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On
the basis of the regulation for the
implementation of the Four-Year Plan of
October 18, 1936 (Reichsgesetzblatt, I,
p. 887), the following is decreed:
§
1
1)
From January 1, 1939, Jews (§ 5 of the First
Regulation to the Reich Citizenship Law of
November 14, 1935, Reichsgesetzblatt,
I, p. 1333) are forbidden to operate retail
stores, mail-order houses, or sales agencies,
or to carry on a trade [craft] independently.
2)
They are further forbidden, from the same day
on, to offer for sale goods or services, to
advertise these, or to accept orders at
markets of all sorts, fairs or exhibitions.
3)
Jewish trade enterprises (Third Regulation to
the Reich Citizenship Law of June 14, 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt,
I, p. 627) which violate this decree will be
closed by police.
§
2
1)
From January 1, 1939, a Jew can no longer be
the head of an enterprise within the meaning
of the Law of January 20, 1934, for the
Regulation of National Work (Reichsgesetzblatt,
I, p. 45).
2)
Where a Jew is employed in an executive
position in a commercial enterprise he may be
given notice to leave in six weeks. At the
expiration of the term of the notice all
claims of the employee based on his contract,
especially those concerning pension and
compensation rights, become invalid.
§
3
1)
A Jew cannot be a member of a cooperative.
2)
The membership of Jews in cooperatives expires
on December 31, 1938. No special notice is
required.
§
4
The
Reich Minister of Economy, in coordination
with the Ministers concerned, is empowered to
publish regulations for the implementation of
this decree. He may permit exceptions under
the Law if these are required as the result of
the transfer of a Jewish enterprise to
non-Jewish ownership, for the liquidation of a
Jewish enterprise or, in special cases, to
ensure essential supplies.
Berlin,
November 12, 1938
Plenipotentiary
for the Four-Year Plan
Goering
Field
Marshal General
Reichsgesetzblatt,
I,
1938, p. 1580.
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