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Volume III · Page 241
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| If a defendant is accused of high
treason or treason against his country, the assignment is to be determined by
the accusation of treason, if this is not irrelevant. Favoring the enemy by treasonous activities, defeatism, undermining of morale, or evasion of military service does not bear any influence on the assignment. Interrelated cases may be handled by one single senate in agreement with the other senates involved. Cases of nonagreement are to be submitted to me. |
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| For charges, entered before 1
April 1944 the former plan of distribution of work applies, however, I wish to
be notified by 1 June whether and which of these accusations are not yet
settled. Berlin, 1 April 1944 |
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| DR. FREISLER | |
| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-157 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 103 |
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| LETTER FROM THE
REICH MINISTER OF JUSTICE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S COURT, 18 OCTOBER 1944, COMMENTING UPON ITS FUNCTIONS AND THE SELECTION OF PRESIDING JUDGES" IN PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT POLITICAL CASES" |
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| [Handwritten] MIi Berlin, 18 October 1944 [Handwritten] T 276 | |
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| The Reich Minister of Justice | |
| To: The President of the People's
Court, Dr. Freisler Berlin W 9 Bellevuestrasse 15 |
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| [Handwritten] 18 October Bz . | |
| Dear Mr. President: The importance of the People's Court for the maintenance of the home front has greatly increased and is bound to increase still further after carrying into effect of the Fuehrer's decree of 20 September 1944. The functions of the People's Court must, therefore, not be confined to meting out adequate punishment to the accused, they must moreover fulfill the specific task of political leadership. This is inherent in the fact that the population not only recognizes the sentences of the People's Court as right, but that, more- [...over] |
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