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"Judges' Letter" distributing Justice Minister's comments on various recent cases

Richterbriefe (Judges Letter) Communications of the Reich Minister of Justice . . . Issue no. 1

HLSL Item No.: 5993

Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK)

Evidence Code: NG-298

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 81

Otto Georg Thierack

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Otto Georg Thierack

German politician (1889-1946)

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  • 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)

01 October 1942
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Extract from a Judges' Letter, on the need to set punishments to meet national interests

Excerpt from: . . . Letters to the Judges . . . Number 1

HLSL Item No.: 7458

Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK)

Evidence Code: NG-298

Exhibit Code: Oeschey 53

Otto Georg Thierack

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Otto Georg Thierack

German politician (1889-1946)

Image of Otto Georg Thierack
  • 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)

01 October 1942
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Transcript for NMT 3: Justice Case

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[ ... p. 400 ] briefs, which are contained in this document. They are documents which are numbered NG-298, at page 3; NG-315, at page 12; NG-321 at page 74. The [ ... p. 409 ] dissension between the various authorities." The prosecution offers to introduce into evidence, Prosecution's Exhibit No. 81, which is Document NG-298 in the [ ... ]

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Evidence Codes: NG-308, NG-298, NG-315

11 March 1947
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