Third Reich News

Gesetz zur Behebung der Not von Volk und Reich!
Law to Remedy the Distress of the People and the Nation!

The Reichstag has enacted the following law, which is hereby proclaimed with the assent of the Reichsrat, it having been established that the requirements for a constitutional amendment have been fulfilled:

Article 1

In addition to the procedure prescribed by the constitution, laws of the Reich may also be enacted by the government of the Reich. This includes the laws referred to by Articles 85 Paragraph 2 and Article 87 of the constitution.

Article 2

Laws enacted by the government of the Reich may deviate from the constitution as long as they do not affect the institutions of the Reichstag and the Reichsrat. The rights of the President remain undisturbed.

Article 3

Laws enacted by the Reich government shall be issued by the Chancellor and announced in the Reich Gazette. They shall take effect on the day following the announcement, unless they prescribe a different date. Articles 68 to 77 of the Constitution do not apply to laws enacted by the Reich government.

Article 4

Treaties of the Reich with foreign states which affect matters of Reich legislation shall not require the approval of the bodies of the legislature. The government of the Reich shall issue the regulations required for the execution of such treaties.

Article 5

This law takes effect with the day of its proclamation. It loses force on 1 April 1937 or if the present Reich government is replaced by another.

Heil Hitler!

Josef Goebbels:
"The authority of the Führer has now been wholly established. Votes are no longer taken. The Führer decides. All this is going much faster than we had dared to hope."

National Socialists Gain nearly 100 seats!
In the 9th German Federal Election held on 05.03.1933 the NSDAP of Chancellor Hitler gained 92 seats and 5.5 million votes, in a resounding endorsement of his pro-German, anti-Communist policies. Their friends and allies in the DNVP will add their 52 seats to form a patriotic, nationalist German coalition in the Reichstag, and form a majority government.

Reds Suffer Setbacks!
The KPD Communists, whose terrorist leaders are safely in custody lost nearly 20 seats, a drop of 5% of the vote, as the German people showed their disgust at their despicable violent means. Their Jew-ridden Red rivals, the SPD also lost a seat, although they now comprise the second-largest party in the Reichstag.

Catholic Centre Party key player in new politics.
The Zentrum Party of Franz von Papen, Vice-Chancellor, holds the key to further reform. Chancellor Hitler needs to persuade the Roman Catholic Centrists that their future lies in co-operation in order to pass further measures to protect our nation from Red terror.

The results in full:

Our noble Reichsprasident Paul von Hindenburg yesterday signed the Order of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State, which comes into immediate effect. The people of the German nation must be aware that any perceived restrictions on personal liberties are in the purpose of the common good, and as such personal criticisms and ill-feelings towards these new laws are to be considered anti-German.

Germans should remember that only a few days ago our Parliament building, the Reichstag, was destroyed by Communist plotters. The burning of the Reichstag was intended to be the signal for a bloody uprising and civil war. Large-scale pillaging in Berlin was planned.... It has been determined that ... throughout Germany acts of terrorism were to begin against prominent individuals, against private property, against the lives and safety of the peaceful population, and general civil war was to be unleashed....

The new measures taken for our safety state that:
Articles 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124 and 153 of the Constitution of the German Reich are suspended until further notice. It is therefore permissible to restrict the rights of personal freedom [habeas corpus], freedom of opinion, including the freedom of the press, the freedom to organize and assemble, the privacy of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications, and warrants for house searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property, are also permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed.

These measures are enshrined in legality based upon Article 48 paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the German Reich.

Further powers are expected to be issued by Minister Herr Göring to the Prussian police to aid them in their pursuit of the Communist menace. Our Chancellor, Herr Hitler himself, stated on witnessing the fire:
"There will be no mercy now. Anyone who stands in our way will be cut down. The German people will not tolerate leniency. Every Communist official will be shot where he is found. The Communist deputies must be hanged this very night. Everybody in league with the Communists must be arrested. There will no longer be any leniency for Social Democrats either."

We must stand shoulder to shoulder with our nation's government in this dark hour. Those who are not with us are against us.

Hitler Chancellor, Reichstag Election Announced for March 5.
In a solemn and respectful ceremony held in the office of our President this morning, President Paul von Hindenburg received Herr Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of the German Reich.

Herr Hitler, the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), was sworn in as Reich Chancellor and vowed to bring stability to the German politic following months of chaos and confusion.

As leader of the largest party in the Reichstag, Herr Hitler was the only choice to replace the failing Kurt von Schleicher, who resigned just two days previous. Elections for the Reichstag are to take place on March 5th.

The Cabinet
Wilhelm Frick (NSDAP) is appointed Minister of the Interior and will begin drafting new legislation to strengthen and stabilise our nation. Long-time Reichstag member and President of Parliament Hermann Göring (NSDAP) is made Minister Without Portfolio, a trouble-shooter who will assist all of the other Ministers. Herr Hitler demonstrated his commitment to unifying our troubled government by appointing and retaining several others who are not from the Nazi Party.

Former Chancellor, Franz von Papen becomes Vice Chancellor and second in charge in the new Cabinet. Konstantin von Neurath remains Minister of Foreign Affairs. Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk stays in his post of Minister of Finance. Alfred Hugenburg of the German National People's Party (DNVP) becomes Minister for Economy, Agriculture and Food. Franze Seldte of the German People's Party becomes Reichsarbeitsminister, Minister of Labour.

Chancellor Hitler also keeps Franz Gürtner of the DNVP in his role as Minister of Justice. Major-General Werner von Blomberg has been chosen to be Minister of Defense, in overall command of our armed forces. Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach becomes Minister of Mail and Transport.

"Immeasurable woe"
In a telegram to the President, Hitler's former friend and ally from the Munich Putsch, General Ludendorff said, "By appointing Hitler Chancellor of the Reich you have handed over our sacred German Fatherland to one of the greatest demagogues of all time. I prophesy to you this evil man will plunge our Reich into the abyss and will inflict immeasurable woe on our nation. Future generations will curse you in your grave for this action."

A torchlit parade is planned through the streets of the capital tonight and the new Chancellor is expected to greet the Berlin public.

Chancellor Hitler will speak to the German nation on February 1st in his inaugural speech.