1933 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PAGE 723, Art 1-3,
13 October 1933
Law to guarantee Public Peace
The Reich Government passed the following law, which is published herewith:
' Art. 1
1. With death or, as far as a more severe punishment is not provided, with a life-term in the house of correction or with up to fifteen years in the house of correction will be punished:
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1. Whoever undertakes to kill a judge or a public prosecutor or an official, entrusted with tasks of the political, criminal, railroad, forest-custom-protective or security police, or a member of the Armed Forces or of the Storm columns (inclusive Stahlhelm) or of the Schutzstaffeln of the NSDAP, a (trustee) agent of the NSDAP, or a member of the German Air-Sport organization, out of political motives or on account of their official activity, or whoever incites to such a killing, whoever volunteers or accepts such an offer, or whoever agrees on such a killing with another person;
2. Whoever undertakes to kill a magistrate or juryman on account of his activity as magistrate or juryman, or a witness or an expert on account of testimony given in fulfillment of his duty as witness or expert, or whoever invites to such a killing, whoever volunteers, accepts such an offer, or whoever agrees on such a killing with another ;
3. Whoever produces, circulates or for the purpose of circulation holds in readiness abroad printed matter in which the facts of high treason are substantiated (Art 81 to 86 Criminal Code), or otherwise commits the crime of High-treason;
4. Whoever undertakes to import printed matter, as mentioned in No. 3, knowing of its high treasonable contents, for distribution at home, or who distributes such printed matter, after its import; or who furthers at home a crime of high treason, committed abroad.
2. The regulations in Art 86a Criminal Code about confiscation and rendering useless will be employed accordingly.
Art. 2
With house of correction up to five years will be punished whoever undertakes to import printed matter with intention of distributing it for purposes endangering the country, in which are substantiated the facts:
1. of a punishable crime in accordance with the law forbidding the (new) organization of parties of 14 July 1933 (Reich Law-Publication I, page 479) or
2. of a punishable invitation or provocation according to Art 110 to 112 Criminal Code or
3. of a punishable untrue report, in accordance with Art 3 of the Reich President's decree to prevent treacherous attacks
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against the government of the national revolution of 21 March 1933 (RGB1. I, page 135).
Art. 3
For the crimes mentioned in Art 1 and 2, the special courts, established according to the decree of the Reich government of 1 March 1933 (RGBL I p. 136) are competent; insofar as the competence of the Supreme Court Reich court and the court of appeals [Oberlandesgericht] is not proven.
Law for the punishment of anyone who attempts to kill a judge, prosecutor, police officer, member of the armed forces or SS, or NSDAP agent, or who produces or circulates printed matter that constitutes high treason
Date: 13 October 1933
Literal Title: 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Law to guarantee Public Peace
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-1394
Citation: IMT (page 1610)
HLSL Item No.: 451145
Notes:The law is not signed by a particular person; it was issued in the name of the government.