[Nazi Justice]

[Nazi Justice] 

[Nazi Justice] 

1 electronic resource (2 pages) 

The file contains a typewritten document of two pages regarding the extension of competences of the “Volksgerichtshof” and the “special courts” in Nazi Germany following the so-called “Verordnung über die Zuständigkeit der Strafgerichte, die Sondergerichte und sonstige strafverfahrensrechtliche Vorschriften”, the „Decree on Jurisdiction of Criminal Courts, on Special Courts, and on Other Procedural Provisions”. The document is an extract of the decree and contains three paragraphs: paragraph 13 regarding the competences of the “Sondergerichte” (“special courts”), paragraph 14 regarding the competences of the prosecuting authority, and paragraph 21 on the omission of pre-trial investigations.