1933 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, NO. 57, PAGE 311
Law on the Limitation of Travel to the Republic Austria, 29 May 1933.
The Reich Cabinet [Reichsregierung] has resolved the following law, which is promulgated herewith:
Article 1
(1) A levy of 1000.— Reichsmark will be charged for every journey which is undertaken by a subject of the Reich with residence or permanent abode within Germany. The levy is to be paid before the start of the journey to the competent visa authorities, who will note the payment in the passport. The levy will go to the Reich treasury.
(2) The regulations of Section 1. do not apply to the small border traffic [kleine GrenzverkehrJ.
Article 2
A subject of the Reich, who crosses from the Reich territory into the territory of the Republic Austria directly or indirectly contrary to this law to the executory regulations to be published for it, will be punished with a monetary fine, not below 5,000 Reichsmark, or with imprisonment.
Article 3
The Reich Minister for the Interior will issue the regulations necessary for the execution of this law; he can permit exceptions for the regulations of Article 1, Section 1.
- Article 4
The law comes into force on 1 June 1933.
Berlin, 29 May 1933.
The Reich Chancellor
ADOLF HITLER
The Reich Minister for the Interior
FRICK
Law imposing a fee for travel by Germans to Austria, and a penalty for unauthorized travel
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: 29 May 1933
Literal Title: Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Law on the Limitation of Travel to the Republic Austria, 29 May 1933.
Defendants: Wilhelm Frick, Arthur Seyss-Inquart
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-3467
HLSL Item No.: 453282
Notes:This document was apparently not entered as evidence.