1938 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 247
First Decree of the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor concerning the Introduction of German Reich Law in Austria, March 15, 1938.
By virtue of Article II of the law of March 13, 1938, concerning the reunion of Austria with the German Reich (RGB1 I, p. 237), I order:
SECTION 1. (1) The sphere of validity of the official gazettes of the Reich shall be extended to the province of Austria.
(2) Reich laws which are proclaimed after the effective date of the law of March 13, 1938, concerning the reunion of Austria with the German Reich (RGB1 I, p. 237), shall be valid for the province of Austria unless their application to the province of Austria is expressly held in abeyance.
SECTION 2. From the effective date of this decree, the following shall be applied in substance in the province of Austria:
1. The Reich flag law of September 15, 1935 (RGBl I, p. 1145). with the provision that Jews shall be forbidden to raise the Reich and National Flag and to display the Reich colors;
2. The law against formation of new parties of July 14, 1933 (RGBl I, p. 479);
3. The law for the preservation of unity of party and state of December 1, 1933 (RGBl I, p. 1016), as amended by the law of July 3, 1934 (RGBl I, p. 529) ;
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4. The law concerning Reich governors of January 30, 1935 (RGBl I, p. 65) with the provision that instructions of Reich ministers to the Reich Governor in Austria shall require, until further notice, the approval of the Reich Minister of the Interior;
5. The order for implementation of the Four-Year Plan of October 18, 1936 (RGBl I, p. 887) ;
6. The Reich law concerning the compulsory registration of members of the German State abroad of February 3, 1938 (RGBl
I, p. 113).
SECTION 3. (1) Regulations for effecting the transition shall be issued by the Reich Minister of the Interior or by the Reich Governor in Austria with the approval of the Reich Minister of the Interior.
2. By this means regulations of the Reich and regulations of the province of Austria can be assimilated in one another.
3. Incompatible regulations of the province of Austria shall be invalidated.
SECTION 4. This decree shall enter into force on the day of its proclamation.
Vienna, March 15, 1938.
ADOLF HITLER, Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor FRICK, Reich Minister of the Interior
Decree on the introduction of German laws in Austria
Authors
Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)
Adolf Hitler
Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)
- Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
- Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
- Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
- Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
- Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
- Member of: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
- Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin
Wilhelm Frick (Minister of the Interior; chief of Nazi delegation, Reichstag; admin. Plenipotentiary)
Wilhelm Frick
German Nazi official (1877-1946)
- Born: 1877-03-12 (Alsenz)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: diplomat; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: German Völkisch Freedom Party; National Socialist Freedom Movement; Nazi Party
- Member of: AGV München; Thule Society
- Participant in: Aryanization; Beer Hall Putsch; International Military Tribunal (role: defendant)
- Position held: Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (period: 1943-08-24 through 1945-05-04; replaces: Konstantin von Neurath); Reichsminister des Innern (period: 1933-01-30 through 1943-08-20; replaced by: Heinrich Himmler; replaces: Franz Bracht); member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Date: 15 March 1938
Literal Title: 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt . . . First Decree of the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor concerning the Introduction of German Reich Law in Austria, March 15, 1938.
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-2310
Citation: IMT (page 588)
HLSL Item No.: 450706
Notes:This document was presented for judicial notice without an exhibit number. The laws introduced included the prohibition of use of the flag by Jews; the prohibition of new parties; and the law on the unity of the party and the state, among others.