1938 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 254
Order for the Transfer of the Austrian National Bank to the Reichsbank, March 17, 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. The administration of the Austrian National Bank shall be transferred to the Reichsbank.
Section 2. The Austrian National Bank shall be liquidated, and its assets placed by the Reichsbank to the Account of the Reich.
Section 3. In taking over operations, the Reichsbank shall transfer to its staff the entire personnel of the Austrian National Bank,, with due regard for legal and contractual rights.
Section 4. This order shall enter into force upon its proclamation.
Berlin, March 17, 1938.
ADOLF HITLER, Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor FRICK, Reich Minister of the Interior.
Count SCHWERIN VON KROSIGK,
Reich Minister of Finance. Dr. HJALMAR SCHACHT, Reich Minister and President of the Reichsbank
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Order to transfer the administration and assets of the Austrian National Bank to the Reichsbank
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
Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk (Graf; Reich Minister of Finance)
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
German nobleman, jurist, and senior Nazi government official (1887-1977)
- Born: 1887-08-22 (Rathmannsdorf)
- Died: 1977-04-03 1977-03-04 (Essen)
- Country of citizenship: German Empire; Germany; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
- Occupation: diplomat; economist; jurist; military personnel
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1937-01-30)
- Participant in: Aryanization; Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (date: 1947-02-06; role: affiant)
- Significant person: Karl Brandt (role: acquaintance)
- Position held: Chancellor of Germany (period: 1945-05-01 through 1945-05-23; replaced by: Konrad Adenauer; replaces: Joseph Goebbels); Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (period: 1945-05-02 through 1945-05-23; replaces: Arthur Seyss-Inquart); German Foreign Minister (period: 1945-05-02 through 1945-05-23; replaced by: Georg Dertinger; replaces: Arthur Seyss-Inquart); Leading Minister (period: 1945-05-01 through 1945-05-23)
Hjalmar Schacht (Dr., Reichsbank president, Minister of Economics, plenipotentiary for war economy)
Hjalmar Schacht
German politician and economist
- Born: 1877-01-22 (Tinglev Municipality)
- Died: 1970-06-03 (Munich)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: banker; economist; politician
- Member of political party: German Democratic Party (period: 1918-01-01 through 1926-01-01); Nazi Party (period: 1934-01-01 through 1943-01-01; role: honorary member)
- Member of: German Archaeological Institute
- Participant in: Secret Meeting of 20 February 1933
- Educated at: Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums; Humboldt University of Berlin; Leipzig University; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Date: 17 March 1938
Literal Title: 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Order for the Transfer of the Austrian National Bank to the Reichsbank, March 17, 1938
Defendants: Wilhelm Frick, Hjalmar Schacht
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-2313
Citation: IMT (page 590)
HLSL Item No.: 450708
Notes:This document was presented for judicial notice without an exhibit number.