Law to ensure the unity of party and state

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The law to secure the unity of party and state ( RGBl. I p. 1016) was a law passed by the German Reich government on December 1, 1933 and signed by Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler and the Reich Minister of the Interior, Wilhelm Frick , which " established an indissoluble “bond between the state and the NSDAP .

Essential content

The NSDAP was defined as the "bearer of the German state concept" and transformed into a corporation under public law (§ 1) with its own jurisdiction over its members.

The deputy of the Führer and the Chief of Staff of the SA became ex officio members of the Reich Government (§ 2).

The public authorities were obliged to provide the party and the SA with administrative and legal assistance (Section 6).

prehistory

In the last election held under the law of the Weimar Republic on March 5, 1933 , the NSDAP did not receive an absolute majority of around 44% of the votes. However, with the votes of all other parties except the SPD - the Communist MPs had already been arrested or not admitted - the National Socialists managed to obtain the necessary two-thirds majority in the Reichstag to pass the Enabling Act on March 23, which the executive also has the right of Legislative approved and thus made Hitler independent of the Reichstag and the emergency ordinance law of the Reich President. The government was able to ban political parties (SPD, KPD) or force them to dissolve themselves (DNVP, Zentrum, etc.) by eliminating parliament. The NSDAP was the only party left.

A one- party state was formed , which was also enshrined in law by the law against the formation of new parties of July 14, 1933 and the “Law for Securing the Unity of Party and State” of December 1, 1933.

validity

The law was published in Reichsgesetzblatt No. 135 on December 2, 1933 , came into force the following day and was repealed on September 20, 1945 by Control Council Act No. 1 .

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