To enforce a German law enacted by the Nazis. This tells you who Zero really is.
Article said the German law was enacted in 1918 so it isn’t a NAZI law.
In 1918 the NAZI party wasn’t even a gleam in old Adolphs eye yet.
NAZIS didn’t gain any real power until after 1933.
It is though, a real GERMAN; DER STATE IST UBER ALLES type of law for that period.