English Translation

113 Copy. Decree of the Führer on the Status of the National Socialist German Workers Party. From December 12, 1942. I. The rights and obligations of the Nazi German Workers' Party arise from the tasks that I have set up and the organizational position that this entails. II. The internal order and organization of the party is determined exclusively by party law. III. The party participates in the general legal proceedings according to the provisions of the law applicable to the state, unless there is or is a special provision for it. IV. The provisions of § 1 para. 2 of the Act for the Protection of the Unity of Party and State of 1. December 1933 (RGBl. I p. 1016). V. The rules required for the implementation of this decree are issued by the head of my party chancellery in agreement with the Reich Treasurer of the NSDAP. and the Reich Minister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery. Führer-Hauptquartier, December 12, 1942. The leader Adolf Hitler The head of the party chancel M. Bormann The Minister of the Reich and Head of the Chancellery Dr. Lammers