“The same applies in the future to Poles who after serving a term of imprisonment of more than 6 months are to be discharged by a penal institution.”
It was stated that the ruling replaces previous orders. The instrument is stamped “Reich Ministry of Justice” and is signed by Dr. Eichler.
As a crowning example of fanatical imbecility, we cite the following document issued in April 1943 which was sent to the desk of the defendant Rothenberger for his attention and was initialed by him (NG-1656, Pros. Ex. 535):
“The Reich Minister of Justice “Information for the Fuehrer “1943 No.
“After the birth of her child a full-blooded Jewess sold her mother’s milk to a pediatrician and concealed that she was a Jewess. With this milk babies of German blood were fed in a nursing home for children. The accused will be charged with deception. The buyers of the milk have suffered damage, for mother’s milk from a Jewess cannot be regarded as food for German children. The impudent behavior of the accused is an insult as well. Relevant charges, however, have not been applied for, so that the parents, who are unaware of the true facts, need not subsequently be worried.
“I shall discuss with the Reich health leader the racial-hygienic aspect of the case.
“Berlin, April 1943”.
The witness Lammers, former Chief of the Reich Chancellery, testified as follows:[663]
“Q. * * * Now, you answered Dr. Kubuschok that the subject of sterilization of half-Jews was an alternative to their being moved to the East and that it had been raised by half-Jews themselves in 1942 or prior thereto.”
“A. Yes. I said so.”