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Letter to Martin Bormann concerning an agreement to give the SS criminal jurisdiction over Poles, Russians, Jews, and Gypsies
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: 13 October 1942
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NG-558
Citation: NMT 4 (page 609)
HLSL Item No.: 5239
Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by S. Gumpel and Lorenz Eitner on 10 Dec 1946. The agreement is recorded in evidence document PS 654.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NG-558: Thierack informs Borman of the [Illegible] that Poles, Russians, Jews and Gypsies will be handed over to the SS, since the Justice Administration is not capable of exterminate them quickly enough
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NG-558: Correspondence between Thierack and Bormann, 13 October 1942:
Thierack informs Bormann that Poles, Russians, Jews and Gypsies will be handed over to SS since RJM cannot exterminate them quickly enough.
Minister of Justice to Bormann informing him that Jews, Poles, Russians, and Gypsies will be turned over to the SS to be exterminated.