[95] This extract is taken from Prof. Arthur Brand’s book, The German Civil Service Law, Berlin, 1937, p. 123. The book contains the law with extensive annotations and commentaries, as well as further regulations on the law.
[96] Note that the decree is dated 17 August 1938, at which time it was signed by Hitler and Keitel. It was not promulgated in the Reichsgesetzblatt, however, until 26 August 1939. The decree had no general preamble. The earlier articles are entitled: “1. Substantive law;” “2. Espionage;” “3. Guerrilla warfare;” and “4. Acts contrary to decrees issued by the commanders in occupied foreign territory.”
[97] Materials concerning the application of the law of “undermining of military efficiency” are reproduced below in section V-E.
[98] This decree was not published in the Reichsgesetzblatt. It was taken from a letter of 9 September 1939 from Meissner, chief of the Presidential Chancellery, transmitting this decree to the chief of the Reich Chancellery and to the chief of the Chancellery of the Fuehrer of the Nazi Party.
[99] Material concerning the application of laws on “public enemies” is reproduced below in section V E.
[100] For other decrees concerning the establishment and jurisdiction of “Special Courts,” see section C 3 below.
[101] Article 1 of this decree was also introduced as a part of Document NG-715, Prosecution Exhibit 112. This decree and a decree of 15 July 1942 extending the jurisdiction of SS courts into Bohemia and Moravia (reproduced later in this section as another part of Document NG-715, Prosecution Exhibit 112) were the subject of questions put to the defendant Schlegelberger by Judge Harding. This testimony is reproduced below in section V D 3.
[102] The SS Death Head units were in charge of the concentration camps.
[103] Material concerning the application of the laws on “public enemies” are reproduced below in section V E.
[104] The Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor, both announced in Nuernberg on 15 September 1939, were the basic parts of the so-called “Nuernberg Laws.” See the Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor, reproduced earlier in this section also as a part of Document NG-715, Prosecution Exhibit 112. Further decrees and other materials concerning Jews are reproduced below in section V D 2.