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11 SS group leader Karl Hermann Fr a n k Prague, Novenber 1940. State Secretary St.S. VII A 1 b. Gehelm 1.) Subject: Treatment of the protectorate prisoners. - 3 Attachments- Dear General! Following my letter of 23 October 1940 - St. S 562/40 - with regard to the legal opinion of the Oberkomman- dos der Vehrmacht of 20 August 1940 - WR (III, 10a) No. 604/40g. - and to the letter sent to me by the Oberkon- mando der Wehrmaat to the Auswärtsländer Ant. November 1940 - 2 f 12.10 WR (II1/11)- 848/40g. - the following explanation I. The prisoners in question are to be prosecuted in accordance with § 91 a RStGB. According to § 15 para.1 (a) of the Ordinance on the Exercise of Criminal Jurisdiction in Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia of 14 April 1939 (RGBl.I p.754) gi1t § 91a RSt GB. also for crimes of protectorate tribunals, as Volksgerichtshof and Reichskriegsgericht have established in constant right-wing speech. The Führer strongly approved this legal opinion with the decision communicated to me by Iimen in the shout of 19 October 1940. ay the chief of the Wehrmacht leadership staff in the high command of the. Wehrmacht Herrn General der Artillerie J o d 1 in Berlin35 Bendlerstrasse 11/13. Ct. p. 2 a 1b g. Rs