Reich Chancellery 5021 B—2 April 1941 Kri-Fi Record RH 4729 B 1b, 392 B

The Acting Reich Minister of Justice

Berlin, 1 April 1941

See Reich Chancellery 5194

Dear Reich Minister:

Upon receipt of your kind letter of 29 March 1941 I immediately consulted the files of the criminal case against the Polish farm hand Wolay Wojcieck. In the statement of the court the passage quoted in your letter is indeed to be found. By means of a circular letter with the order for immediate transmittal to all judges and public prosecutors I brought the mistake in the viewpoint, as it is shown in this passage of the court’s statement, to the attention of the administration of penal justice [Strafjustiz] without delay. I consider it impossible that such an incident will occur again.

I also had the responsible president of the Appellate court and the judges concerned ordered to report here tomorrow with the intention of changing responsibilities at the Lueneburg district court with a view to excluding the judges who cooperated in issuing the sentence from further employment in criminal jurisdiction.

Heil Hitler!