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The
Reich Government has enacted the following Law, promulgated
herewith:
§
1
1) To
restore a national professional civil service and to simplify
administration, civil servants may be dismissed from office in
accordance with the following regulations, even where there
would be no grounds for such action under the prevailing Law.
2)
For the purposes of this Law the following are to be
considered civil servants: direct and indirect officials of
the Reich, direct and indirect officials of the Laender,
officials of Local Councils, and of Federations of Local
Councils, officials of Public Corporations as well as of
Institutions and Enterprises of equivalent status...The
provisions will apply also to officials of Social Insurance
organizations having the status of civil servants....
§
2
1)
Civil servants who have entered the service since November 9,
1918, without possessing the required or customary educational
background or other qualifications are to be dismissed from
the service. Their previous salaries will continue to be paid
for a period of three months following their dismissal.
2)
They will have no claim to temporary pensions, full pensions
or survivors’ benefits, nor to retain designation of rank or
titles, or to wear uniforms or emblems....
§
3
1)
Civil servants who are not of Aryan descent are to be retired
(§ 8 ff.); if they are honorary officials, they are to be
dismissed from their official status.
2)
Section 1 does not apply to civil servants in office from
August 1, 1914, who fought at the Front for the German Reich
or its Allies in the World War, or whose fathers or sons fell
in the World War. Other exceptions may be permitted by the
Reich Minister of the Interior in coordination with the
Minister concerned or with the highest authorities with
respect to civil servants working abroad.
§
4
1)
Civil servants whose previous political activities afford no
assurance that they will at all times give their fullest
support to the national State, can be dismissed from the
service....
Reich Chancellor
Adolf Hitler
Reich Minister of Interior
Frick
Reich Minister of Finance
Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
Reichsgesetzblatt,
I, 1933, p. 175. |
