[445] Document NG-900, reproduced above in this section.
[446] Lieutenant General Rudolf Lehmann was head of the armed forces legal section. Lehmann also had the title of judge advocate general (Generaloberstabsrichter) and Ministerialdirektor. Lehmann, whose name comes up in ensuing documents, was sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment by Tribunal V in the High Command Case. Extracts from Lehmann’s testimony concerning the Night and Fog decree appear near the end of this section and more lengthy testimony by Lehmann on the same and related subjects appears in the materials on the High Command Case, United States vs. Wilhelm von Leeb, et al., Volumes X-XI, this series.
[447] This decree was the Night and Fog decree (1733-PS, Pros. Ex. 303) reproduced immediately below.
[448] This implementation decree is contained as the enclosure to Document 669-PS, Prosecution Exhibit 305 reproduced below after the Night and Fog decree.
[449] Distribution appears at end of document.
[450] Sometimes referred to as Document 665-PS. See transcript, 21 April 1947, page 2440.
[451] Defendant Schlegelberger testified that he signed the proposed executive order and that it was the same as the draft submitted in the document book, i.e., the draft enclosed hereto. See extracts from the testimony of defendant Schlegelberger reproduced later in this section.
[452] SS General Pohl, Chief of the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office, and a number of his subordinates, were tried in the Pohl Case (United States vs. Oswald Pohl, et al., Vol. V, this series).
[453] Request addition of case, as soon as available settled. [Signed] Ebersberg 12 Sept.
[454] Document NG-232, Prosecution Exhibit 308, reproduced earlier in this section.