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Circular letters to senior judges and prosecutors on the distribution of the "Judges' Letters," and the exclusion of the politically unreliable
NMT 3
Authors
Otto Georg Thierack (President of People's Court; Minister of Justice, 1942-45)
Otto Georg Thierack
German politician (1889-1946)
- 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)
Date: 17 November 1942
Literal Title: Re: Judges' Letters.
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NG-498
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 93
Document Book No: Prosecution 1
Citation: NMT 3 (page 426)
HLSL Item No.: 5996
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NG-498: Letter by the Minister of Justice to the Presidents and Public Pro-secutors of the Courts of Appeal in Karlsruhe, Cologne, and Zwei-bruecken, concerning distribution of the 'Judges Letters' to politi-cally reliable judges and prosecutor in occupied Alsace Lorriane, and Luxemburg