1935 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 774
Law concerning procedure for decision in legal affairs of the Protestant Church of 26 June 1935
The Reich Cabinet has resolved upon the following law which is hereby published:
Para. 1
Should the decision in a civil lawsuit depend upon whether measures taken in the Protestant State Church or in the German Protestant Church since 1 May 1933 are valid, and should the validity be doubted by a person involved in the case or by the court rendering the decision, then it must defer the case until a resolution has been made by the "Office for Decisions in legal matters of the Protestant Church" (Paragraphs 2, 3). This is set up in the Reich Ministry of the Interior.
Para. 2
(1) The Office for Decisions decides whether measures specified in Para. 1 are valid or not.
(2) The decision of the Office for Decisions is final and universally binding. It is to be published in the official gazette of the Reich.
Para. 3
The Office for Decisions may leave the decision up to the court.
Para. 4
The' Reich Minister of the Interior publishes the legal and administrative measures necessary for the execution and supplementing of this law.
Para. 5
This law takes effect on 1 July 1935. The Reich Minister of the Interior decides the time of its abrogation. .
Berlin, 25 June, 1935.
The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor
Adolf Hitler
The Reich Minister of the Interior
Frick
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Law on civil cases involving the state evangelical churches or the German Evangelical Church, which are to be reviewed by an office in the Ministry of the Interior
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: 26 June 1935
Literal Title: Law concerning procedure for decisions in legal affairs of the Evangelical Church of 26 June 1935
Defendant: Wilhelm Frick
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-3434
Citation: IMT (page 2248)
HLSL Item No.: 450483
Notes:For a follow-up ordinance, see document PS 3435. This document was entered for judicial notice without an exhibit number.