Archive/File: imt/nca/nca-06/nca-06-3334-PS Last-Modified: 1996/11/22 Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume 6 TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 3334-PS [Page 62] OFFICIAL GAZETTE FOR THE OCCUPIED DUTCH TERRITORIES YEAR 1940 [Verordnungsblatt fuer die besetzten Niederlaendischen Gebiete] Part 42, Page 761. 231 Decree of the Reich Commissioner for the occupied Dutch Territories concerning the employment of Germans in Jewish households. By virtue of section 5 of the edict of the Fuehrer on the execution of governmental authority in the Netherlands of 18 May 1940 (RGBI. I. S. 118) I decree: Section 1 (1) German Nationals of German or related blood cannot be employed in households of which a Jew is the head, nor in families [Page 63] of which a Jew is a permanent or temporary member for a non-interrupted period of more than four weeks. (2) In the sense of paragraph 1 are considered as Jews, those who according to the regulation of section 4 of decree Nr. 189/1940 concerning the registration of enterprises, are Jews or are considered as such. Employed in a household are those who, in order to work there, are entirely or partially temporarily or continuously a member of the household for those who perform daily household work or other daily work directly or indirectly connected with the household without being a member thereof. (3) In exception to the regulations set forth in section 1, employment based on an existing agreement is permissible: (1) from the time this decree becomes effective until 1 February 1941; (2) from the date on which occurs the fact confirming the regulation according to section 1 until the earliest date on which the employer can terminate the contract, however for a maximum of 30 days only. Section 2 (1) Contracts are void inasmuch as they contain the obligation for employment forbidden according to section 1. (2) The fact that the definitions of section 1 paragraph can or will be applied to a contract, does not set forth an important reason for the employer in the sense of article 1639.P, section 1 or the Netherlands civil law. Sections 3 (1) Employment of German Nationals violating the law of section 1 will be punished with imprisonment up to one year and a fine up to ten thousand guilders or one of these penalties. (2) The prosecution of a person not of German or Netherland nationality nor stateless requires the consent of the Reich commissioner for the occupied Netherland territories. (3) Deeds according to section 1 are punishable offenses in the sense of paragraph 2 section 2 of the decree Nr5. 52/1940 of the German jurisdiction for penal cases. Section 4 The Reich commissioner for the occupied Netherland territories may grant exemptions of the regulations of this decree. Section 5 This decree becomes effective on the day of its publication. The Hague, 19 December 1940 The Reich commissioner for the occupied Dutch Territories SEYSS-INQUART
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