Document No. 2079-PS
International Military Tribunal · 1900AUTHOR — International Military Tribunal
Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV
Document No. 2079-PS
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 2079-PS
1935 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 1145
Reich Flag Law
15 September 1935
The Reichstag has unanimously ratified the following law which is hereby announced:
Article 1
The colors of the Reich are black, white, and red.
Article 2
The Reich and national flag is the swastika flag. It is also the merchant flag.
Article 3
The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor designates the design of the Reich War Flag and the Reich Service Flag.
Article 4
The Reich Minister of the Interior releases the necessary legal and administrative regulations for the execution and completion of this law as long as it does not interfere with the jurisdiction of the Reich Minister of War.
Article 5
This law becomes valid on the day of announcement.
Nurnberg 15 September 1935
on the Reichparteitag of Freedom
The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor
ADOLF HITLER
The Reich Minister of the Interior
FRICK
The Reich Minister of War and Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht
VON BLOMBERG
Source:<br>Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV<br>Office of the United States Chief Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality<br>Washington, DC : United States Government Printing Office, 1946