"Restrictions on personal liberty, on the right of free expression of opinion, including freedom of the press; on the rights of assembly and association; and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications and warrants for house searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property, are also permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed."

Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the People and State. Issued by President Hindenburg at the request of Chancellor Hitler, 28 February 1933. Published in the Reich Law Gazette.