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Volume III · Page 596
| Senator Dr. Rothenberger completed this
statement by saying that it was the Fuehrer's express wish that the woman be
exempted from punishment; the Fuehrer had not yet made a final decision in the
matter of false statements. It should therefore be arranged that in such cases
the indictment be temporarily postponed according to article 169. If necessary,
a legal regulation may be expected in the near future. III. Concerning the extent of the cases tried in accordance with the gangster decree, the Chief Public Prosecutor reports that up to now 15 cases have been tried by special court in the Reich territory, most of them in Hamburg. Care must be taken that accomplices do not escape punishment through the carrying out of the trial before a Special Court. The complete verdict must, on principle, be submitted before the death sentence is carried out. Senator Dr. Rothenberger declared that it would be advisable to make the fullest possible use of the possibilities of the gangster decree. The Hamburg cases were considered suitable in Berlin. The Ministry had now realized that summary courts of the Hamburg type offer the only proper solution; they will therefore be maintained. Insofar as Berlin exerts pressure concerning the speed with which the verdicts are delivered, this pressure must not go beyond the field of the administration of justice and affect the judges. The verdict must be submitted before the death sentence is carried out. In his opinion a typewritten report on the oral verdict, as prescribed for Hamburg, is sufficient. He considers that the publication of sensational reports in the press on such trials is extremely undesirable; there was general agreement on this. Senator Dr. Rothenberger promised that he would personally contact the competent authorities in order to stop such reports in the future. |
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| V. The Chief Public Prosecutor then reported
briefly that civil servants with Jewish blood are on principle excluded from
employment and that it is necessary to make a report on exceptions. No pressure is to be put on civil servants to induce them to subscribe to the Party newspapers. VI. Senator Dr. Rothenberger then stated the ministry's opinion on various special questions concerning the legal treatment of Jews. (1) In cases where a Jew asks a bailiff to execute a sentence against an Aryan, the bailiff is not authorized to refuse to do so. (2) Aryan tenants of a Jewish landlord are obliged to pay rent. |
