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The law of April 7, 1933, which said that persons of
non-Aryan descent could not practice law, 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt,
Part I, Page 188.
The law of April 25, 1933, restricting the number of non-Aryans in
schools and higher institutions of learning, 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt,
Part I, Page 225.
The law of September 29, 1933, excluding persons of Jewish blood from
the peasantry, 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, Page 685.
Another one, March 19, 1937, excluded Jews from the Reich Labor
Service, 1937 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, Page 325.
There is another one of July 6, 1938, prohibiting Jews from
participating in six different types of businesses, 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt,
Part I, Page 823.
Point 23 of that Party platform proclaimed, "We demand legislative
action against conscious political lies and their broadcasting through
the press ... "
To carry out this point I give a few of the Cabinet laws that ,were
passed. One of September 22, 1933, which established the Reich Culture
Chamber, 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, Page 661.
One concerning editors, of October 4, 1933, 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt,
Part I, Page 713.
Another one with reference to restrictions as to the use of the
theater, on May 15, 1934, 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, Page
411.
Now, passing from those illustrative laws, the ordinary Cabinet in fact
enacted most of the legislation which set the stage for and put into
execution the Nazi conspiracy described under Count One of the
Indictment. Many of these laws have been referred to previously by the
Prosecution. All of the laws to which I shall refer or have referred
were enacted specifically in the name of the Cabinet. A typical
introductory paragraph reads, and I quote: "The Reich Cabinet has
enacted the following law which is hereby promulgated." In other
words, that shows it is a Cabinet law.
THE PRESIDENT: That applies to all the ones you have just -given us?
COL. STOREY: Yes, Sir. That is a typical heading.
In connection with the acquiring of control of Germany, under Count One
of the Indictment, I refer to some of the following laws.
Here is a law of the 14th of July 1933 against the establishment of new
parties. I believe I referred to that yesterday. That is 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt,
Part I, Page 479.
Another of 14 July 1933 provided for the confiscation of property of
Social Democrats and others, 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I,
Page 479.