Keitel
- PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-715
- PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 112
DECREE, 5 SEPTEMBER 1939, AGAINST PUBLIC ENEMIES[99]
1939 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 1679
The Ministerial Council for the Defense of the Reich decrees with the force of Law:
Article 1
Looting in Liberated Territory
(1) Whoever is found looting in liberated territory or in buildings or rooms voluntarily vacated will be punished by death.
(2) This crime is subject to the jurisdiction of the Special Courts,[100] insofar as field military courts have no jurisdiction.
(3) The death penalty may be executed by hanging.