The Meaning of the Racial Laws of the
Third Reich
"The Racial Question has an important role in the laws of other nations,
though other peoples and races are affected than in the German Reich. It is in no way new or unusual that the German Reich is active in this area.
Contrary to opinions that surface here and there, our laws are in no way
directed against the Jewish religion, its practice, or the freedom of the
Jewish faith.
The German Reich has done nothing but introduce constitutional
legislation to provide the kind of civil service necessary to guarantee the secure administration of the Reich. The laws do not render it impossible for a citizen of a foreign state to become a civil servant. Indeed, if he is appointed to such a position, he receives full citizenship in the Reich.
German civil servants should however be of Aryan descent. The so‐
called Aryan Law requires that each civil servant be of German blood. Since the vast majority of non‐Aryan civil servants were Jews, the first guidelines to the law paid particular attention to those who were members of the Jewish race. But we did not simply throw out the non‐Aryan civil servants, but retired them with honor and a pension. The people's state could hardly proceed in a more legal and mild manner.
Germany did not want to attack Jewry wildly, rather only deal with its
results, is clear from the fact that the Law of 7 April 1933 left untouched
all non‐Aryan civil servants who had been appointed before 1 August
1914, and by the fact that the private sphere not affected. Some
complain that the law extends to half and quarter Aryans. The answer is that the foreign influence in the civil service had grown to such a
dangerous extent that it was almost impossible for young Germans to
enter these professions." (Reich Minister of the Interior Dr. Frick
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