insure close cooperation of the offices of the party and SA with the public authorities. "Art. 3 1. The members of the National Socialistic German Labor Party and the SA (including their subordinate organizations) as the leading and driving force of the National Socialist State will bear greater responsibility toward Fuehrer, people and state. 2. In case they violate these duties, they will be subject to special jurisdiction by party and state. 3. The Fuehrer may extend these regulations in order to include members of other organizations. "Art. 4 Every action or neglect on the part of members of the SA (including their subordinate organizations) attacking or endangering the existence, organization, activity or reputation of the National Socialistic German Labor Party, in particular any infraction against discipline and order, will be regarded as a violation of duty. "Art. 5 Custody and arrest may be inflicted in addition to the usual penalties. "Art. 6 The public authorities have to grant legal and administrative assistance to the offices of the Party and the SA which are entrusted with the execution of the jurisdiction of the Party and SA. "Art. 7 The law regarding the authority to inflict penalties on members of the SA and SS, of the 28 April 1933 (RGBI, p. 230), will be invalidated. "Art. 8 The Reichs Chancellor, as Fuehrer of the National Socialistic German Labor Party and as the supreme commander of SA will issue the regulation necessary for the execution and augmentation of this law, particularly with respect to the organization and procedure of the Jurisdiction of the Party and SA. He will determine the time at which the regulations concerning this jurisdiction will be effective." (1395-PS) Thus the Nazi Party became a para-governmental organization in Germany. The Nazi conspirators granted the Nazi Party and its components extensive and extraordinary privileges. On 19 May 1933, they passed a law to protect and insure respect for Party symbols (2759-PS). On 20 December 1934 the Nazi conspirators caused a law to be promulgated, signed by Hitler, Guertner, Hess, and Frick, making it a crime to make false or grievous statements to injure the prestige of the Government of the Reich, the NSDAP, or its agencies. This law also declared it to be a crime to wear the uniform or the insignia of the NSDAP without authority to do so, and controlled the manufacture and sale of Party uniforms, flags, and insignia (1393-PS). A decree of 29 March 1935, defining the legal status of the NSDAP and of its components and affiliated organizations, is a further indication of the extraordinary privileges enjoyed by the Nazi Party. (1725-PS) LEGAL REFERENCES AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS Document *047-PS *351-PS *404-PS 1388-PS 1388-A-PS 1390-PS 1393-PS *1395-PS 1396-PS 1725-PS 2001-PS III 385 III 962 III 962 Excerpts from Hitler, Mein 1933 Law to insure the unity of Party Decree enforcing law for securing Document Description Vol. Page 2047-PS 2048-PS 2050-PS 2058-PS 2059-PS Law for the extension of the law IV 660 IV 660 1919 IV 662 Law for the extension of the law 699 Document Description Vol. Page 88 V 237 246 2412-PS 2500-PS 2511-PS 2512-PS *2513-PS Extracts from Nature and Form of Extract from The National Social- V 246 V 252 |