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Affidavit concerning the procedure for adopting laws and decrees by the Reich Cabinet and the Council of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich

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Hans H. Lammers (Dr., Chief of Reich Chancellery)

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Hans H. Lammers

German jurist, Nazi politician, and Head of the Reich Chancellery (1879-1962)

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  • Born: 1879-05-27 (Lubliniec)
  • Died: 1962-01-04 (Düsseldorf)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; politician
  • Member of political party: German National People's Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
  • Member of: Schutzstaffel
  • Participant in: Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, witness)
  • Significant person: Adolf Hitler (role: superior); Karl Brandt (role: colleague)

Date: 22 November 1945

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-2999

Citation: IMT (page 1703)

HLSL Item No.: 451304

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

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PS-2999: Affidavit of Lammers pertaining to his functions as head of the Reich Chancellory

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PS-2999: Affidavit by Dr. Hans Heinrich Lammers, 22 November 1945, concerning his duties as chief of the Reich Chancellery from 30 January 1933 to the end of the war

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PS-2999: LAMMERS Affidavit, 22 November 1945:

I, Hans Heinrich Lammers, being first duly sworn, depose and say:
I was Leader of the Reich Chancellery [Leiter der Reichskanzlei] from 30 January >1933 until the end of the war. In this capacity I circulated drafts of proposed laws and decrees submitted to me by the Minister who had drafted the law or decree, to all members of the Reich Cabinet. A period of time was allowed for objections, after which the law considered as being accepted by the various members of the Cabinet. This procedure continued throughout the whole war. It was followed also in the Council of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich [Ministerrat fur die Reichsverteidigung].
[signed] Dr. Lammers Hans Heinrich Lammers
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of November 1945, in Nürnberg, Germany.
[signed] Thomas S. Hinkel
Lt. Col., IGD.
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