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Instructions to Herbert Klemm on the carrying out of executions
NMT 3
Authors
Otto Georg Thierack (President of People's Court; Minister of Justice, 1942-45)
Otto Georg Thierack
German politician (1889-1946)
- Born: 1889-04-19 (Wurzen)
- Died: 1946-10-26 1946-11-22 (Sennelager Civilian Internment Camp No. 7, Eselheide Paderborn)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: judge; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1932-01-01)
- Member of: Corps Guestphalia et Suevoborussia Marburg
- Participant in: Aryanization; The Holocaust (role: criminal)
- Position held: Federal Ministry of Justice; Judge of the People's Court; Reich Minister of Justice (period: 1942-08-20 through 1945-05-23; replaces: Franz Schlegelberger)
Date: 01 December 1942
Literal Title: Subject: Carrying-out of death sentences against marauders
Defendant: Herbert Klemm
Total Pages: 2
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NG-324
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 296
Document Book No: Prosecution 7
Citations: NMT 3 (page 2424), NMT 3 (page 4941)
HLSL Item No.: 6412
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NG-324: Draft of a letter from Thierack to Klemm, confirming the fact that death sentences are being carried out against pillagers