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Against Jews' Possession of Weapons
11 November 1938
With a basis in § 31 of the Weapons Law of 18 March 1928
(Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 265), Article III of the Law on the Reunification of
Austria with Germany of 13 March 1938 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 237), and §
9 of the Fuhrer and Chancellor's decree on the administration of the
Sudeten-German districts of 1 October 1928 (Reichsgesetzblatt 1, p. 1331 ) are
the following ordered: § 1
Jews (§ 5 of the First Regulations of the German Citizenship Law of 14
November 1935, Reichsgesetzblatt 1, p. 1332) are prohibited from acquiring.
Possessing, and carrying firearms and ammunition, as well as truncheons or
stabbing weapons. Those now possessing weapons and ammunition are at once to
turn them over to the local police authority. § 2
Firearms and ammunition found in a Jew's possession will be forfeited to the
government without compensation. |
§ 3
The Minister of the Interior may make exceptions to the Prohibition in § 1
for Jews who are foreign nationals. He can entrust other authorities with this
power. § 4
Whoever willfully or negligently violates the provisions of § 1 will be
punished with imprisonment and a fine. In especially severe cases of deliberate
violations, the punishment is imprisonment in a penitentiary for up to five
years. § 5
For the implementation if this regulation, the Minister of the Interior waives
the necessary legal and administrative provisions. § 6
This regulation is valid in the state of Austria and in the Sudeten-German
districts. Berlin, 11 November 1938
Minister of the Interior
Frick
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