English Translation

7 Justice Group Prague, 9 Januer 1942 I/9 a 4017 Gant. Subject: Exercise of the right of grace in criminal matters from Pro- 1s tektorat Bohemia and Moravia. U tos State Secretary 030 P P0ENROA . obedient to the request of 7 January 1942 - St. S. IV C - 30/42 - submitted with the following discussion: V By agreement between the Reich Protector in nod ede Bohemia and Moravia and the Reich Minister of Justice, it is ensured that the Reich Secretary of Justice in all matters of grace from the business of the German courts in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Mähren must assure himself for his resolutions of the understanding od isdojado of the Reich's Protector. The Minister of Justice of the Reich also reimburses the proposals on the basis of agreement with the Protector of the Empire in the matters of grace of which the Führer has reserved himself. In so far as there is no agreement between the Reichsguardor and the Reich Minister of Justice, the case must be presented in all cases by the Reicnsminister of Justice under the emphasis of the opposite view of the Reicfsprotector to the Führer for the conclusion. This also applies to those criminal cases which belong to the jurisdiction of the People's Court when the crime scene lies in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The course of business in the high and state treason cases dealt with by the Volksgerichtshof is as follows: The Supreme Reich Attorney at the Volkshof returns to the Reich Minister of Justice after hearing certain positions (competent senate of the People's Court, detention centre, secret state police) to the Imperial Minister of the Justice the mentioned St @.b-342