2. File Memo by Lammers Concerning Discussion with Hitler’s Subject Decree on Authority for Confirmation of Sentences
To RK. [files] 6832 u. 6833 B.
Fuehrer Headquarters, 11 May 1942
Subject: Draft of a Fuehrer decree on the authority for confirmation in criminal cases
1. Miss Buege: (a) The enclosed letter[250] of the Reich Minister of Justice, dated 6 May 1942, addressed to me and also the enclosed notes of the Under Secretary Dr. Schlegelberger are to be registered under Rk., (b) the original copy of the Fuehrer decree is to be placed into a separate file.
[Handwritten] carried out.
[Initial] Bg
11 May
2. I have presented the matter to the Fuehrer on 7th instant and recommended the suggested decree. It seems to me indeed the only and safe way to master insufficient punishment in legal sentences.
The Fuehrer agreed to the decree in principle but could not decide on signing it; moreover, suggested whether it was not appropriate to soon fill in the position of Reich Minister of Justice and to leave the reform in question as well as the other reforms also to the new Reich Minister of Justice.