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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT VON
KNIERIEM
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VON KNIERIEM DEFENSE
EXHIBIT 10 |
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EXTRACTS FROM "NATIONAL SOCIALIST PENAL LAW,"
A BOOK OF THE PRUSSIAN MINISTER OF JUSTICE, 1933, CONCERNINGHIGH
TREASON, THE BETRAYAL OF
MILITARY SECRETS, AND ECONOMIC
HIGH TREASON* |
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National Socialist Penal Law
White book by the Prussian
Minister of Justice R. von Decker,
Publishers, G. Schenck, Berlin W 9
Reproduction in whole or in part permitted only by special
permission of the publishers.
Copyright 1933 by R. von Decker
Publishers, G. Schenck,
Berlin W 9.
First Part
List of
Punishable Acts
First Main Group: The Protection of the National
Community
Section One
The Protection of the Constitution
Subsection One: The Protection of the Sovereignty of the State
Outside the Borders.
Chapter One: High Treason |
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Preservation of Existing Penal Protection
High
treason is the most discreditable and highly punishable crime against the
national community of which a person can be guilty. Only by heavy and
dishonoring punishment can such a deed be expiated. As the most serious attacks
on the life of an individual entail the death penalty, so anyone acting against
the life of the State in grave cases has to expect the death penalty; this is
in accordance with Germanic concepts of law. The existing law until recently
left serious gaps in the penal protection against high treason. During the
Marxist-Liberalist regime a closing of these gaps could not be envisaged. After
the victory of national socialism a radical change has been brought about and
by the law on treason against the German people and highly treasonable
activities of 28 February 1933 (Reich Law Gazette I, Page 85) |
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* All the extracts
contained in the exhibit are reproduced here.
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