English Translation

1843. (511) Before these cases were to be examined cases for which "special reasons" were given. Judges and prosecutors were appointed in such a case by the respective Reich Minister and the case could not be referred anywhere. (512) The above-mentioned regulations von Brauchitsch concerning the use of German criminal law and special courts were terminated together with the termination of the military administration on 16. In general, the position of German protectorate justice within the system of occupation power was partly similar to that of the security forces. Her work was also decisively influenced by the Berlin headquarters, but her independence from the Reich Protector's office did not reach such dimensions. Under pressure of the war, the court proceedings were simplified. This was done on the basis of the leader's decree of 21.3.1942 on the simplification of the judiciary and subsequent orders of the Imperial Minister of Justice of 16. May 1942 on the simplification of civil proceedings before German courts in the Protectorate and the Order of 13 August 1942 on simplifying procedures in criminal proceedings before ordinary German courts aimed at releasing unnecessary provisions and speeding up negotiations. (514) An opening order was removed from the trial, a prosecutor or a clerk was not required to be present. The proceedings before the so-called ordinary German courts could not be significantly different from what was marked by the conduct of special and martial courts. However, even this was considered unnecessary luxury for Czech rebels and rebels from the German side. Moreover, for Germans the desirable decision-making both in the area of administration and justice ensured open pressure on autonomous authorities, numerous personnel changes at the head of these institutions, or, if necessary, arrest of uncomfortable persons. As a result, the difference in which law was applied was gradually deleted, whether autonomous or empire, because everything had to be subject to the requirements of the conduct of total war.