VERORDNUNGSBLATT OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL FOR THE OCCUPIED POLISH TERRITORY, 1939 Page 7.
Decree Concerning the Prohibition of Jewish Religious Slaughter
By the virtue of Section 5, paragraph 1, of the decree of the Fuehrer and Reichschancellor concerning the administration of the occupied Polish territories of 12 October 1939, I decree as follows :
Section 1
Cruelty to animals in any form is untenable in an area under German sovereignty. Therefore, effective immediately, I forbid Jewish ritual slaughter [Schaechten] that is, the painful killing of animals by slow bleeding, for the purpose of consumption of so-called kosher meat.
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Section 2
(1) A person who is guilty of Jewish ritual slaughter shall be punished by internment in a penitentiary for a term of not less than 1 year.
(2) The same punishment that applies to the person committing the crime shall apply to an accessory, instigator, and accomplice.
(3) The attempt shall be punished in the same manner as the accomplished crime.
(4) Sentence to internment in a penitentiary can be executed by internment in concentration camps.
Warsaw, 26 October 1939 The Governor General for Occupied Polish Territories
FRANK
Decree prohibiting Jewish ritual slaughter of animals in occupied Poland, with criminal sentences to be served in a prison or concentration camp
Authors
Hans Frank (Chief of Legal Office, NSDAP; Governor General of Poland)
Hans Frank
German lawyer, Nazi politician, General Governor of Nazi occupied Poland and convicted war criminal (1900-1946)
- Born: 1900-05-23 (Karlsruhe)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg Nuremberg Court Prison) (reason for deprecated rank: item/value with less precision and/or accuracy; reason for preferred rank: most precise value)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: German Workers' Party (since: 1919-01-01); Nazi Party
- Member of: Sturmabteilung; Thule Society
- Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch
- Significant person: John C. Woods (role: executioner)
Date: 26 October 1939
Literal Title: Decree Concerning the prohibition of Jewish Ritual Slaughter.
Defendant: Hans Frank
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2704
HLSL Item No.: 451094
Notes:This document was not entered as evidence in the trial.