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Extract from a book on the Ministry of Interior, on its work involving the Nuremberg Laws on citizenship, German blood, and the flag

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Franz A. Medicus (Dr., author, Ministry of Interior (1940))

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Franz A. Medicus

German jurist

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  • Born: 1890-12-18 (Strasbourg)
  • Died: 1967-07-05 (Wiesbaden)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: jurist; university teacher
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party
  • Member of: Corps Suevia München; Schutzstaffel
  • Employer: Deutsche Hochschule für Politik
  • VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/39669991

Date: 1940

Literal Title: Publications on the State Structure . . . Excerpt from: The Reich Ministry of Interior. History and Structure

Defendant: Wilhelm Frick

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-2960

Citation: IMT (page 1726)

HLSL Item No.: 451309

Notes:The author's name is mistyped as "Medius"; Medicus is correct.

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Criminal organizations (Gestapo, Leadership Corps, Cabinet, SS, SD, OKW) (…

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PS-2960: Observations on the "hereditary health" and racial legislation of the years 1933 to 1935

PUBLICATIONS ON THE STATE STRUCTURE [Schriften zum Staatsaufbau]
New series of publications of the University of Politics, Part II Edited by von Paul Meier-Bennekenstein Volume 41/42
The Reich Ministry of Interior.
History and Structure
By Dr. Franz A. Medius Published by Junker and Dunnhaupt Publishers, Berlin 1940, Page 62.
The work of the Reich Ministry of Interior forms the basis for the three "Nürnberg Laws" passed by a resolution of the Reichstag on the occasion of the Reich party meeting of Freedom.
The "Reich Citizenship Law" as well as the "Law for the protection of German blood and German honor (Blood Protection Law)" opened extensive tasks for the Ministry of Interior not only in the field of administration. The same applies to the "Reich Flag Law" that gives the foundation for the complete reorganization of the use of the flag * * *

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