1934 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 747
Law re the Sovereign Head of the German Reich 1 August 1934
The Reich Government has enacted the following law which is hereby promulgated:
Section 1
The office of the Reichspraesident will be consolidated with that of the Reich Chancellor. The existing authority of the Reichspraesident shall consequently be transferred to the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor, Adolph Hitler. He shall select his representative.
Section 2
This law is effective as of the time of the death of Reichspraesident von Hindenburg.
The Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler
The Reich Deputy Chancellor von Papen
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The Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs Freiherr von Neurath
The Reich Minister of Interior Frick
The Reich Minister of Finance Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
The Reich Minister of Labor Franz Seldte
The Reich Minister of Justice Dr. Guertner
The Reich Minister for Defense von Blomberg
The Reich Postal Minister and Transportation Minister Freiherr von Eltz
The Reich Minister for Nutrition and Agriculture
R. Walther Darre
The Reich Minister for Enlightenment and Propaganda Dr. Goebbels
The Reich Minister for Air Travel Hermann Goering
The Reich Minister for Science, Training and Education Bernhard Rust
The Reich Minister without Portfolio Rudolf Hess
The Reich Minister without Portfolio Hanns Kerri
Law consolidating the office of Reich president with that of Reich chancellor
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
Franz Papen, von (Vice-Chancellor; ambassador)
Franz von Papen
German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)
- Born: 1879-10-29 (Werl)
- Died: 1969-05-02 (Sasbach)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany
- Occupation: diplomat; military personnel; politician
- Member of political party: Centre Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
- Member of: Union-Klub
- Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-10-03; role: affiant)
- Significant person: Wilhelm List (role: acquaintance)
Constantin Neurath, von (Baron; foreign minister)
Constantin von Neurath
German general and Nazi war criminal (1873-1956)
- Born: 1873-02-02 (Kleinglattbach)
- Died: 1956-08-14 (Enzweihingen)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: diplomat; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Military rank: Obergruppenführer
- Position held: German Foreign Minister (period: 1932-06-01 through 1938-02-04; replaced by: Joachim von Ribbentrop; replaces: Heinrich Brüning); ambassador
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)
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
Franz Guertner (Dr., Minister of Justice 1932-41)
Franz Guertner
Government minister of Germany (1881-1941)
- Born: 1881-08-26 (Regensburg)
- Died: 1941-01-29 (Berlin)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich
- Occupation: jurist; politician
- Member of political party: German National People's Party; Nazi Party; Q15787248
- Participant in: Aktion T4
- Position held: Baviarian Minister of Justice (member of cabinet: Q1719960, Q1719961, ..., Q1720104; period: 1922-08-04 through 1932-06-01; replaced by: Heinrich Spangenberger); Reich Minister of Justice (period: 1932-06-01 through 1941-01-29; replaced by: Franz Schlegelberger; replaces: Curt Joël)
- Educated at: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Werner Blomberg, von (Minister of Defense)
Werner von Blomberg
German field marshal (1878-1946)
- 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
Paul Eltz-Ruhenach, von (freiherr, postal and communications minister)
Paul von Eltz-Ruebenach*
German politician (1875-1943)
- Born: 1875-02-09 (Wahn)
- Died: 1943-08-25 (Linz am Rhein)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich
- Occupation: politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Employer: Prussian state railways
- Educated at: RWTH Aachen University; Technical University of Berlin
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/59991886
Richard-Walther Darre (agriculture minister)
Richard-Walther Darré
Nazi SS General (1895-1953)
- Born: 1895-07-14 (Buenos Aires Belgrano)
- Died: 1953-09-05 (Munich)
- Country of citizenship: Argentina
- Occupation: agronomist; politician; writer
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel (series ordinal: 6882; since: 1931-02-25)
- Military rank: general
- Military branch: Imperial German Army
Joseph Goebbels (Dr., Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda)
Joseph Göbbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister
- Born: 1897-10-29 (Rheydt)
- Died: 1945-05-01 (Berlin)
- Country of citizenship: Nazi Germany
- Occupation: autobiographer; demagogue; diarist; journalist
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Wissenschaftlicher Katholischer Studentenverein Unitas Stolzenfels zu Bonn
- Significant person: Adolf Hitler
- Position held: Gauleiter (of: Berlin; period: 1926-11-09 through 1945-05-01; replaces: Ernst Schlange); Q104164731; Reich Chancellor (period: 1945-04-30 through 1945-05-01; replaced by: Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk; replaces: Adolf Hitler); member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany
Hermann Goering (Reich Marshal; Commander in Chief, Luftwaffe; Commissioner for Four-Year Plan)
Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician, military leader and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)
- Born: 1893-01-12 (Rosenheim)
- Died: 1945-01-01 1946-10-15 (Nuremberg Court Prison Nuremberg) (reason for deprecated rank: error in referenced source or sources; reason for preferred rank: most precise value)
- Country of citizenship: German Empire; Nazi Germany
- Occupation: aircraft pilot; art collector; politician; war criminal
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (period: 1922-11-01 through 1923-11-23, 1928-04-01 through 1945-04-29)
- Member of: Sturmabteilung
- Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch; Nazi plunder; genocide; war crime
- Significant person: Alma Hedin (role: friend)
Bernhard Rust (minister for science, education, and culture)
Bernhard Rust
German Holocaust perpetrator (1883-1945)
- Born: 1883-09-30 (Hanover)
- Died: 1945-05-08 (Nübel)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: politician
- Member of political party: German Völkisch Freedom Party; Nazi Party
- Member of: Deutschvölkischer Schutz und Trutzbund; Militant League for German Culture; Sturmabteilung
- Military rank: lieutenant
- Position held: Reichsminister; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Rudolf Hess (Deputy to the Fuehrer; minister without portfolio)
Rudolf Hess
German Nazi leader (1894-1987)
- Born: 1894-04-26 (Alexandria)
- Died: 1987-08-17 (Spandau Prison) (located in the administrative territorial entity: West Berlin)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: aircraft pilot; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Thule Society
- Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch
- Military rank: lieutenant
Hanns Kerrl (Reich Minister for Church Affairs (1935-38); justice minister, Prussia (1933-34))
Hanns Kerrl
Nazi Minister for Religion (1887-1941)
- Born: 1887-12-11 (Fallersleben)
- Died: 1941-12-15 1941-12-12 (Paris)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich
- Occupation: politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Sturmabteilung
- Significant person: Paul Lindemann
- Position held: Member of Landtag of Prussia; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; minister
Date: 01 August 1934
Literal Title: 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Law re the Sovereign Head of the German Reich 1 August 1934
Defendants: Wilhelm Frick, Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Rudolf Hess, Constantin Neurath, von, Franz Papen, von
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-2003
Citation: IMT (page 255)
HLSL Item No.: 450216
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-2003: Law of 1 August 1934 (RGBl, 1934, I, p.747) concerning the sovereign head of the German Reich, signed by all members of the Cabinet, including the defendants SCHWERIN-
KROSIGK and DARRE. This law consolidated in Hitler the office of Reich Chancellor and Reich President.