Note: the first segment of this document addresses an amendment to an existing "Reich Governors Law." This amendment was unrelated to the "Law against Overcrowding," and sought to centralize the Nazi party's control over Germany's regional governments.
Law Amending the Reich Governor's Law.
April 25, 1933.
The Reich Government has enacted the following, which is promulgated herewith:
§ 5 (1) of the Second Law on the Gleichschaltung1 of the Länder with the Empire [Reichsstatthalter Law] of April 7, 1933 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 173) contains the following wording:
(1) In Prussia, the Reich Chancellor exercises the rights named in § 1. He can transfer the exercise of the rights named in § 1 (1) under Nos. 3 to 5 to the Ministerpräsident [state governor], who is authorized to carry out a further transfer of these rights.
Berlin, April 25, 1933
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Law against Overcrowding in German Schools and
Institutions of Higher Education. April 25, 1933
The Reich Government has enacted the following law, which is promulgated herewith:
§ 1
In all schools, with the exception of the compulsory schools, and in all institutions of higher education, the number of pupils and students should be restricted to the extent necessary to ensure solid education and to satisfy the demands of the occupations and professions.
§ 2
The state [Land] governments determine at the beginning of every school year how many new pupils each school, and how many new students each department of an institution of higher education, may admit.
§ 3
In the types of schools and the departments whose attendance is greatly disproportionate to the needs of the occupations and professions, the number of registered pupils and students must be reduced during the 1933 school year to an appropriate proportion, as far as is possible without excessive severity.
§ 4
In the case of new admissions, care must be taken to ensure that the number of pupils and students admitted to each school and each department who are Reich citizens of non-Aryan descent within the meaning of the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service of April 7, 1933 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 175) does not exceed the proportion of non-Aryans in the population of the German Reich. The proportion is determined uniformly for the entire territory of the Reich.
Similarly, when reducing the number of pupils and students pursuant to § 3, an appropriate ratio must be created between the total number of pupils and students and the number of non-Aryans. In the process, a ratio that differs from the quota can be taken as a basis.
(1) and (2) do not apply to citizens of the German Reich who are of non-Aryan descent if their fathers are combat veterans of the world war who fought for the German Reich or its allies, or to offspring of marriages that took place before this law entered into force, provided that one parent or two grandparents are of Aryan descent. These persons are also not to be taken into account in the calculation of the quota and the proportion.
§ 5
Obligations that apply to Germany on the basis of international treaties are not affected by the provisions of this law.
§ 6
The implementing regulations will be issued by the Reich Minister of the Interior.
§ 7
The law enters into force with its promulgation.
Berlin, April 25, 1933.
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