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| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 654-PS PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 39 |
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| MEMORANDUM OF THE
REICH MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON A CONFERENCE WITH HIMMLER, 18 SEPTEMBER 1942, CONCERNING "SPECIAL TREATMENT AT THE HANDS OF THE POLICE" WHERE "JUDICIAL SENTENCES ARE NOT SEVERE ENOUGH", THE WORKING OF "ASOCIAL ELEMENTS" TO DEATH, AND OTHER MATTERS |
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| Discussion with Reich Leader SS
Himmler on 18 September 1942 at his field headquarters in the presence of Under
Secretary Dr. Rothenberger, SS Major General Streckenbach, and SS Lieutenant
Colonel Bender. 1. Correction [Handwritten insertion: "Lammers informed"] by special treatment at the hands of the police [durch polizeiliche Sonderbehandlung] in cases where judicial sentences arc not severe enough. On the suggestion of Reichsleiter Bormann, the following agreement was reached between the Reich Leader SS and myself: a. On principle, the Fuehrer's time is no longer to be burdened with these matters. b. The Reich Minister of Justice will decide whether and when special treatment [polizeiliche Sonderbehandlung] at the hands of the police is to be applied. c. The Reich Leader SS will send the reports which he hitherto sent to Reichsleiter Bormann, to the Reich Minister of Justice. d. If the views of the Reich Leader SS and those of the Reich Minister of Justice agree, the final decision on the case will rest with them. e. If their views are not in agreement, Reichsleiter Bormann will be asked for his opinion, and he will possibly inform the Fuehrer. f. In cases where the Fuehrer's decision on a mild sentence is sought through other channels (such as by a letter from a Gauleiter) Reichsleiter Bormann will forward the report to the Reich Minister of Justice. The case will then be decided as described above by the Reich Leader SS and the Reich Minister of Justice. 2. Delivery of asocial elements [asozialer Elemente] while serving penal sentences to the Reich Leader SS to be worked to death [zur Vernichtung durch Arbeit]. Persons under security detention, Jews, gypsies, Russians, and Ukrainians; Poles with more than 3-year sentences; and Czechs and Germans with more than 8-year sentences, will be turned over without exception, according to the decision of the Reich Minister of Justice. First of all, the worst asocial elements among those just mentioned are |
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