Small state of siege
The German Emperor Wilhelm I understood the term “ small state of siege” to mean a state of emergency due to the special measures under Section 28 of the Socialist Act of October 21, 1878.
According to this , the central police authorities could issue specific, punishable orders for districts and localities in the German Reich that were threatened by efforts by social democratic, socialist or communist associations aimed at overthrowing the existing state or social order. These goods:
- Need for approval of meetings
- Prohibition to distribute printed matter publicly
- Arrest and expulsion of people who endanger public security and order
- Gun ban.
Every measure taken was to be reported immediately to the Reichstag . It was then to be published in the Reichsanzeiger .
On the basis of Section 28 of the Socialist Act, Berlin was under siege on November 28, 1878, and Hamburg, Altona, Wandsbek and Ottensen on October 27, 1880 . In Berlin, 67 Social Democrats were initially expelled, in Hamburg 127 expulsions, 32 of which were already considered to be those who had been deported in Berlin. By 1888, 293 expulsions had been made in Berlin and 311 in Hamburg and Altona.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Law against the endangering efforts of social democracy ("Socialist Law") of October 21, 1878, RGBl. 1878, p. 351. dokumentArchiv.de, accessed on June 5, 2020.
- ↑ cf. Handwriting from the German Emperor and Prussian King Wilhelm I to Imperial Chancellor Otto Fürst von Bismarck November 9, 1881. Collection of sources on the history of German social policy 1867–1914, accessed on June 5, 2020.
- ↑ October 21, 1878: New Reichstag passes Socialist Law RBB , accessed on June 5, 2020.
- ↑ Heinzpeter Thümmler: Socialist Law § 28. Expulsions and expulsions 1878-1890. Akademie-Verlag , Berlin 1979.