Control Council Law No. 1

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Control Council Law No. 1 was an Allied occupation measure enacted after World War II that annulled key Nazi laws as part of the legal dismantling of the Third Reich’s regime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied occupation law ⓘ
denazification measure ⓘ
legal act ⓘ
aimedAt breaking continuity with the legal system of the Third Reich ⓘ
removing racist and totalitarian provisions from German law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Law No. 1 of the Allied Control Council ⓘ
appliesDuring Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ
appliesTo Germany ⓘ
laws enacted during the National Socialist regime in Germany ⓘ
authority Allied Control Council for Germany ⓘ
basedOn Allied agreements on the treatment of Germany ⓘ
classification nullification law ⓘ
context occupation law in defeated Germany after World War II ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
dateEnacted 1945 ⓘ
enactedBy Allied Control Council ⓘ
French military government in Germany ⓘ
Soviet military administration in Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom military government in Germany ⓘ
United States military government in Germany ⓘ
goal elimination of legal foundations of National Socialism ⓘ
restoration of rule of law in Germany ⓘ
historicalPeriod post-World War II era ⓘ
implementedBy Allied military governments in Germany ⓘ
influenced subsequent German legal reforms after 1945 ⓘ
jurisdiction Allied Control Council ⓘ
language English ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
legalEffect declared certain Nazi laws null and void ⓘ
invalidated legislation inconsistent with democratic principles and human rights ⓘ
repealed key Nazi statutes ⓘ
legalStatus in force at time of Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ
partOf Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ
post-World War II denazification program ⓘ
precededBy unconditional surrender of Germany in 1945 ⓘ
purpose annulment of Nazi laws ⓘ
legal dismantling of the Nazi regime ⓘ
removal of discriminatory and oppressive legislation enacted under the Third Reich ⓘ
region occupied Germany ⓘ
relatedTo Allied Control Council ⓘ
denazification ⓘ
legal purge of Nazi influence ⓘ
subject Nazi legislation ⓘ
constitutional and statutory framework of the Third Reich ⓘ

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Control Council Law No. 1 → alsoKnownAs → Law No. 1 of the Allied Control Council ⓘ
linked to: Control Council Law No. 1