THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 707, sig. 109-4/456

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La @anDbe 0e. The Reichsminister of Justice shall seek the opinion of the Reichsprotektor. Then the final decision of grace shall be taken. However, if the view of the Minister of Justice differs from that of the Imperial Protector, then the question shall be asked again in advance. Until now, the Minister of Justice of the Reich has joined the view of the Imperial Protector in all high and state treason cases from the Protectorate. Death sentences of the People's Court in matters of the Protectorates have already been enforced several times; until now, they have mostly been communist cases. The first questions in criminal matters relating to members of the military organization have been received these days and will be dealt with by the Justice Group. Concerns about the execution of the judgments have not yet arisen. In some cases written submission is made, in dubious cases it is requested to speak to Mr. Secretary of State. e . Sijavt I The execution of the judgments is announced in accordance with the existing regulations by press publication: and placarding at the crime scene. The text of the press note is determined by the Reich Minister of Justice with the consent of the Reich Protector. The press release will then be handed over to the DNB for distribution by the press officer in the Reichsjustizministerium. you 2 Deb adster 66746 qup42gOLcE 4syog0 6ope26 o Ro gee ge aa 19i. ron g e mode oed mk AON APTNAWOppS PEP RO TOCN TDeAOOPM srebnento tedeb a dedtateto Tonatdobraa fov ated eeneadotorzedo re S o mdsd adana alodetkegedo b an mgbbltea odoegov o ad zoh adotel (elogae EM