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Circular letter to chief prosecutors rconcerning cases of contested legitimacy affecting racial classifications of Jews
NMT 3
Authors
Josef Altstoetter (chief of civil law and procedure, Ministry of Justice)
Josef Altstötter
High-ranking official in the German Ministry of Justice under the Nazi Regime (1892-1979)
- Born: 1892-01-04 (Bad Griesbach im Rottal)
- Died: 1979-11-13 (Nuremberg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1938-09-01)
- Member of: Schutzstaffel; Sturmabteilung
- Participant in: Judges' Trial (date: 1947-01-30; role: affiant, defendant)
- Employer: Reich Ministry of Justice
Date: 28 December 1944
Literal Title: Re: Contesting (Denial) of legitimacy by the Public Prosecutor.
Defendant: Josef Altstoetter
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NG-666
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 457
Document Book No: Prosecution 5
Citations: NMT 3 (page 3257), NMT 3 (page 8896)
HLSL Item No.: 6343
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NG-666: Altstoetter requests general public prosecutors to inform him of all cases of contestation of the legitimate birth of Jews that have the purpose of changing the racial status of contestants