Insofar as Berlin exerts pressure concerning the speed with which the verdicts are delivered, this pressure must not go beyond the field of the administration of justice and affect the judges. The verdict must be submitted before the death sentence is carried out. In his opinion a typewritten report on the oral verdict, as prescribed for Hamburg, is sufficient.
He considers that the publication of sensational reports in the press on such trials is extremely undesirable; there was general agreement on this. Senator Dr. Rothenberger promised that he would personally contact the competent authorities in order to stop such reports in the future.
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V. The Chief Public Prosecutor then reported briefly that civil servants with Jewish blood are on principle excluded from employment and that it is necessary to make a report on exceptions.
No pressure is to be put on civil servants to induce them to subscribe to the Party newspapers.
VI. Senator Dr. Rothenberger then stated the ministry’s opinion on various special questions concerning the legal treatment of Jews.
(1) In cases where a Jew asks a bailiff to execute a sentence against an Aryan, the bailiff is not authorized to refuse to do so.
(2) Aryan tenants of a Jewish landlord are obliged to pay rent.
(3) Jews enjoy protection against eviction and tenant’s protection to the same extent as Aryans.
(4) The order suspending execution also applies to Jews in accordance with the laws in effect. There may be exceptions in individual cases, when it is purely a matter of opinion, for example when a radio is seized.[314]