Bavarian Political Police Nürnberg, 20 December 1935
Declaration
I have been informed that I shall be released from protective custody, and that I have to expect to be taken into protective custody again in case that I should behave in a manner inimical to the State, or if I should be active in this sense.
I have been informed that, for my physical protection I may return into protective custody upon my own request.
I have been informed that I have to report in person at the Gend. Station Ziegelstein, competent for my residence, on every second day of the week at the same hour.
[signed] Josef Simon
Simon Josef, residing Nurnberg-N, Ziegelstein St. 106, widower, trade union secretary; born 23 May 1865 at Schneppenbach.
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Statement confirming the terms of Simon's release from protective custody (for conduct "inimical to the State")
Authors
Josef Simon (socialist and union officer, Nuremberg (1935))
Josef Simon
German trade unionist and politician (1865-1949)
- Born: 1865-05-23 (Schneppenbach)
- Died: 1949-04-01 (Kornwestheim)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: cobbler; politician; trade unionist
- Member of political party: Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (period: 1910-01-01 through 1922-01-01); Social Democratic Party of Germany (period: 1884-01-01 through 1910-01-01)
- Position held: chairperson (end cause: forced dissolution of trade unions; of: Central Union of Shoemakers of Germany; period: 1900-01-01 through 1933-05-02); member of the Reichstag of the German Empire; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
- Place of detention: Dachau concentration camp
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/30332614
Date: 20 December 1935
Literal Title: Declaration
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-2331
Citation: IMT (page 255)
HLSL Item No.: 450409
Notes:For Simon's arrest, see document PS 2330; for an affidavit by him, see PS 2335.