Provisional Law and Second Law on the Coordination of the States with the Reich
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The Provisional Law and Second Law on the Coordination of the States with the Reich (German: Vorläufiges Gesetz und Zweites Gesetz zur Gleichschaltung der Länder mit dem Reich) were two laws enacted by the German government of Adolf Hitler to expand its control over the seventeen German states (länder). The Provisional (First) Law (31 March 1933) dissolved all the sitting landtage (state parliaments), except for that of Prussia, and reconstituted them in accordance with the results of the recent parliamentary election of 5 March 1933, which had given the Nazi Party and its coalition partner, the German National People's Party (DNVP), a majority of the Reichstag seats. The Second Law (7 April 1933) established the new powerful position of Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) appointed by the central government to effectively take control of each state administration. The effect of these laws was to undermine the power and influence of all political parties other than the Nazis and the DNVP, and to move Germany significantly away from being a federal republic and put it on a path to becoming a unitary state.
First Law on the Coordination of the States with the Reich | |
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Government of the German Reich | |
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Enacted by | Government of the German Reich |
Enacted | 31 March 1933 |
Signed by | Adolf Hitler Wilhelm Frick |
Signed | 31 March 1933 |
Effective | 31 March 1933 |
Repealed | 20 September 1945 |
Repealed by | |
Control Council Law No. 1 - Repealing of Nazi Laws | |
Status: Repealed |
Second Law on the Coordination of the States with the Reich | |
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Government of the German Reich | |
Enacted by | Government of the German Reich |
Enacted | 7 April 1933 |
Signed by | Adolf Hitler Wilhelm Frick |
Signed | 7 April 1933 |
Effective | 7 April 1933 |
Repealed | 20 September 1945 |
Repealed by | |
Control Council Law No. 1 - Repealing of Nazi Laws | |
Status: Repealed |