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Letter to the Reich ministers on Hitler's decree that his deputy, Hess, has a ministerial role in the preparation of laws and decrees concerning the individual states (including Austria)
IMT
Authors
Hans H. Lammers (Dr., Chief of Reich Chancellery)
Hans H. Lammers
German jurist, Nazi politician, and Head of the Reich Chancellery (1879-1962)
- Born: 1879-05-27 (Lubliniec)
- Died: 1962-01-04 (Düsseldorf)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: German National People's Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Participant in: Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, witness)
- Significant person: Adolf Hitler (role: superior); Karl Brandt (role: colleague)
Date: 12 April 1938
Defendant: Rudolf Hess
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: D-140
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 405
Document Book No: Prosecution X: Reich Cabinet
Citation: IMT (page 1718)
HLSL Item No.: 451332
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
D-140: Original letter from Dr. Lammers to Reich Ministers informing them of supplementary decree by Hitler re Hess's powers of law making