1933 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 433
Law to Supplement the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service of 20 July 1933
The Reich government has enacted the following law, which is hereby promulgated:
The Law for the Restoration of Civil Service from 7 April 1933 (RGB1 I, page 175) is supplemented as follows:
1. The following is added to Article 2:
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Article 2a
1. Officials, who have belonged to the communist party or to communistic auxiliary or collateral organizations, or otherwise have been active in furthering the aims of Communism, are to be discharged. Discharge is not necessary for (a) officials, who before 30 January 1933 joined a party or an organization, which has placed itself behind the government of the national revolution, and (b) officials, who have distinguished themselves exceptionally in the national movement.
2. Officials, who in the future are active for Marxism (Communism or Social-Democracy) are to be discharged.
3. The following are the bases on which officials are discharged: Sec. 1,—Sec. 2,—Art. 2, Sec. 1, sentence 2—Secs. 2 and 3.
Berchtesgaden, 20 July 1933
The Reich Chancellor
Adolf Hitler
For the Minister of the Interior:
The Reich Minister of Finance
Count Schwerin von Krosigk The Reich Minister of Finance
Count Schwerin von Krosigk
Law supplementing the civil service law, ordering the discharge of officials who are Communists or Social Democrats
Authors
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
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: 20 July 1933
Literal Title: 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Law to Supplement the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service of 20 July 1933
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: PS-1398
Citation: IMT (page 255)
HLSL Item No.: 450210
Notes:This is a supplement to document PS 1397. The document indicates that someone was to sign for the Interior Minister (Frick), but no name is given.
Trial Issues
Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I…
Document Summary
PS-1398: 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, Page 518: Law to Supplement the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
PS-1398: 20 July 1933. Law passed by the Reich Government supplementary to the "Purge Law" (Civil Service Law). Signed by SCHWERIN von KROSIGK together with Hitler.
Law of 20 July 1933 (RGBl, 1933,1, p.433) to supplement the law for the restoration of the civil service, signed by Hitler, and SCHWERIN-KROSIGK.