Moreover, and as stated above, I consider it as undesirable in the interest of the administration of justice, and in order to remove any fears concerning influence exerted upon the judges, that officials of the public prosecutor’s office communicate “the opinion of the Reich Ministry of Justice” in the case on hand, or any orders which may have been issued to them concerning the penalties to be asked, to the court outside of the proceedings.
In view of the general importance of the matter, I thought it advisable to report about it.
[Typed] Signed: Hoelscher
Certified.
[Signed] R. Ottilie
[Seal] Berlin Court of Appeal
Clerk
- PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-752
- PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 24
EXTRACT FROM HITLER’S SPEECH TO THE GERMAN REICHSTAG, 26 APRIL 1942, REQUESTING CONFIRMATION OF THE RIGHT TO KEEP EVERYONE AT HIS DUTY AND EXPRESSING HIS INTENTION TO INTERVENE WHERE JUDGES “DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE DEMAND OF THE HOUR”[245]
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