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Letter to the Minister of Justice (Thierack) concerning the legal protection of foreign citizens who are "racial Germans," with a file on some cases

NMT 3

Authors

Paul Barnickel (Dr., Public Prosecutor, People's Court)

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Paul Barnickel

German judge

Born: 1885-05-04 (Augsburg)
Died: 1966-06-04 (Munich)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: judge; lawyer; prosecutor
Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1933-05-01)
Member of: Sturmabteilung
Participant in: Judges' Trial (role: defendant); Pohl Trial (date: 1947-06-13; role: affiant)
Position held: Judge of the People's Court (since: 1938-01-01)

Ernst Lautz (chief prosecutor, People's Court, Berlin)

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Ernst Lautz

German judge

Born: 1887-11-13 (Wiesbaden)
Died: 1979-01-22 1977-01-22 (Lübeck)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: judge; prosecutor
Member of political party: German People's Party; Nazi Party (since: 1933-05-01)
Participant in: Judges' Trial (role: defendant)
VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/294962349
ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000399664933

Date: 23 February 1942

Literal Title: Subject: application of paragraph 91, art. 2, Penal Code . . . For the protection of racial Germans with foreign citizenship.

Defendants: Paul Barnickel, Ernst Lautz

Total Pages: 8

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NG-548

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 347

Document Book No: Prosecution 3

HLSL Item No.: 6139

Notes:The letter states that the issue was raised by Himmler. The report is by Lautz; it is not clear whether the cover letter is by Barnickel or Lautz.

Trial Issue

Germanization of persons, property, or occupied territories (IMT, NMT 3, 8)

Document Summary

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NG-548: Letter, signed by Lautz, to the Minister of Justice, quoting Himm-ler and Hitler on the prosecution of persons who formerly had turned over German Fifth Columnists to Polish authorities

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NG-548: Letter by Lautz re prosecution of persons who formerly had turned over German 5th Columnist to Polish authorities.

Letter by Lautz re prosecution of persons who formerly had turned over German 5th Columnists to Polish authorities.