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The
Program of the German Workers’ Party is a program for our time.
The leadership rejects the establishment of new aims after those set
out in the Program have been achieved, for the sole purpose of
making it possible for the Party to continue to exist as the result
of the artificially stimulated dissatisfaction of the masses.
1.
We demand the uniting of all Germans within one Greater Germany, on
the basis of the right to self-determination of nations.
2.
We demand equal rights for the German people (Volk) with
respect to other nations, and the annulment of the peace treaty of
Versailles and St. Germain.
3.
We demand land and soil (Colonies) to feed our People and settle our
excess population.
4.
Only Nationals (Volksgenossen) can be Citizens of the State.
Only persons of German blood can be Nationals, regardless of
religious affiliation. No Jew can therefore be a German National.
5.
Any person who is not a Citizen will be able to live in Germany only
as a guest and must be subject to legislation for Aliens.
6.
Only a Citizen is entitled to decide the leadership and laws of the
State. We therefore demand that only Citizens may hold public
office, regardless of whether it is a national, state or local
office.
We
oppose the corrupting parliamentary custom of making party
considerations, and not character and ability, the criterion for
appointments to official positions.
7.
We demand that the State make it its duty to provide opportunities
of employment first of all for its own Citizens. If it is not
possible to maintain the entire population of the State, then
foreign nationals (non-Citizens) are to be expelled from the Reich.
8.
Any further immigration of non-Germans is to be prevented. We demand
that all non-Germans who entered Germany after August 2, 1914, be
forced to leave the Reich without delay.
9.
All German Citizens must have equal rights and duties.
10.
It must be the first duty of every Citizen to carry out intellectual
or physical work. Individual activity must not be harmful to the
public interest and must be pursued within the framework of the
community and for the general good.
We
therefore demand:
11.
The abolition of all income obtained without labor or effort.
Breaking
the Servitude of Interest.
12.
In view of the tremendous sacrifices in property and blood demanded
of the nation by every war, personal gain from the war must be
termed a crime against the nation. We therefore demand the total
confiscation of all war profits.
13.
We demand the nationalization of all enterprises (already) converted
into corporations (trusts).
14.
We demand profit-sharing in large enterprises.
15.
We demand the large-scale development of old-age pension schemes.
16.
We demand the creation and maintenance of a sound middle class; the
immediate communalization of the large department stores, which are
to be leased at low rates to small tradesmen. We demand the most
careful consideration for the owners of small businesses in orders
placed by national, state, or community authorities.
17.
We demand land reform in accordance with our national needs and a
law for expropriation without compensation of land for public
purposes. Abolition of ground rent and prevention of all speculation
in land.
18.
We demand ruthless battle against those who harm the common good by
their activities. Persons committing base crimes against the People,
usurers, profiteers, etc., are to be punished by death without
regard to religion or race.
19.
We demand the replacement of Roman Law, which serves a materialistic
World Order, by German Law.
20.
In order to make higher education – and thereby entry into leading
positions – available to every able and industrious German, the
State must provide a thorough restructuring of our entire public
educational system. The courses of study at all educational
institutions are to be adjusted to meet the requirements of
practical life. Understanding of the concept of the State must be
achieved through the schools (teaching of civics) at the earliest
age at which it can be grasped. We demand the education at the
public expense of specially gifted children of poor parents, without
regard to the latters’ position or occupation.
21.
The State must raise the level of national health by means of
mother-and-child care, the banning of juvenile labor, achievements
of physical fitness through legislation for compulsory gymnastics
and sports, and maximum support for all organizations providing
physical training for young people.
22.
We demand the abolition of hireling troops and the creation of a
national army.
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We
demand laws to fight against deliberate political lies
and their dissemination by the press. In order to make it
possible to create a German press, we demand:
a)
all editors and editorial employees of newspapers appearing in the
German language must be German by race;
b)
non-German newspapers require express permission from the State
for their publication. They may not be printed in the German
language;
c)
any financial participation in a German newspaper or influence on
such a paper is to be forbidden by law to non-Germans and the
penalty for any breach of this law will be the closing of the
newspaper in question, as well as the immediate expulsion from the
Reich of the non-Germans involved.
Newspapers
which violate the public interest are to be banned. We demand laws
against trends in art and literature which have a destructive
effect on our national life, and the suppression of performances
that offend against the above requirements.
24.
We demand freedom for all religious denominations, provided that
they do not endanger the existence of the State or offend the
concepts of decency and morality of the Germanic race.
The
Party as such stands for positive Christianity, without associating
itself with any particular denomination. It fights against the
Jewish-materialistic spirit within and around us, and
is convinced that a permanent revival of our nation can be achieved
only from within, on the basis of:
Public
Interest before Private Interest.
25.
To carry out all the above we demand: the creation of a strong
central authority in the Reich. Unquestioned authority by the
political central Parliament over the entire Reich and over its
organizations in general. The establishment of trade and
professional organizations to enforce the Reich basic laws in the
individual states.
The
Party leadership promises to take an uncompromising stand, at the
cost of their own lives if need be, on the enforcement of the above
points.
Munich,
February 24, 1920.
Das
Programm der NSDAP ("The
Program of the National-Socialist German Workers’ Party"),
Berlin [1933]. |
