3. For the files.
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- TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 654-PS
- PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 39
MEMORANDUM OF THE REICH MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON A CONFERENCE WITH HIMMLER, 18 SEPTEMBER 1942, CONCERNING “SPECIAL TREATMENT AT THE HANDS OF THE POLICE” WHERE “JUDICIAL SENTENCES ARE NOT SEVERE ENOUGH”, THE WORKING OF “ASOCIAL ELEMENTS” TO DEATH, AND OTHER MATTERS
Discussion with Reich Leader SS Himmler on 18 September 1942 at his field headquarters in the presence of Under Secretary Dr. Rothenberger, SS Major General Streckenbach, and SS Lieutenant Colonel Bender.
1. Correction [Handwritten insertion: “Lammers informed”] by special treatment at the hands of the police [durch polizeiliche Sonderbehandlung] in cases where judicial sentences are not severe enough. On the suggestion of Reichsleiter Bormann, the following agreement was reached between the Reich Leader SS and myself:
a. On principle, the Fuehrer’s time is no longer to be burdened with these matters.
b. The Reich Minister of Justice will decide whether and when special treatment [polizeiliche Sonderbehandlung] at the hands of the police is to be applied.
c. The Reich Leader SS will send the reports which he hitherto sent to Reichsleiter Bormann, to the Reich Minister of Justice.
d. If the views of the Reich Leader SS and those of the Reich Minister of Justice agree, the final decision on the case will rest with them.