If it should occur that prisoners who come under the Nacht und Nebel Decree, have, through an error, had the opportunity of informing their relatives, further exchange of correspondence with their relatives should, for tactical reason, be granted them within the framework of the general regulations regarding correspondence for persons under protective custody.
[Typed] Signed: Dr. Hoffmann
Certified true copy.
Natzweiler, 24 August 1942
[Signed] Melzer
[Seal]
SS Corporal
- TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-228
- PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 312
MEMORANDUMS OF DEFENDANT VON AMMON TO DEFENDANT ROTHENBERGER, 9 AND 26 SEPTEMBER 1942, CONCERNING PENDING NIGHT AND FOG CASES AND THE HANDLING OF THESE PRISONERS
1. Note. Criminal proceedings according to the directives of the Fuehrer for the prosecution of criminal acts against the Reich or the occupying power in the occupied territories of 7 December 1941[453] (so-called Nacht und Nebel cases) pending on 1 September 1943 are—