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Tenth
Regulation to the Reich Citizenship Law
July
4, 1939
Pursuant
to § 3 of the Reich Citizenship Law of September 15, 1935 (Reichsgesetzbl.
I, p. 1146), the following Order is made:
Article
I
Reichsvereinigung
der Juden
§
1
1)
The Jews will be organized in a Reichsvereinigung.
2)
The Reichsvereinigung is a legally recognized
Association. Its name is "Reichsvereinigung der Juden
in Deutschland," and it is located in Berlin.
3)
The Reichsvereinigung will use the Jewish Communities
as [its] local branches.
§
2
1)
The purpose of the Reichsvereinigung is to further the
emigration of the Jews.
2)
The Reichsvereinigung is also
a)
Responsible for the Jewish school system;
b)
Responsible for the independent Jewish welfare system.
3)
The Reich Minister of the Interior is authorized to transfer
further responsibilities to the Reichsvereinigung.
§
3
1)
All Jewish Subjects of the State as well as stateless Jews
resident in the area of the Reich, or who normally live there,
belong to the Reichsvereinigung.
2)
In a mixed marriage the Jewish spouse is a member only if
a)
the husband is the Jewish spouse and there are no progeny
from
the marriage, or
b)
if the progeny are considered Jews.
3)
Jews of foreign nationality and those maintaining a mixed
marriage, who are not already members under section 2), may
join the Reichsvereinigung voluntarily.
§
4
The
Reichsvereinigung is subject to the supervision of the
Reich Minister of the Interior; its statutes require his
approval.
§
5
1)
The Reich Minister of the Interior may disband Jewish
Associations, Organizations, and Institutions or order them to
be incorporated in the Reichsvereinigung.
2)
In the event of disbandment the rules of Civil Law will
apply... After the liquidation has been completed the funds of
the disbanded Jewish organizations will be transferred to the Reichsvereinigung.
3)
In the event of incorporation the property of the Jewish
organizations concerned will be transferred to the Reichsvereinigung.
There will be no liquidation in this case. The Reichsvereinigung
will be fully liable with its entire property for the
obligations of the incorporated organizations.
4)
The Reich Minister of the Interior may revoke or amend
statutes and decisions of Jewish Associations, Organizations,
and Institutions, where they contain regulations not in
accordance with the above Orders on the disposal of funds....
Article
II
Jewish
School System
§
6
1)
The Reichsvereinigung is obligated to provide schooling
for Jews.
2)
To this end the Reichsvereinigung will establish the
required number of primary schools and maintain them. In
addition it may maintain intermediate and high schools, as
well as professional and technical schools and other schools
or courses intended to assist the emigration of the Jews.
3)
The Reichsvereinigung is responsible for the training
and higher training of teachers at the schools which it
maintains.
4)
The schools maintained by the Reichsvereinigung are
considered to be private schools.
§
7
Jews
may attend only the schools maintained by the Reichsvereinigung.
They are obligated to attend these schools in accordance with
the general regulations on compulsory education.
§
8
1)
Existing public and private Jewish schools and...other Jewish
educational establishments will be disbanded if the Reichsvereinigung
fails to incorporate them by a date to be set by the Reich
Minister for Science, Education and Popular Instruction.
2)
The property of Jews which had been used for Jewish
educational establishments is to be ceded on request to the Reichsvereinigung
in return for suitable compensation.
§
9
Teachers
at Jewish schools who have Civil Service status will be
retired as of June 30, 1939. They are obligated to accept
employment at a Jewish school offered to them by the Reichsvereinigung....
§
10
The
Regulations made in Reich and Laender Law concerning
the education of Jews, in particular the admission of Jews to
schools, the establishment and maintenance of public Jewish
schools, as well as the provision of public funds for the
purpose of instruction in the Jewish Religion are revoked.
§
11
The
Jewish school system is subject to the supervision of the
Reich Minister for Science, Education and Popular Instruction.
Article
III
Jewish
Social Welfare
§
12
The
Reichsvereinigung as the body responsible for Jewish
independent Welfare is obligated...to assist adequately Jews
in need in accordance with its means, so that Public Welfare
is not called upon. It is required to provide institutions
intended solely for the use of Jews who are in need of
institutional care.
Article
IV
Final
General Regulations
§
13
No
compensation will be provided for disadvantages occasioned by
this regulation.
§
14
1)
The Reich Minister of the Interior will promulgate the
Provisions required to carry out this Regulation.
2)
Where the Jewish School System is concerned the Provisions
will be made by the Reich Minister for Science, Education and
Popular Instruction in coordination with the Reich Minister of
the Interior....
Berlin,
July 4, 1939
Reich
Minister of the Interior Frick
Deputy
to the Fuehrer R. Hoess
Reich
Minister for Science, Education and Popular Instruction
− Rust
Reich
Minister for Church Affairs Kerrl
Reichsgesetzblatt,
I, 1939, pp. 1097-1099.
*
Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland Reich
Association of the Jews in Germany.
**
See Document 21. |
