2. Draft enclosed with the letter of the Reich Ministry of Justice of 3 August 1942

Copy

[Handwritten] 1508/05

Ordinance concerning the restriction of legal rights for Jews in criminal cases

Of....................1942

The Ministerial Council for the defense of the Reich decrees with force of law:

Article 1

Jews are not entitled to make use of the right of appeal, revision (appeal for nullification pursuant to the former Austrian law which has remained in force), and complaint against decisions in criminal cases.

Jews cannot appeal to courts for a decision against sentences inflicted by the police.