[Signed] Dr. Guertner
The above note, I handed over to colleague Lammers on 28 September 1939.
Berlin, 30 September 1939
[Signed] Dr. Guertner
2. Handwritten File Note by Guertner, 14 October 1939, on a Conference with Lammers Concerning Executions Without Trial upon Order of Hitler
Note: 14 October 1939, 12:00 V. [Noon]
Lammers saw me by order of the Fuehrer.
He said that yesterday he had informed the Fuehrer about the contents of my manuscript. The Fuehrer said he had not issued general directions. He said he had ordered the 3 executions [Erschiessungen]. He also could not give up this right in individual cases, since the courts (military and civilian) did not prove capable of coping with the peculiar conditions of war.
Thus, he had ordered now the execution of the Teltow bank robbers. Himmler would contact me in this matter before the day is over.
14 October 1939