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Circular letter to judges and prosecutors instructing them to carry out Hitler's policy of punishing those who act to weaken morale during the war

HLSL Item No.: 5978

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

Evidence Code: NG-508

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 72

Franz Schlegelberger

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Franz Schlegelberger

German judge and politician (1876-1970)

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  • Born: 1876-10-23 (Königsberg)
  • Died: 1970-12-14 (Flensburg)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: judge; jurist; politician; university teacher
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party
  • Participant in: Judges' Trial (role: defendant)
  • Significant person: Reinhold Richter (role: acquaintance)
  • Position held: Federal Ministry of Justice; Reich Minister of Justice (period: 1941-01-30 through 1942-08-19; replaced by: Otto Georg Thierack; replaces: Franz Gürtner)

Adolf Hitler

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Adolf Hitler

Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)

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  • Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
  • Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
  • Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
  • Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
  • Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
  • Member of: Nazi Party
  • Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
  • Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin

15 December 1941
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Extract from a circular letter to judges and prosecutors, with a quotation from Hitler on the punishment of those who undermine the war effort or the government's authority

From Document NG-508, exhibit 72 . . . To the Presiding Judges of the District Courts of Appeal and General Public Prosecutors

HLSL Item No.: 7573

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

Evidence Code: NG-508

Exhibit Code: Petersen 5

Franz Schlegelberger

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Franz Schlegelberger

German judge and politician (1876-1970)

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  • Born: 1876-10-23 (Königsberg)
  • Died: 1970-12-14 (Flensburg)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: judge; jurist; politician; university teacher
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party
  • Participant in: Judges' Trial (role: defendant)
  • Significant person: Reinhold Richter (role: acquaintance)
  • Position held: Federal Ministry of Justice; Reich Minister of Justice (period: 1941-01-30 through 1942-08-19; replaced by: Otto Georg Thierack; replaces: Franz Gürtner)

Adolf Hitler

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Adolf Hitler

Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)

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  • Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
  • Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
  • Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
  • Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
  • Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
  • Member of: Nazi Party
  • Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
  • Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin

11 December 1941
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MR. WOOLEYHAN: The prosecution wishes to offer into evidence as Exhibit No. 72, Document NG-508 [ ... ]

Source of Text: Trial Transcript

Evidence Codes: NG-445, NG-508

10 March 1947
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