On this day 147 years ago, the “Reichsgesetz über die Beurkundung des Personenstands und die Eheschließung” (Imperial Law on the Registration of Personal Status and Marriage) was enacted. The law, which came into force on January 1, 1876, made it...
Until the abolition of the regular inquiry, a total of 1.4 million people were examined by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, 1,100 applicants were not hired, and more than 11,000 disciplinary investigations were initiated against public service employees.