[Initial] F [Ficker] 2 June
[Decree delegating Right to pardon Poles and Jews to Reich Governors and Provincial Presidents]
I delegate for the duration of the war the exercise of the right to pardon Poles and Jews sentenced by the general courts in the Incorporated Eastern Territories (including the Special Courts), as far as the Fuehrer has delegated it to me and no other delegation has yet been made by me, to the Reich governors (attorneys general) each for his respective province, in the Reich provinces of Wartheland and Danzig-West Prussia and the provincial presidents of the provinces of Upper Silesia and East Prussia.
Berlin, 28 May 1942
The Acting Reich Minister of Justice
[Signed] Dr. Schlegelberger
(Seal)
to 9/70 East /2—II a-2-1054/42
7886 B 341357