1935 RETCHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 1146
Law for the Protection of the German Blood and of the German Honor of 15 September, 1935.
Permeated by the knowledge that the purity of the German blood is the hypothesis for the permanence of the German people and animated by the inflexible determination to safeguard the German nation for all time, the Reichstag has unanimously decreed the following law which is hereby published:
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(1) Marriages between Jews and citizens of German or similar blood are forbidden. Contracted marriages are invalid even if they are contracted abroad within the scope of this law.
C2) The proceedings for annulment can only be brought by the Public Prosecutors.
Extra marital intercourse between Jews and citizens of German and similar blood is forbidden. '
3.
Jews may not employ female citizens of German and similar blood under 45 years of age in their households.
4. '
(1) Jews are forbidden to hoist the Reich and national flag and to display the colors of the Reich. '
(2) On the other hand, the display of the Jewish colors is permissible. The practice of this authorization is under State protection. _
o.
(1) Whoever acts contrary to the prohibition of 1 will be punished by penitentiary.
(2) The man who acts contrary to the prohibition of 2 will be punished by imprisonment or penitentiary.
. (3) Whoever acts contrary to the terms of 3 or 4 will be
punished by imprisonment up to 1 year and by fine or by one of
these penalties. .
o.
The Reich Minister of the Interior issues in agreement with the Fuehrer's Deputy and the Reich Minister of Justice the legal and administrative regulations necessary for the execution and supplementing of the law.
7.
The law comes into force on the day of publication.
"3" however only on 1 January 1936.
Nürnberg, 15 September 1935.
on the day of the Reich Party Rally of Freedom.
The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor
ADOLF HITLER
The Reich Minister of the Interior
FRICK
The Reich Minister of Justice
. DR. GUERTNER
The Fuehrer's Deputy
R. HESS
Minister without portfolio
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Law to protect "the purity of the German blood," including prohibition of marriages (or intercourse) between Jews and those of German blood, and a prohibition of Jews using the national flag or colors
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
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
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
Date: 15 September 1935
Literal Title: Law for the Protection of the German Blood and of of [sic] the German Honour of 15 September, 1935.
Defendants: Wilhelm Frick, Rudolf Hess
Total Pages: 2
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-3179
Citation: IMT (page 4085)
HLSL Item No.: 453720
Notes:PS 3179 was entered for judicial notice. Another version of the text is in PS 2000.