OFFICIAL GAZETTE [VERORDNUNGSBLATT] FOR THE OCCUPIED NETHERLAND TERRITORIES
Article 16 published on August 3, 1940.
80.
Decree of the Reich Commissioner for the Occupied Netherland Territories for the Avoidance of Cruelty to Animals in Slaughtering
On the basis of Article 5 of the Fuehrer's decree in re executory powers of the government in the Netherlands of May 18, 1940 (RGB1. I S.778) I decree:
Article 1
(1) In slaughtering, warm-blooded animals are to be stunned before beginning the drawing of blood.
(2) During forced slaughterings (Article 3 of the law re Inspection of shambles [Fleischschaugesetz] Official Gazette [Staatsblatt] 1919 Nr.524) in which the situation does not permit the stunning of the animal, the .rule of paragraph 1 is not applied.
Article 2
(1) The stipulations necessary for the execution of this decree will be issued jointly by the Secretary General in the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Secretary General in the Ministry of Agriculture and fisheries.
(2) They will be published in the "Nederlandsche Staatscourant.'
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Article 3
(1) Whoever violates premeditatedly the rules of this decree or the stipulations necessary to its execution, will be punished with imprisonment up to the maximum of 6 months or with a fine up to 10,000 guilder.
(2) These violations are crimes.
Article 4
This decree will be effective as of 5 August 1940.
The Hague, 31 July 1940
The Reich Commissioner for the Occupied Netherland Territories: Seyss-Inquart
Decree requiring that an animal must be stunned before it is slaughtered
Authors
Arthur Seyss-Inquart (Nazi official, Austria, Poland, Netherlands)
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Austrian Nazi politician, and Nazi ruler of occupied Netherlands, convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death (1892-1946)
- Born: 1892-07-22 (Stonařov)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
- Country of citizenship: Austria; Austria-Hungary; Nazi Germany
- Occupation: jurist; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: Fatherland Front; Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Position held: Federal Chancellor of Austria (period: 1938-03-11 through 1938-03-13; replaced by: Anschluss; replaces: Kurt Schuschnigg); Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (period: 1945-04-30 through 1945-05-02; replaced by: Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk; replaces: Joachim von Ribbentrop); Reichskommissar; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany
- Employer: Austrian Federal Government; Reichskommissariat Niederlande
Official Gazette for the Occupied Netherlands Territories (German regime)
Date: 31 July 1940
Literal Title: Official Gazette (Verordnungsblatt) for the Occupied Netherland Territories . . . 80. Decree of the Reich Commissioner for the Occupied Netherland Territories for the Avoidance of Cruelty to Animals in Slaughtering.
Defendant: Arthur Seyss-Inquart
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-2705
HLSL Item No.: 453243
Notes:The intent was (probably) to outlaw Jewish practices of slaughtering, in which stunning was not permitted. This document was apparently not entered as evidence,