Note 93 — IV. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF GERMAN LAW DURING THE NAZI PERIOD
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This law and the Reich citizenship law of the same date constitute the original “Nuernberg Laws,” so-called because both were issued in Nuernberg “at the Reich Party Congress for Freedom.” The Reich citizenship law (1935 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, page 1146), was signed by Hitler and Frick, the Reich Minister of Interior. The text of this law reads as follows:
“The Reichstag has unanimously decided on the following law, which is herewith promulgated:
“1. (1) A citizen [Staatsangehoeriger] is one who belongs to the protective association of the German Reich and owes allegiance to it. (2) Citizenship can also be obtained according to regulations of the Reich and State citizenship law.
“2. (1) A Reich citizen [Reichsbuerger] is only a citizen of German or related blood, who proves through his behaviour, that he is willing and fit to serve the German people and Reich faithfully. (2) Reich citizenship [Reichsbuergerrecht] will be obtained through the award of a Reich citizenship letter. (3) The Reich citizen is the sole bearer of full political rights to the extent of the law.
“3. The Reich Minister of the Interior decrees in collaboration with the deputy of the Fuehrer those legal and administrative regulations necessary for the execution and supplementation of this law.”