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Memorandum concerning training of judges, prosecutors, and others in racial and biological principles
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 December 1943
Literal Title: Internal Regulation. Ref.: The consideration of racial, hereditary, and criminal-biological viewpoints in educational questions.
Defendant: Herbert Klemm
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NG-789
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 432
Document Book No: Prosecution 1
Citation: NMT 3 (page 3101)
HLSL Item No.: 6029
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NG-789: Domestic decree, signed Dr. Thierack, regarding the importance of the racial and hereditary-biological viewpoints in the training of new judges