[105] The reference is to Hitler’s speech to the Reichstag on the same day, 26 April 1942. Extracts from this speech (Doc. NG-752, Pros. Ex. 24) are reproduced below in section V C 2a.
[106] The decree of 17 October 1939 establishing special jurisdiction in criminal proceedings against members of the SS and members of police formations on special tasks, (Klemm Doc. 29, Klemm Ex. 29), is reproduced earlier in this section.
[107] Thierack at this time had just been appointed Reich Minister of Justice. From late January 1941 until the middle of August 1942, the defendant Schlegelberger had been acting Reich Minister of Justice. Evidence concerning developments in the administration of justice while Thierack was Reich Minister are reproduced below in section V C3.
[108] Martin Bormann, tried in absentia and sentenced to death by the International Military Tribunal. See Trial of the Major War Criminals, op. cit., volume I, page 367.
[109] Reproduced on page 184 as a part of Document NG-715, Prosecution Exhibit 112.
[110] Reproduced on page 207 as a part of Document NG-715, Prosecution Exhibit 112.
[111] At this time the defendant Klemm was one of several Under Secretaries (Staatssekretaere) in the Reich Ministry of Justice.
[112] Reproduced on page 207 as a part of Doc. NG-715, Pros. Ex. 112.
[113] Complete testimony is recorded in the mimeographed transcript, (31 July, 1 Aug. 1947), pages 6235–6271; 6274–6362.
[114] Defendant Mettgenberg later testified that in department III of the Ministry of Justice he held the position of “Referent for legislation in the field of international penal law” and that in department IV he was “a subdepartment chief in charge of a sphere of work which, above all, also concerned affairs of international penal law” (Tr. p. 6251).