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Letter to Himmler concerning the transfer of Night and Cases from Cologne to Breslau

NMT 3

Authors

Otto Georg Thierack (President of People's Court; Minister of Justice, 1942-45)

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: 21 January 1944

Literal Title: Subject: Prosecution of offences against the Reich or the army of occupation in the occupied territories.

Defendant: Wolfgang Mettgenberg

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NG-222

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 446

Document Book No: Prosecution 6

Citations: NMT 3 (page 2477), NMT 3 (page 3236)

HLSL Item No.: 6376

Notes:This document was offered as an exhibit and then withdrawn in April, and entered as an exhibit in May 1947.

Staff Evidence Analyses

NG-222: Minister of Justice informs Himmler of Transfer of 'Nacht und Nebel' Special Court from Cologne to Breslau, as Result of Allied Air Attacks

Doc Book Tables of Contents

NG-222: Transfer of NN Special Court from Cologne to Breslau as result of Allied air attacks.