English Translation

In addition, these arrests, which, if they are to be observed at all, must be followed in greater numbers, have a lasting effect on the economy. In the less frequent and usually lighter sabotage cases in which perpetrators could be identified, the courts did not usually intervene with the sharpness necessary to achieve a deterrent effect. Annex 2 gives some examples of such judgments by the Wehrmacht court, which may be legally non-violence, but do not take into account in any way the political needs of the case. The Wehrmacht courts, if not in the individual case the legally clear facts justify a hard punishment, cannot, according to the local experiences, free themselves from subjective violations (preliminaries, subjective will of the perpetrator). The general anti-rich attitude of the Czechs, the intention to damage any Czech, and in particular the ceaseless demand for sabotage by radio and flyer propaganda, is not taken into account by these courts - because they are not in the person of the perpetrator. In addition, according to the local experience, the Wehrmacht courts also in principle do not seem to be suitable as political crimes for the judgment of sabotage acts. Detailed reasons see Appendix 3. 2.) Proposal. Transfer of jurisdiction to the judgment on sabotages from the Wehrenmacht tribunals to the civil courts (special court and Volksgerichtshof). b) Since the courts can naturally only atone for sabotage cases if a perpetrator is detected, but this cannot usually be the case, especially in the significant sabotaging cases, on the other hand, the previous police means do not have the necessary deterrent effect, it is necessary to create the possibility to immediately intervene with draconian means in each meaningful sabotages case. These funds can only be used in cases where: