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| 3. SPECIAL COURTS* | |
| PARTIAL
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-715 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 112 |
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| DECREE OF THE
REICH GOVERNMENT, 21 MARCH 1933, ON THE FORMATION OF SPECIAL COURTS |
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| 1933 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 136 | |
| Pursuant to chapter II of part six of the third decree of the Reich President to safeguard economy and finances and to combat political excesses, of 6 October 1931, (Reichsgesetzblatt 1, pp. 537, 565) the following is decreed: | |
| Article 1 | |
| (1) A Special Court will be
created for the district of each court of appeal. (2) The Special Courts are courts of the States. (3) The Legal Administration of the respective States determines the seats of the Special Courts. |
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| Article 2 | |
| The Special Courts have jurisdiction over crimes and offenses enumerated in the decree of the Reich President for the protection of people and State of 28 February 1933 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 83) and in the decree concerning the defense against insidious attacks against the government of the national revolution of 21 March 1933 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 135), provided that such crimes and offenses are not within the jurisdiction of the Reich Supreme Court or the courts of appeal. | |
| Article 3 | |
| (1) The Special Courts shall also
be competent if a crime or offense within their jurisdiction constitutes at the
same time another punishable act. (2) If another punishable act is factually connected with 3 crime or offense within the jurisdiction of the Special Courts, the proceedings against the perpetrators and participants of the other punishable act may be brought before the Special Court by way of combination. |
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*A number of the contemporaneous documents reproduced later in this volume deal with trials held before special Courts. Among the specific case, treated herein are the Katzenberger case (Doc. NG 270, Pros. Ex. 155, and Doc. NG-154, Pros. Ex. 152), reproduced in part below in section V D2; the Kaminska-Wdowen case (Doc. No 457, Pros. Ex. 201) reproduced in part below in section V D2; and the Father Schosser, case (Doc. NG-1808, Pros. Ex. 557) reproduced in part below in section V F.
