Abolition of the Legal Status of the Jewish Communities Source: Reichsgesetzblatt, I, 1938, p. 338. Law Concerning the Legal Status of the Jewish Religious Communities, March 28, 1938 The Reich Government has enacted the following law, which is promulgated herewith: § 1 1) Jewish religious communal organisations and their roof organisations obtain legal standing by means of registration in the Register of Associations. 2) At the end of March 31, 1938, Jewish religious organisations and their roof organisations will lose the status of Corporations under public law, insofar as they possessed such status up to the present time. From this date on they will be private Associations with legal status under civil law. Entry in the Register of Associations must be carried out…. Berlin, March 28, 1938 The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler The Reich Minister for Church Affairs Kerrl The Reich Minister of the Interior Frick Back to the top