+------------------------+ | HITLER | | As Reich Chancellor | |and Fuehrer of the NSDAP| +-----------+------------+ | +---------------------------+-----------------------------+ | | | +--------------+ | +---------------------------+ |REICH CHANCERY| | | PARTY CHANCERY |-------------------+ | (LAMMERS) | | | (BORMANN) | | +--------------+ | |KLEMM _Dept. IIIc until 44_| +-----------------------+ | +---------------------------+ |REICH DEFENSE COMMISSARS| | |Usually NSDAP-Gauleiter | | +------------------------+ | | +--------------+ +--------------------------------------+ | | OKW (KEITEL) | | REICH MINISTER OF JUSTICE | | |Legal Division| |Acting Minister SCHLEGELBERGER 1941–42|... | | (LEHMANN) | | Minister THIERACK 1942–45 | . | +--------------+ +--------------------------------------+ . | | | . | | +----------------------+ . +-------------------+ | | STATE SECRETARY | ...............................| COURTS MARTIAL | | |SCHLEGELBERGER 1930–42| . | eg. OESCHEY | | |ROTHENBERGER 1942–44|............. |(_after Feb. 1945_)| | |KLEMM 1944–45| +-------------------+ _LIAISON_ +----------------------+ | | +--------------------------+----------------------------+-----------+------------+------------------------------+ | | | | | | +--------------------+ +-------------------------+ +--------------------+ | +-----------------------+ +-----------------------+ +-------------+ | DIVISION III | | DIVISION IV | | DIVISION V | | | DIVISION VI | | SECRET DIVISION XV | |RSHA, SS, and| |Criminal Legislation| |Criminal Admin. and Proc.| |Penal Administration| | |Civil Law and Procedure| |Prison Inmate Transfers| | GESTAPO | | eg. METTGENBERG | | eg. METTGENBERG | | Chief: ENGERT | | | Chief: ALTSTOETTER | | Chief: ENGERT | | (HIMMLER) | | von AMMON | | von AMMON | +--------------------+ | +-----------------------+ +-----------------------+ +-------------+ +--------------------+ | JOEL (_until 1943_) | | . . +-------------------------+ | ......._LIAISON_....... .....................+-------------------------+ . | | . | | +-------------+ | +----------------------------+ | REICH | | | PEOPLE’S COURT | |SUPREME COURT| | |eg. LAUTZ BARNICKEL NEBELUNG| +-------------+ | | ROTHAUG ENGERT PETERSEN| | +----------------------------+ | +---------------------------+ |PROVINCIAL COURTS OF APPEAL| | eg. JOEL (_after 1943_) | +---------------------------+ | ....................+---------------------+ . | +---------------+ +----------------------+ |DISTRICT COURTS| | SPECIAL COURTS | +---------------+ | eg. CUHORST | . | OESCHEY | +---------------+ |ROTHAUG (_until 1943_)| | LOCAL COURTS | +----------------------+ +---------------+
3. SPECIAL COURTS[122]
- PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-715
- PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 112
DECREE OF THE REICH GOVERNMENT, 21 MARCH 1933, ON THE FORMATION OF SPECIAL COURTS
1933 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 136
Pursuant to chapter II of part six of the third decree of the Reich President to safeguard economy and finances and to combat political excesses, of 6 October 1931, (Reichsgesetzblatt I, pp. 537, 565) the following is decreed:
Article 1
(1) A Special Court will be created for the district of each court of appeal.
(2) The Special Courts are courts of the States.
(3) The Legal Administration of the respective States determines the seats of the Special Courts.