In the Name of the German People
In the case against—
1. the porter Paul Stefanowicz, from Berlin, born 5 January 1922 in Olyka (District of Rovno),
2. the laborer Franz Lenczewski, from Berlin, born 1 August 1924 in Sandec (Government General), Poland, at present in custody pending trial for treasonable intent, et cetera, the People’s Court, First Senate, on the basis of the session of 21 May 1943, in which the following participated as judges:
- People’s Court Senior Judge Laemmle, President
- District Court President Dr. Schlemann,
- SA Gruppenfuehrer Haas,
- SA Brigadefuehrer Hohm,
- SA Gruppenfuehrer Koeglmaier,
as representative of the Chief Reich Prosecutor [the defendant Lautz]:
Local Court Judge Dr. Pilz,
found:
As Poles, the defendants harmed the interests of the Reich by leaving their places of work in Berlin in August 1942 and going to the Reich border, with the intention of remaining in Switzerland until the end of the war.
The defendant Stefanowicz is therefore condemned to death.