[Signed] Dr. Crohne 10 September

[Signed] Ebersberg

[Initial] E

Notes for State Secretary Dr. Rothenberger

On 24 September a report was submitted to the Reich minister on the legal basis (Fuehrer decree for the prosecution of criminal acts against the Reich or the occupying power in the occupied territories of 7 December 1941 and orders for execution) and on the present stage of the so-called Nacht und Nebel proceedings.

On 1 September 1942 pending were—

1. With the Chief Public Prosecutor in Kiel (from the occupied Norwegian territories) 9 cases with a total of 262 accused.

2. With the Chief Public Prosecutor in Essen (from the occupied territories of Belgium and northern France) 180 cases with a total of 863 accused.