English Translation

28 - 14 - 16. "Principles" of Germanic volunteer crimes committed by Germanic volunteers prior to their entry into the Freikorps or the Waffen-4 are only judged by the 1⁄2/- and police authorities to the extent that they are punishable by German law, i.e. in particular by the provisions of the German international criminal law (§§ 4 ff. StGB., § 161 MStGB.). The scope of German criminal law has been redefined by Regulation of 6 May 194o (RGBl. I, p.754); this Regulation may also apply to offences committed before its entry into force. Of particular importance is the extension of the criminality to the crimes committed abroad by foreigners against the German people or against a German national according to § 4 para.2 No.2 RStGB. There is no interest in the persecution of the other precursors of Germanic volunteers by the 4 and police courts (see also 10th Collection Decree No.5). 17. "Principles" of the order By the decree of the Reichsführer-7 of July 17, 1941, the order was subject to the 4th and the police jurisdiction and the military laws during the war and was thus treated as equivalent to the soldiers. According to the meaning of this decree as well as in accordance with § 2 No.1 KStVO, the special jurisdiction extends in principle also to all previously committed crimes, which however must always be assessed according to the law applicable at the time to the offender. The directives issued by the Hauptamt 1⁄2- Court on 29 July 1941 leave sufficient room for the application of military law to the court to take account of the particularities of each case. 18. For the decision on the request for the resumption of the proceedings, which has floated before a court of one of the Wehrmacht subordinated 1⁄2-Verbandes, comes according to the meaning of the - 15 -