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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 (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 Reichsrat, the upper body of Germany's parliament, whose members were appointed by the state governments to represent their interests in national legislation, had effectively been rendered impotent. The Reich government soon formally dissolved the Reichsrat on 14 February 1934, by passage of the "Law on the Abolition of the Reichsrat." [9]
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]
Christianity remained the dominant religion in Germany through the Nazi period, and its influence over Germans displeased the Nazi hierarchy. Evans wrote that Hitler believed that in the long run Nazism and religion would not be able to coexist, and stressed repeatedly that it was a secular ideology, founded on modern science. According to ...
On 14 February 1934, the Reichsrat, representing the states, was abolished by the "Law on the Abolition of the Reichsrat" even though Article 2 of the Enabling Act specifically protected the existence of both the Reichstag and the Reichsrat.
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The rights of the President remain unaffected". On 14 February 1934, the "Law on the Abolition of the Reichsrat" eliminated the Reichsrat completely, despite the explicit protection of its existence. [37] When Hindenburg died on 2 August, Hitler appropriated presidential powers for himself in accordance with a law passed the previous day. [38]