Ministry of the Interior of Nazi Germany

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The Ministry of the Interior of Nazi Germany was the central government department responsible for internal administration, domestic policy, and implementing many of the regime’s racial and repressive laws.


Statements (62)
Predicate Object
instanceOf government ministry
interior ministry
state institution of Nazi Germany
collaboratedWith Gestapo
Nazi Party leadership
Reich Chancellery
SS
country German Reich
Nazi Germany
dissolved 1945
endTime 1945
headOfGovernmentDuringTenure Adolf Hitler
historicalRole key instrument of Nazi racial policy
key instrument of administrative repression in Nazi Germany
ideologyImplemented Nazism
antisemitic legislation
racist policies
jurisdiction Germany
territories occupied by Nazi Germany
locationHeadquarters Berlin
minister Heinrich Himmler
Wilhelm Frick
ministerTitle Reich Minister of the Interior
nativeName Reichsministerium des Innern
notableActivity Nazification of the civil service
centralization of German internal administration
coordination of persecution of Jews through civil and administrative measures
drafting of racial classification regulations
implementation of population registration facilitating deportations
notableLaw Decrees on the definition of "Jew" and "Mischling"
Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
Nuremberg Laws
Reich Citizenship Law
regulations on compulsory wearing of the Star of David in Germany
officeHolderEnd Heinrich Himmler 1945
Wilhelm Frick 1943
officeHolderStart Heinrich Himmler 1943
Wilhelm Frick 1933
partOf government of Nazi Germany
replaced Ministry of the Interior of the Weimar Republic
replacedBy Allied Control Council administrative structures in Germany
interior ministries of postwar German states
responsibleFor citizenship law administration
civil status registration
domestic policy
implementation of racial laws
implementation of repressive legislation
internal administration
municipal affairs
police affairs at the Reich level (formally)
public administration
public health administration at Reich level
regional administration
shortName Reich Ministry of the Interior
startTime 1933
subordinateUnit Reich Health Office
Reich Office for Spatial Planning
Reich Statistical Office (in part)
civil registry offices
police administration (formally, until transferred to SS control)
timePeriod Nazi era

Referenced by (20)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Foreign Office of Nazi Germany
Reich Office for Spatial Planning ("Reich Ministry of the Interior")
cooperatedWith
German Ordnungspolizei ("Reich Ministry of the Interior")
Order Police battalions ("Reich Ministry of the Interior")
subordinateTo
Wannsee Conference
attendeeOrganization
Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture ("Reich Ministry of the Interior")
collaboratedWith
Wilhelm Stuckart ("Reich Ministry of the Interior")
employer
Ministry of the Interior of the Weimar Republic ("Reich Ministry of the Interior of Nazi Germany")
followedBy
Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin ("Reich Ministry of the Interior")
hasBuilding
Cabinet of Adolf Hitler ("Reich Ministry of the Interior")
hasPart
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service ("Reich Interior Ministry")
implementedBy
NaziRacialPolicy ("Reich Ministry of the Interior")
implementedThroughInstitution
Ministry of the Interior of Nazi Germany ("Reich Minister of the Interior")
ministerTitle
Ministry of the Interior of Nazi Germany ("Reichsministerium des Innern")
nativeName
Aktion T4 ("Reich Ministry of the Interior")
operator
Heinrich Himmler ("Reich Minister of the Interior")
positionHeld
Reichsgesetzblatt ("Reich Ministry of the Interior")
relatedTo
Ministry of the Interior of the Weimar Republic ("Reich Ministry of the Interior under Nazi Germany")
replacedBy
Ministry of the Interior of Nazi Germany ("Reich Ministry of the Interior")
shortName
Ministries Trial ("Reich Ministry of the Interior")
triedInstitution

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