The Reich Minister of Justice
Dr. Guertner
- PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-715
- PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 112
EXTRACTS FROM DECREE OF 5 DECEMBER 1933 FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE LAW FOR THE PREVENTION OF PROGENY WITH HEREDITARY DISEASES
1933 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 1021
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Section 1
(Concerning article 1, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the basic law)[138]
A condition for sterilization is that the disease, although only temporarily manifested from a latent tendency, has been established beyond any doubt by a doctor approved by the German Reich.
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