Prussian State Council (from 1933)

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The Prussian State Council was an advisory body in the National Socialist German Reich from July 1933 .

history

prehistory

During the Weimar Republic , a constitutional body called the Prussian Council of State existed in the Free State of Prussia . This was made up of members who had been elected by the Prussian provincial parliaments.

With the new election to the Prussian state parliament on March 5, 1933 and the elections to the provincial parliaments on March 12, 1933, the NSDAP was able to secure the necessary majority in the state parliament and in the state council sent by the provincial parliaments to take place on May 18 To pass a Prussian enabling law in 1933 . This gave the Prussian state government the corresponding powers at the state level, as it had received at the state level through the Enabling Act of March 24, 1933 . The Council of State was thus finally stripped of its colegislative and co-executive functions. With Article 15 of the Prussian law on the State Council of July 8, 1933, the State Council was then dissolved in its previous function.

Establishment of the Council of State

The "Law on the State Council" created a new body in line with the National Socialist worldview. It was now a purely advisory body. The State Council consisted of members by virtue of office and members appointed by Hermann Göring in his role as Prussian Prime Minister in order to award them the title of Council of State. The Prussian ministers and state secretaries as well as some other officials were members by virtue of their office.

Prerequisites for membership were a residence in Prussia and a minimum age of 25 years. Incompatibilities existed for Reich ministers (insofar as they were not Prussian ministers at the same time) as well as officials and ministers of a non-Prussian country.

Membership ended upon leaving office (for members qua office). The appointed members left office through death, resignation or dismissal by Göring. The members of the State Council received an allowance of 1,000 RM per month (from April 1, 1936: 500 RM).

The meetings of the State Council

There were only six meetings of the State Council. The State Council met for the first time on September 15, 1933 in the auditorium of Berlin University. The second meeting of the State Council took place on October 12, 1933. On June 18, 1934, the third meeting took place with a report by the Finance Minister on the financial situation of Prussia. The fourth session was called on March 21, 1935, the second anniversary of the Potsdam day , the fifth on June 25, 1935. On March 5, 1936, the last session took place.

The end of the State Council

The Council of State was no longer convened, but continued to exist. In 1943, Albert Hoffmann, a State Councilor, was appointed for the last time. With the end of the National Socialist tyranny in 1945, the State Council also ended.

Members

The first members were appointed from July 8, 1933. For the members see list of members of the Prussian State Council (from 1933) .

literature

  • Joachim Lilla : The Prussian State Council 1921–1933. A biographical manual. With a documentation of the State Councilors appointed in the “Third Reich” (= manuals on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 13). Droste, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-7700-5271-4 , pp. 19-38.