AFFIDAVIT
Oberursel, 27 December 1945
I, Otto L. Meissner, herewith declare under oath, as follows:
As former State Secretary, and later Minister of State and Chief of the Chancery of the President, I am familiar with the importance of the Reich Ministry of the Interior of which Wilhelm Frick was Chief for about ten years, from 1933 on.
Frick put through a measure requiring the approval of the NSDAP in every case of the appointment of an official; the same was true for the composition of local governments. It was his "accomplishment" that the governments of the Reich and of individual states were coordinated—a basic idea in Hitler's program. Frick, as a convinced National Socialist, had the confidence of the Party and of the Fuehrer, since he was an "old fighter" who had already supported Hitler during the November 1923 Putsch. The legislation against the Jews was drafted under Frick. Frick also, in collaboration with Klagges, Minister of Brunswick, succeeded in naturalizing Hitler as a German citizen in 1932 by having him appointed a Brunswick Government official (Counsellor of Government). This was done in order to make it possible for Hitler to run as a candidate for the office of President of the Reich.
Read to, signed, and sworn to. . . .
/s/ Otto Meissner
Given, signed and sworn before me.
/&/ R. M. W. Kempner Office of US Chief of Counsel
Affidavit concerning Frick's work in imposing NSDAP rule in the national and state governments, including his collaboration in securing an appointment for Hitler as an official in Brunswick (1932), which granted him citizenship and enabled him to run for president
Authors
Otto L. Meissner (Dr., state secretary, then minister, Chancellery, Berlin)
Otto Meissner
German politician (1880-1953)
- Born: 1880-03-13 (Bischwiller)
- Died: 1953-05-27 (Munich)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: jurist; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Alte Straßburger Burschenschaft Germania
- Educated at: University of Strasbourg
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/69725518
Date: 27 December 1945
Literal Title: Affidavit
Defendant: Wilhelm Frick
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-3564
Citation: IMT (page 2848)
HLSL Item No.: 453409
Trial Issues
Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) Biographical and character evidence (all cases) Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I…
Document Summary
PS-3564: Sworn and signed testimony of Otto Meisner re Frick's activities