STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2025, sig. 109-7/32

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Copy. Reichsjustizministerium Berlin, 12 August 1940. State Secretary Dr. Freisler. III g lob llg/4o g Rs Geheime Reichssache - To the Minister of the Reich and Head of the Chancellery Dr. Lanmers in Berlin W 8 Voßstr. 6 Subject: Criminal case against the Naroda Obrana. On the pleasing letter of 2 August 1940 - R K 514 B g - Very venerable Minister for the Reich ! In the next few days, the prosecutor at the People's Court will present me with the drafts of the first indictments in the criminal proceedings against the members of the Czech resistance movement "Naroda Obrana". I have envisaged the resulting questions, including those of the head of the security police and the SD. in his letter of 26 May. July 1940 - C.d.S.B.-No. 7392/40 - the third question is to submit to the Führer for a decision, after I have previously agreed with the Lord Reichsprotector of Bohemia and Moravia according to the wish expressed by him. Further information may be reserved for this time. To inform the People's Court as I return