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[ ... p. 3298 ] MR. KING: The next document, NG 627, begins on page 46 in the English text and on 42 in the German text and will be [ ... p. 7965 ] . Exhibit 406, NG-627, Volume IX-A, page number unknown. It is only from these files that I can see the reasons for which my work as a judge came [ ... p. 5062 ] Document Book III-E, and are called Guidance letters, Exhibit 474, NG-627, in Document III-A Supplement Volume. These letters concern information issued by [ ... ]

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Evidence Codes: NG-676, NG-627

14 May 1947
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Letter to the senior judge and attorney general in Hamburg, calling for the death penalty in cases of undermining morale

Re.: Too lenient sentences and sentences proposed by the Prosecution in cases of the undermining defensive power.

HLSL Item No.: 6217

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

Evidence Code: NG-627

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 474

Herbert Klemm

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Herbert Klemm

German politician and jurist

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  • Born: 1903-01-01 1903-05-15 (Leipzig)
  • Died: 2000-01-01
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: jurist; politician; secretary of state
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1931-01-01)
  • Member of: Sturmabteilung
  • Participant in: Judges' Trial (role: defendant); Pohl Trial (date: 1947-06-20; role: affiant)
  • Employer: Reich Ministry of Justice

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 March 1945
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Letter to the presiding judge of the Court of Appeal in Hamburg (Schmidt-Egk) about lenient sentences given in the Hamburg courts in cases where the death penalty is the legal norm

Subject: Too lenient sentences and recommendations for punishment in cases concerning the undermining of the defense potential.

HLSL Item No.: 10323

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

Evidence Code: NG-627

Exhibit Code: Rothenberger 7

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)

Herbert Klemm

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Herbert Klemm

German politician and jurist

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  • Born: 1903-01-01 1903-05-15 (Leipzig)
  • Died: 2000-01-01
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: jurist; politician; secretary of state
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1931-01-01)
  • Member of: Sturmabteilung
  • Participant in: Judges' Trial (role: defendant); Pohl Trial (date: 1947-06-20; role: affiant)
  • Employer: Reich Ministry of Justice

01 March 1945
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