KROSIGK.