Volunteer Act (Germany)
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Law on the Provisional Status of Volunteers in the Armed Forces |
| Short title: | Volunteer Act |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Issued on the basis of: | Article 73, Paragraph 1, No. 1 of the Basic Law |
| Legal matter: | Military law |
| Issued on: | 23 July 1955 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 449 ) |
| Entry into force on: | July 26, 1955 |
| Expiry: | April 1, 1956 (§ 8 Volunteer Act) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Volunteer Act was a law that the German Bundestag passed on July 15 and 16, 1955, against the votes of the SPD . It allowed 6000 volunteers to be employed in the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany . The volunteers were to form the future military training and command personnel of the Bundeswehr that was being established. The law is therefore a milestone in the history of the Bundeswehr
On July 23, 1955, Federal President Theodor Heuss signed the law.
After the Soldiers Act came into force on April 1, 1956, the Volunteers Act became less important.
literature
- Elmar Brandstetter: Volunteer Act with subsidiary laws. Draft soldiers and fitness exercise law. Heymann Verlag, Cologne, Berlin 1955.
- Matthias Molt: From the Wehrmacht to the Bundeswehr. Personnel continuity and discontinuity in the development of the German armed forces 1955–1966. (Download)