English Translation

2- 14 - 17 16. "Principles" of Germanic volunteer crimes committed by Germanic volunteers before entering the Freikorps or the Arms-f are only judged by the 1⁄2- and police judges to the extent that they are punishable under German law, i.e. in particular according to 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 prosecution of the other precursors of Germanic volunteers by the 1⁄2- and police courts (see also 1O.Ammelerverlass Nr.5). 17. "Principles" of the_consequence By the decree of the Reichsführer-7/ of 17 July 1941, the entourage during the war was subject to the 4y and police jurisdiction and military laws and was thus treated as equivalent to the soldiers. According to the meaning of this decree as well as according to § 2 No.1 KStVO. In principle, the special jurisdiction also extends to all previous offences, but which must always be assessed according to the law applicable to the offender at the time they were committed. The guidelines issued by the Hauptamt 4 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.Initiation of the procedure For the de-scattering of the application for reopening of the proceedings, which has floated before a court of one of the Wehrmacht subordinated 1⁄2-Verbandes, comes according to the sense of the - 15 -