SECRET
High Command of the Armed Forces U n 16.18 WR( 1/3)
Berlin W 35, Tirpitzufer 72-76 2 September 1944
Refer to file number date and content.
To the German Armistice Commission re letter of 10.8.44 Az. 630/44.
For information to: OKW/WFSt/Qu/Verw.l, WFSt/Foreign Office Group.
Concerns: Status of Political Prisoners.
Reference: Fuehrer decree of 30.7.44 (OKW/WFSt/Qu 2/Verw.l Nr. 009169 g.K.) and decree OKW of 18.2.44 (WFSt/Qu 2/ Verw.l Nr. 009169 g.K) WR 1/3 Nr. 79/44 g.K.
Conforming to the decrees, all non-German civilians in occupied territory who have endangered the security and readiness for action of the occupying power by acts of terror and sabotage or in other ways are to be surrendered to the security police and to the security service (SD). Only those prisoners are excepted who were legally sentenced to death or were serving a sentence of confinement prior to the announcement of these decrees. Included in the punishable acts which endanger the security or readiness of action of the garrison power are also those of a political nature. The declaration of the senior office of the SS [Protection Corps] and Police with the Military Commander of France that he cannot
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answer questions about political prisoners during Anglo-American operations, includes therefore all political prisoners in the occupied French territories seized recently or to be seized in the near future.
The treatment of prisoners who are condemned according to the decree of the Fuehrer of December 7, 1941 (OKW/WR (1/3/4 14 n 16 Nr. 165/41 g) and who have no communication with the outer world, will soon be discussed with all interested officers.
By order
Sig. Dr. Lehmann
For correctness
BDC—OKW—1643 [Signature illegible.]
Instructions to the German Armistice Commission, that non-German civilians in the occupied territories who are arrested for terrorism or sabotage will be handed over to the security police and SD
Authors
Rudolf Lehmann (Dr., Lt. Gen.; Ministry of Justice; legal department, High Command of the Armed Forces)
Rudolf Lehmann
German military judge
- Born: 1890-12-11 (Poznań)
- Died: 1955-07-26 (Bonn)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: Judge advocate; judge; jurist; lawyer
- Participant in: High Command Trial (role: defendant); Judges' Trial (date: 1946-12-23; role: affiant)
- Military rank: Generaloberst
- Military branch: German Army
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/6125532
Date: 02 September 1944
Literal Title: Concerns: Status of Political Prisoners.
Defendant: Ernst Kaltenbrunner
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: PS-835
Citation: IMT (page 1992)
HLSL Item No.: 451705
Trial Issue
Document Summary
PS-835: Letter from OKW to the German Armistice Commission regarding the handing over of political saboteurs or suspects in France to the Gestapo and SD
PS-835: Secret letter from the Okw (dr. Lehmann) to the German armistice Commission, 2 September 1944: Non-germans from the occupied territories who have been arrested for resistance to the occupying power (including political prisoners), are to be handed over to the Sipo or the Sd