The Programme of the German Workers'
Party is designed to be of limited duration. The leaders have no intention,
once the aims announced in it have been achieved, of establishing fresh
ones, merely in order to increase, artificially, the discontent of the
masses and so ensure the continued existence of the Party.
1. We demand the union of all Germany in a
Greater Germany on the basis of the right of national self-determination.
2. We demand equality of rights for the German
people in its dealings with other nations, and the revocation of the peace
treaties of Versailles and Saint-Germain.
3. We demand land and territory (colonies)
to feed our people and to settle our surplus population.
4. Only members of the nation may be citizens
of the State. Only those of German blood, whatever be their creed, may
be members of the nation. Accordingly, no Jew may be a member of the nation.
5. Non-citizens may live in Germany only as
guests and must be subject to laws for aliens.
6. The right to vote on the State's government
and legislation shall be enjoyed by the citizens of the State alone. We
demand therefore that all official appointments, of whatever kind, whether
in the Reich, in the states or in the smaller localities, shall be held
by none but citizens.
We oppose the corrupting parliamentary custom
of filling posts merely in accordance with party considerations, and without
reference to character or abilities.
7. We demand that the State shall make it its
primary duty to provide a livelihood for its citizens. If it should prove
impossible to feed the entire population, foreign nationals (non-citizens)
must be deported from the Reich.
8. All non-German immigration must be prevented.
We demand that all non-Germans who entered Germany after 2 August 1914
shall be required to leave the Reich forthwith.
9. All citizens shall have equal rights and
duties.
10. It must be the first duty of every citizen
to perform physical or mental work. The activities of the individual must
not clash with the general interest, but must proceed within the framework
of the community and be for the general good.
We demand therefore:
11. The abolition of incomes unearned by work.
The breaking of the slavery of interest
12. In view of the enormous sacrifices of life
and property demanded of a nation by any war, personal enrichment from
war must be regarded as a crime against the nation. We demand therefore
the ruthless confiscation of all war profits.
13. We demand the nationalization of all businesses
which have been formed into corporations (trusts).
14. We demand profit-sharing in large industrial
enterprises.
15. We demand the extensive development of
insurance for old age.
16. We demand the creation and maintenance
of a healthy middle class, the immediate communalizing of big department
stores, and their lease at a cheap rate to small traders, and that the
utmost consideration shall be shown to all small traders in the placing
of State and municiple orders.
17. We demand a land reform suitable to our
national requirements, the passing of a law for the expropriation of land
for communal purposes without compensation; the abolition of ground rent,
and the prohibition of all speculation in land. *
18. We demand the ruthless prosecution of those
whose activities are injurious to the common interest. Common criminals,
usurers, profiteers, etc., must be punished with death, whatever their
creed or race.
19. We demand that Roman Law, which serves
a materialistic world order, be replaced by a German common law.
20. The State must consider a thorough reconstruction
of our national system of education (with the aim of opening up to every
able and hard-working German the possibility of higher education and of
thus obtaining advancement). The curricula of all educational establishments
must be brought into line with the requirements of practical life. The
aim of the school must be to give the pupil, beginning with the first sign
of intelligence, a grasp of the nation of the State (through the study
of civic affairs). We demand the education of gifted children of poor parents,
whatever their class or occupation, at the expense of the State.
21. The State must ensure that the nation's
health standards are raised by protecting mothers and infants, by prohibiting
child labor, by promoting physical strength through legislation providing
for compulsory gymnastics and sports, and by the extensive support of clubs
engaged in the physical training of youth.
22. We demand the abolition of the mercenary
army and the foundation of a people's army.
23. We demand legal warfare on deliberate political
mendacity and its dissemination in the press. To facilitate the creation
of a German national press we demand:
(a) that all editors of, and contributors
to newspapers appearing in the German language must be members of the nation;
(b) that no non-German newspapers may appear
without the express permission of the State. They must not be printed in
the German language;
(c) that non-Germans shall be prohibited by
law from participating financially in or influencing German newspapers,
and that the penalty for contravening such a law shall be the suppression
of any such newspaper, and the immediate deportation of the non-Germans
involved.
The publishing of papers which are not conducive
to the national welfare must be forbidden. We demand the legal prosecution
of all those tendencies in art and literature which corrupt our national
life, and the suppression of cultural events which violate this demand.
24. We demand freedom for all religious denominations
in the State, provided they do not threaten its existence not offend the
moral feelings of the German race.
The Party, as such, stands for positive Christianity,
but does not commit itself to any particular denomination. It combats the
Jewish-materialistic spirit within and without us, and is convinced that
our nation can achieve permanent health only from within on the basis of
the principle: The common interest before self-interest.
25. To put the whole of this programme into
effect, we demand the creation of a strong central state power for the
Reich; the unconditional authority of the political central Parliament
over the entire Reich and its organizations; and the formation of Corporations
based on estate and occupation for the purpose of carrying out the general
legislation passed by the Reich in the various German states.
The leaders of the Party promise to work ruthlessly
-- if need be to sacrifice their very lives -- to translate this programme
into action.
