REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 89
Law Relating to the Abolition of the Reichsrat [Second Chamber in the Weimar Republic, representing the governments of German States, e.g. Prussia, Bavaria, etc.] of 14 February 1934
The Reich-Regierung has resolved the following law which is herewith promulgated : .
Section 1
(1) The Reichsrat is herewith abolished.
(2) The States [Laender] shall not be represented any longer at the Reich.
Section 2
(1) The participation of the Reichsrat in legislation and administration is abolished.
(2) In matters where the Reichsrat acted independently, the competent Reichminister or the office appointed by him in agreement with the Reichminister for the Interior is taking its place.
(3) The participation of delegates to the Reichsrat in corporations, courts, and offices of all kind is abolished.
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Section 3
The competent Reich Ministers are authorized, in agreement with the Reichminister for the Interior, to set supplementary regulations and to take into consideration the alterations resulting from this law, when a new edition of legal regulations will be promulgated.
Berlin, 14 February 1934 The Reich Chancellor: Adolf Hitler.
The Reich Minister for the Interior: Frick.
Law on the abolition of the Reichsrat, with jurisdiction in matters it had acted transferred to the ministries
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
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: 14 February 1934
Literal Title: Law Relating to the Abolition of the Reichsrat (Second Chamber in the Weimar Republic, representing the governments of German States, e.g. Prussia, Bavaria, etc.) of 14 February 1934
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-2647
Citation: IMT (page 255)
HLSL Item No.: 450248