English Translation

4 - 2 - As has become known, the prosecutor, who took part in the main trial, had immediately made a press note on 19.5.42 on the conviction of Dr. Kramppf and delivered it by telephone to the judicial press office in Prague. He pointed out that the matter of convulsions among the people of Brno had given rise to greater rumours and that, in spite of the public meeting, it was still necessary to inform the people in the press in detail about the case. For example, it is already said that convulsion had suppressed millions of WHwW. Achievements in this regard no explanation of the population, there is danger that the Germans could mistrust the WHW. Furthermore, the note must appear immediately with regard to the other officials of the Oberlandratsamt, so that everyone knows precisely that only the three convicted employees are guilty. The most appropriate thing was to bring this press note on the first page of the newspapers, similar to the previous court rulings, and also to allow a publication in the Czech press, so that the Czechs could also see that there was sharp action against Germans if they could get some debt. The press office of the judiciary in Prague, however, stated that the press note had to be examined in detail, stating that the value of a publication which did not immediately follow was void, since after a certain time the public's interest in the situation disappeared. An announcement of the execution of the judgment is unlikely to have any significance, since first of all the entire files with the request for grace must go through various intermediate posts to the Reichsjustizministerium. This route of instance probably lasts several weeks, about until the end of July. If the execution of the judgment is then announced, hardly anyone remembers the Angelegenheit seizure. Furthermore, it is doubtful whether the judgment b.w.