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Promulgation of the Law on the Abolition of the Reichsrat in the Reichsgesetzblatt of 14 February 1934. Law on the Abolition of the Reichsrat. 14 February 1934. The Reich government has passed the following law, which is hereby promulgated: § 1 (1) The Reichsrat is dissolved. (2) The representation of the states at the Reich ceases to exist. § 2
The Reichsrat, the upper body of Germany's parliament whose members were appointed by the state governments to represent their interests in national legislation, was now rendered superfluous. Within two weeks, the Reich government formally dissolved the Reichsrat by enacting the "Law on the Abolition of the Reichsrat" on 14 February 1934. [21]
The Reichsrat (German: [ʁaɪ̯çs.ʁaːt], "Reich Council") of the Weimar Republic was the de facto upper house of Germany's parliament; the lower house was the popularly elected Reichstag. The Reichsrat's members were appointed by the German state governments to represent their interests in the legislation and administration of the nation at ...
The status of religious freedom in North America varies from country to country. States can differ based on whether or not they guarantee equal treatment under law for followers of different religions, whether they establish a state religion (and the legal implications that this has for both practitioners and non-practitioners), the extent to which religious organizations operating within the ...
Separation of church and state in the United States; Religious discrimination in the United States; Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service: Legislation depriving Jews of the right to hold public offices in Nazi Germany. Vichy laws on the status of Jews: Legislation depriving Jews of the right to hold public office in Vichy ...
Nazi Germany was established in January 1933 with the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany, followed by suspension of basic rights with the Reichstag Fire Decree and the Enabling Act which gave Hitler's regime the power to pass and enforce laws without the involvement of the Reichstag or German president, and de facto ended with ...
Stephen A. Kent: The French and German versus American Debate Over New Religions, Scientology, and Human Rights Archived 2005-10-25 at the Wayback Machine; US State department report on religious freedom in Germany 2007; Gerhard Robbers: Religious Freedom in Germany, Brigham Young University Law Review 2001 Archived 2015-01-08 at the Wayback ...
In the United States and Canada today, the mainly secular UJC, formerly known as the United Jewish Appeal (UJA), represents over 150 Jewish Federations and 400 independent communities across North America. Every major American city has its local "Jewish Federation", and many have sophisticated community centers and provide services, mainly ...