3 December 1942
- TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-412
- PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 77
REQUEST BY UNDER SECRETARY FREISLER FOR A “DRAFT ON THE RETROACTIVE EFFECT OF THE MORE SEVERE NATIONAL SOCIALIST REGULATIONS” FOR TREASON, 18 MAY 1942; AN INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM THEREON, AND A CIRCULAR LETTER FROM DEFENDANT SCHLEGELBERGER TO VARIOUS REICH AUTHORITIES ATTACHING A DRAFT OF A PROPOSED LAW AND REQUESTING APPROVAL
[Handwritten] Reich Chief Prosecutor Lautz will return from official trip on 22 May.
To Ministerialdirektor Schaefer
I ask you to submit as soon as possible a draft on the retroactive effect of the more severe National Socialist regulations for cases of treason upon the earlier period. You can perhaps discuss the cause with the Chief Reich Prosecutor on the telephone.
18 May 1942
[Initial] Fr (Freisler)
[Handwritten Notes] Urgent
Herr Rietzsch: