English Translation

The Minister of Justice of the Reich Berlin W 8, July 5, 1943 Wilhelmstraße 65 3234 - IV a^ 877/43 Telex: 11 00 44 Outside: 11 65 16 The Presidents of Higher Regional Courts and Prosecutors-General Subject: Discharge of the Special Courts Here the following has been raised: The special courts were governed by decree of 21 July 1943. Its jurisdiction was initially limited to crimes and offenses by the decree of the President of the Reich for the protection of the people and the state, and by the Decree on the extended jurisdiction of the 20th General Assembly of the Federal Republic of Germany. On 21 December 1934 , and a series of special courts , on an ongoing basis . November 1938 , the announcement was made possible in all cases , in which with consideration of the deed or the public , immediate judgment by the en . After the outbreak of war is made by the Zu 21. The Court of Justice of the European Communities held that the Court of First Instance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland had failed to fulfil its obligations under the Treaty of Rome.