1938 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 262 Second Order
supplementary to the law concerning the re-uniting of Austria with the German Reich Dated 18 March 1938
The following order is issued by virtue of Article III of the law concerning the re-uniting of Austria with the German Reich, dated 13 March 1938 (RGB1 I, page 237).
Article 1
The Reichsfuehrer SS and Chief of German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior can take measures necessary for the maintenance of security and order, even beyond the legal limits otherwise set on such measures.
Article 2
The Reichsfuehrer SS and Chief of German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior can delegate his powers to other departments.
Article 3
The order comes into force on the date of publication.
Berlin, March 18th, 1938
The Reich Minister of the Interior
Frick
Order authorizing the Reichsfuehrer SS (Himmler) to take measures to maintain "security and order" (regarding the union with Austria), including actions beyond current legal limits, and to delegate powers to other departments
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: 18 March 1938
Literal Title: 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Second Order supplementary to the law concerning the Re-uniting of Austria with the German Reich
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: PS-1437
HLSL Item No.: 451579
Notes:This document was entered for judicial notice without an exhibit number.
Trial Issues
Criminal organizations (Gestapo, Leadership Corps, Cabinet, SS, SD, OKW) (… Administration & organization (all cases) Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I…
Document Summary
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