English Translation

− 3 2 Judgments of Czech judges, even if they were so strict, would have generally received favourably, while in most cases they tried to give a political colouring to the judgments of the German courts, even though this did not apply, and always assumed a pre-occupation with the German judges against Czech defendants. The German courts should have been given jurisdiction in political criminal and war-related matters, as well as the supervision of the Czech courts; this would have created a very important basis of trust. the opinion spreads that the executions in Prague are carried out under unworthy and "piet-lose" circumstances - e.g. the condemned "sa-dist executioners" are to be handed over, who reproached and tormented their "victims" before the execution. It cost trouble, K. To make it clear that these rumours are taken out of the air and that the executions are carried out strictly according to the prescribed regulations. Although K. generally takes a very sharp position and represents the application of strict penalties, in his opinion the kingdom behind his back cannot tolerate the establishment of an enemy front. However, he is soft on the question of the measurement of penalties for other crimes and here he gives very liberal and not even in the deepest period of peace to justify. The convictions of the German courts seem to him "too high". He could not understand that minor economic offenses were immediately sought with prison or death sentences. For the Czechs it is also incomprehensible that, for example, when a state enemy sought by the secret state police is accommodated, an entire family may be exterminated. This attitude was also evident in his work as Minister of Justice, where he "compressed" himself against uncompromising and harsh decisions, as the following example shows: A Czech woman had shown from personal revenge that she had approved the attack on I-Obergruppen leader Heydrich. After a lengthy investigation, it was found that the accusations against the three persons had been lied to. Therefore, the complainant was sentenced by a Czech court for slander to a prison sentence.