Note 425 — V. EVIDENCE CONCERNING PRINCIPAL ISSUES IN THE CASE (continued 11)

Document NG-392, Prosecution Exhibit 373, is not reproduced herein. It is a situation report of 5 January 1942 from defendant Rothenberger to defendant Schlegelberger. The item of this report concerning privileges of Jews in court proceedings is the following: “VII. The lower courts do not grant to Jews the right to participate in court proceedings in forma pauperis. The district court suspended such a decision in one case. The refusal to grant this right of participation in court proceedings in forma pauperis is in accordance with today’s legal thinking. But since a direct legal basis is missing, the refusal is unsuitable. We therefore think it urgently necessary that a legal regulation or order is given, on the basis of which the rights of a pauper can be denied to a Jew.”