(6) The fact that a debtor is a Jew should as a rule be a reason for arresting him. However, it depends upon the individual case.
(7) Security for the costs of litigation must not be demanded from a Jew to a larger extent than from anybody else.
(8) Naturally, a Jew may be heard as a witness, but extreme caution is to be exercised in weighing this testimony. Senator Dr. Rothenberger requested that no verdict should be passed in Hamburg, when a sentence would exclusively be based on the testimony of a Jew.
Senator Dr. Rothenberger then requested the presiding and supervising judges to accordingly and urgently call the attention of the judges concerned to the questions dealt with.
- TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-590
- PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 198
LETTER FROM THE REICH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, SIGNED BY DEFENDANT METTGENBERG, TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE CHIEF PUBLIC PROSECUTOR IN HAMBURG, 1 APRIL 1939, CONCERNING THE REDESIGNATION OF JEWISH NAMES IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
Carbon Copy
The Reich Minister of Justice
III g^9 93/39
Berlin, 1 April 1939