Furthermore, I request the Gauleiter to inform the Party Chancellery of good and bad verdicts, as far as they come to their knowledge, and as far as they may be used in the Judges’ Letters. We will then discuss the relevant parts with the Reich Minister of Justice.
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- TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-676
- PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 178
LETTER FROM DEFENDANT KLEMM TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE STUTTGART COURT OF APPEAL, 5 JULY 1944, STATING SENTENCES IN THAT AREA WERE TOO LENIENT, PARTICULARLY IN CASES IN WHICH DEFENDANT CUHORST PRESIDED[288]
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The Reich Ministry of Justice
IV secret I 5045/44
Berlin W 8, 5 July 1944
To the
President of the District Court of Appeal