Dear Herr Himmler!

For your information I submit in the enclosure[197] two copies of list reports to the Fuehrer about the death sentences passed since 3 September 1939, the day I have been put in charge of decisions about appeals for mercy in regard to death sentences—and about the decisions I made, or intend to make.

In regard to the shootings, mentioned at the end of list II it has been published in the press that the perpetrators, as for instance in the cases of Latacz, Jacobs, and Gluth, had made themselves guilty of resistance by force or, as for instance in the case of Potzleschak, had tried to escape. Let me point out that these publications—always using the same phraseology—were apt to attract the same attention of at least those persons who participated in the criminal proceedings. On the day before the shooting of Latacz the press had reported about the trial which took place in the hospital for prisoners on remand. Latacz who prior to his transfer was lying in the prison hospital, had a bandage with metal braces. Thus, also the broad public was informed about his physical condition, and knew that a resistance was hardly possible in such a condition.

Heil Hitler!

Yours very much devoted

To be signed by the Minister

[initialed] Dr. C.[198] [Crohne]

28 November

4. List compiled by the Reich Ministry of Justice tabulating information concerning 18 persons executed without sentence or after sentences for a term of years[199]

Current numberNameFacts in the caseProceedings and executionStage of in proceedings in which execution was carried outMethod of transmission of orders to us
1Johann Heinen, Dessau,
-g 10b 1634/39 g-		He was ordered to help in the construction of an air raid shelter and refused to do so arguing that he was a stateless person.No sentence.
Reich Ministry of Justice was informed by a newspaper notice. Shot on 7 September 1939.
 2Paul Mueller, Halle,
-g 10b 1634/39 g-		Arson and sabotage.
Details unknown.		No sentence.
Reich Ministry of Justice was informed by a newspaper notice. Shot on 15 September 1939.
 3August Dickmann, Dislaken,
-g 10b 1634/39 g-		As a Jehovah’s Witness he refused to serve in the Army.No sentence.
Reich Ministry of Justice was informed by a newspaper notice. Shot on 15 September 1939.
 4Horst Schmidt, Kassel,
-g 10b 1634/39 g-		Wearing the uniform of a navy officer he pretended to be a member of the crew of a victorious submarine and committed numerous frauds.No sentence.
Reich Ministry was informed by a newspaper notice. Shot on 6 November 1939.
 5Israel Mondschein, Kassel,
-g 10b 1634/39 g-		He committed rape using violence on a German girl.No sentence.
Reich Ministry was informed by a newspaper notice. Shot on 6 November 1939.
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 7		 a. Franz Broenne,
b. Anton Kropf,
prisoners in protective custody, Mauthausen
-g 10b 140/39 g-		They assaulted an SS guard and knocked him down.No sentence.
Reich Ministry was informed by a special delivery letter of the Reich leader SS of 9 December 1939. Were hanged on 8 December 1939.
 8Spressert,
-III g 10b 1859/39 g-		Attempted indecent assault on a half-Jewish girl, whose father was a Jew.No sentence.
Reich Ministry of Justice was informed by a newspaper notice.
 9Witte,
-g 10b 1859/39 g-		Refusal to work in a plant important to the war effort.No sentence.
Reich Ministry of Justice was informed by a newspaper notice.
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11		 a. Paul Latacz,
b. Erwin Jakobs, Berlin,
-g 10b 1846/39 g-		They attempted, on 30 September 1939, to rob the Teltow county savings bank.By sentence of the Berlin Special Court of 13 October 1939 sentenced to 10 years penitentiary.Shot on 14 October 1939 by order of the Fuehrer.No order was transmitted to the Reich Ministry Justice.
12Franz Potleschak, Langwied,
-g 10b 1743/39 g-		He snatched away a girl’s handbag from her, on 21 September 1939, taking advantage of the black-out.By sentence of the Munich Special Court of 6 October 1939 sentenced to 10 years penitentiary in accordance with paragraph 2 of the decree concerning public enemies.Shot on 16 October 1939.No transmission of orders to theReich Ministry of Justice, subsequent information by report of the senior prosecutor, Munich, and by letter of the Reich Leader SS of 29 November 1939 stating that the information had been omitted by mistake.
13Joachim Israel Joseph, Berlin-Spandau,
-g 10b 1895/39 g-		He committed 6 cases indecent assaults on girls under age, in the ages of 4–10 years.Sentence of the Berlin Special Court of 23 October 1939; for indecent assaults coinciding with race defilement, sentenced to 6 years penitentiary.Shot on 25 October 1939.Letter from Bormann of 25 October 1939 to the Reich Ministry of Justice stating that by order of the Fuehrer the Jew was to be handed over to the Secret State Police in order to be shot.
14Gustav Wolf, Naumburg,
-g 10b 1931/39 g-		He attacked a girl in broad daylight and after having repeatedly stabbed her with a knife, he robbed her wrist watch and attempted to commit an indecent assault.By sentence of the Criminal Court Naumburg of 25 October 1939 he was sentenced to 10 years penitentiary for highway robbery; and attempted rape.Shot on 1 or 2 December 1939 after sentencing.The order of the Fuehrer (through the Reich Leader SS) to the Reich Ministry of Justice was transmitted through Oberreg.rat Werner of the criminal police office, by telephone and letter on 1 December 1939, to the effect that the sentenced person was to be handed over to the Gestapo.
15Fritz Bremer, Breslau,
-g 10a 5631/39 g-		He called on family members of soldiers fallen in the Polish campaign and stated he had been informed by his nephew serving on the eastern front about the heroic death of the relative concerned. He presented letters written by himself allegedly written by his nephew and finally had “travel expenses and other costs” refunded to him.By sentence of the Special Court at Breslau of 14 December 1939 he was sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary in accordance with paragraph 4 of the decree concerning public enemies.Shot on 21 December 1939.The order of the Fuehrer was transmitted by phone and letter on 21 December 1939 by Oberfuehrer [Gruppenfuehrer] Schaub to senior public prosecutor, Joel.
16Max Gross, Munich,
-g 14.177/40 g-		On 13 November 1939 he took a 3-year-old boy with him and when the latter was reluctant, coerced him by slapping and tried to commit, as admitted by himself, an indecent assault on him. The crime was prevented by the arrival of the mother.By sentence of the Munich criminal of 5 January 1940 he was sentenced to 6 months in prison for duress in coincidence with bodily injury.Shot on 20 January 1940 after the extraordinary objection had been submitted to the special division of the Supreme Court (Reichsgericht). (In this connection, see remark 87).The order of the Fuehrer was transmitted by telephone by the Gruppenfuehrer Schaub to the senior public prosecutor, Joel. Later on confirmed by a letter of Schaub to Joel.
17Viktor Meyer, Berlin,
-g 14.225/40 g-		He stole things belonging to his brother and to a businesswoman (repeated offense) and knocked down and robbed a prostitute.By sentence of the Berlin Special Court of 19 January 1940 he was sentenced to 12 years in the penitentiary for repeated theft and for serious robbery in coincidence with bodily injury.Shot on 30 January 1940.Transmission by telephone of the Fuehrer’s order by Schaub to senior prosecutor Joel. Later confirmed by letter.
18Alfred Gluth, Marburg,
-g 5.4688/39 g-		7 cases of arson, from February to September 1939; buildings, shacks, storehouses, and supplies of agricultural products.By sentence of the Berlin Special Court of 17 November 1939 he was sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary [handwritten: prison?] for arson in coincidence with paragraph 1 of the decree concerning crimes committed by means of violence.Shot on 18 November 1939.No order received by the Reich Ministry of Justice. The case became known from newspaper reports.