1942 REICHSGESETZELATT, PART I, PAGE 475
Order concerning the Jurisdiction of SS Courts and Police Courts in the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia. July 15, 1942
In pursuance of the decree of the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor concerning the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia, dated March 16, 1939 (RGB1. I, p. 485) and in agreement with the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, the following order is issued:
Section 1
In case of direct attack by a nonGerman citizen against the SS or the German Police or against any of their members, the Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior may establish the jurisdiction of a combined SS Court and Police Court, by declaring that special interests of parts of the SS or of the Police require that judgment be given by an SS and Police Court.
This declaration shall be sent to the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. The SS and Police Court, which shall have jurisdiction in individual cases, shall be specified by the Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior. . .
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2016—PS
Section 2
If the offense directly injures the interests of the Armed Forces, the Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior, and the Chief of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces shall reach an agreement as to whether the case shall be prosecuted by an SS and Police Court or by a Military Court.
Section 3
This order shall become effective one week after its publication.
Berlin, July 15, 1942.
The Reich Minister of the Interior
By deputy: Dr. Stuckart. The Chief of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces
Keitel.
The Reich Minister of Justice Dr. Schlegelberger (in charge)
Order on the jurisdiction of SS and police courts, and military courts, in Bohemia and Moravia
Authors
Wilhelm Stuckart (Dr., Secretary of State, Ministry of the Interior; legal author)
Wilhelm Stuckart
German judge and politician (1902-1953)
- Born: 1902-11-16 (Wiesbaden)
- Died: 1953-11-15 (Hanover)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights; Nazi Party (since: 1922-12-01); Socialist Reich Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel; Sturmabteilung
- Participant in: Nuremberg Medical Trial (date: 1947-05-19; role: affiant); Wannsee Conference
- Significant person: Rudolf Brandt (role: acquaintance; since: 1943-08-01)
Wilhelm Keitel (Field Marshal, Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces)
Wilhelm Keitel
German field marshal
- Born: 1882-09-22 (Helmscherode) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Duchy of Brunswick)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg) (country: Allied-occupied Germany)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Military rank: general field marshal
- Military branch: artillery
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/74027425
Franz Schlegelberger (Dr., Secretary of State, acting minister, Ministry of Justice)
Franz Schlegelberger
German judge and politician (1876-1970)
- 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)
Date: 15 July 1942
Literal Title: 1942 Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Order concerning the Jurisdiction of SS Courts and Police Courts in the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia. July 15, 1942.
Defendant: Wilhelm Keitel
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-2016
HLSL Item No.: 451182
Notes:This document was not entered as evidence on the Leadership Corps.
Document Summary
PS-2016: Order concerning the jurisdiction of SS courts and Police courts in the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia, 15 July 1942. (RGBl, 1942, I, p 475). This order, signed by STUCKART, Keitel and Schlegelberger, authorized the SS courts and the Police courts to take jurisdiction over cases in which a non-German
attacks SS or German Police or any of their members. On the basis of this order, legality was given to the arbitrary proceedings where by non-Germans were jailed or put to death.
Decree dated 15 July 1942 (RGBL, 1942, I, P.475) signed by STUCKART, Keitel, and Schlegelberger, concerning the jurisdiction of SS Courts and Police Courts in the Protectorate.