. NMT04-T0955
Volume IV · Page 955
| Article 1 |
| In pursuance of the order for the execution
of the Four Year Plan of 16 October 1936 (Reich Law Gazette I p. 887) in
connection with the order for the introduction of the Four Year Plan in the
Eastern territories of 30 October 1939 (Reich Law Gazette I p. 2125) the
following is ordered for the territory of Germany proper including the
Incorporated Eastern Territories: 1. The property of citizens of the former Polish state is subject to confiscation, property custodianship, and requisition according to the letter of the following directives within the territory of Germany proper including the Incorporated Eastern Territories. 2. This does not apply to the property of persons, who according to Article 6 of the decree of the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor with regard to the division and administration of the Eastern territories of 8 October 1939 (Reich Law Gazette I p. 2042) have acquired German citizenship. The competent office (Article 12) can admit further exceptions. 3. The citizens of the former Polish state and the Polish citizens of the former Free State Danzig are on an equal basis. |
| Article 2 |
| 1. Confiscation is to be pronounced in the case of property — |
a. of Jews, |
| 2. Confiscation can be pronounced — |
a. if the property is necessary for public welfare, especially in the interest of the defense of the Reich or the strengthening of Germanism, or |
| 3. Confiscation can be limited to individual objects of property. |
| 4. To be expected from confiscation regularly are — |
a. movable objects, which are exclusively meant to serve for personal use, and |
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| Article 3 |
| Property includes all movable and immovable objects (including all accessories), claims, partnerships, rights, and interests of all kinds. |
| Article 4 |
| 1. As soon as confiscation has taken place these persons who |
