. NMT03-T0210
Volume III · Page 210
| (2) In the case of punishable acts committed against the discipline and courage required of a soldier, the regular penalty limits may be likewise exceeded, if the maintenance of discipline and the security of the military unit require it. | |
| Article II | |
| Article I applies also to acts
committed before this decree becomes effective. Fuehrer Headquarters, 5 May 1944 |
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| The Chief of the
High Command of the Armed Forces KEITEL |
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| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-1918 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 531 |
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| DECREE OF 25
AUGUST 1944, FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE TOTAL WAR EFFORT |
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| 1944 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 184 | |
| Pursuant to the decree of the Fuehrer concerning special powers of the Reich Minister of Justice,* of 20 August 1942 (Reichsgesetzblatt 1, p. 535), in connection with the decree of the Fuehrer concerning total war effort of 25 July 1944 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 161) the following is ordered in agreement with the Reich Minister and chief of the Reich chancellery, the chief of the Party Chancellery, and the Plenipotentiary for the Administration of the Reich. | |
| Article I | |
| (1) He who willfully or
negligently violates an order or prohibition contained in a legal decree or a
duly promulgated administrative order of the Reich government, any Supreme
Reich Authority or any other authority on the same level with it concerning
measures for implementing total war effort, will be punished with imprisonment
and/or a fine. (2) If the perpetrator is guilty of causing, by a willful violation, a serious disadvantage or a serious danger or, by a negligent violation, a specially serious advantage or a specially serious danger to the war effort or the security of the Reich, he may be punished with hard labor for a limited period, or for life, or with death. |
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| Article II | |
| This decree is also applicable if the legal decree or administra- […tion] | |
*Reproduced on page 207 as a part of Document NG-715, Prosecution Exhibit 112.
