The Reich Minister of Justice
Dr. Guertner
The Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces
Keitel
- PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF SCHLEGELBERGER DOCUMENT 88
- SCHLEGELBERGER DEFENSE EXHIBIT 81
EXTRACTS FROM DECREE, 21 FEBRUARY 1940, CONCERNING THE JURISDICTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS, SPECIAL COURTS, AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
1940 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 405
Upon the basis of legal authority and with the consent of the Plenipotentiary of the Four Year Plan [Goering] and the High Command of the Wehrmacht, the following is ordered:
Chapter I
Jurisdiction of the Criminal Courts