HITLER DECREE, 20 AUGUST 1942, CONCERNING SPECIAL POWERS AUTHORIZING THE REICH MINISTER OF JUSTICE TO DEVIATE FROM ANY EXISTING LAW IN ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL SOCIALIST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

1942 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 535

Decree of the Fuehrer concerning Special Powers of the Reich Minister of Justice

To fulfill the tasks of the Greater German Reich, a strong administration of justice is necessary. Therefore, I commission and empower the Reich Minister of Justice[107] to establish a national socialist administration of justice and to take all necessary measures in accordance with my directives and instructions and in agreement with the Reich Minister and chief of the Reich Chancellery and the chief of the Party Chancellery.[108] In doing so, he can deviate from any existing law.

Fuehrer Headquarters, 20 August 1942

The Fuehrer

Adolf Hitler

The Reich Minister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery

Dr. Lammers