“The aim to create a special law for Poles and Jews in the eastern territories was pursued further according to plan by the ordinance dated 6 June 1940. By this ordinance German penal law, which had been used in the eastern territories already from the outset was formally made applicable.”
There I skip three lines.
“The procedure for enforcing a prosecution has been abrogated for it seems intolerable that Poles or Jews should be able to force the German public prosecutor to launch an accusation. Poles and Jews have also been deprived of the right to prosecute in their own names or join the public prosecutor in an action. In addition to this special law in the sphere of procedure, some special conditions have been included in Article 2 of the introductory ordinance. These provisions were established in agreement with the Reich Minister of the Interior by reason of requirements which had arisen. From the beginning it was intended to augment the special conditions in case of need. This need, which had become apparent in the meantime, should be met by an executive and supplementary order to be added to the original ordinance and which was referred to in the letter from the Deputy of the Führer. . . .”
I turn to the next page, top of the page:
“After I was informed of the express wish of the Führer that, as a matter of principle, Poles and presumably the Jews, too, are to be treated differently from the Germans within this sphere of penal law, after preliminary discussions,”—et cetera,—“I draw up the enclosed draft concerning criminal law and procedure against Poles and Jews. . . .”
I skip to the next paragraph:
“The draft represents altogether special law, both in the sphere of penal law and penal procedure. The suggestions of the Deputy of the Führer have been taken into consideration to a far reaching extent. Number 1, Paragraph 3, contains a general crime formula on the basis of which any Pole or Jew in the eastern territory can in future be prosecuted and any kind of punishment can be inflicted on him for any attitude or action which is considered punishable and is directed against Germans.”
Then I go on to the next paragraph:
“In accordance with the opinion of the Deputy of the Führer, I started from the point of view that the Pole is less susceptible to the infliction of ordinary imprisonment.”
And a few lines further down: