Note 497 — V. EVIDENCE CONCERNING PRINCIPAL ISSUES IN THE CASE (continued 13)
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VVO, abbreviation for “Verordnung gegen Volksschaedlinge”—Decree against Public Enemies—dated 5 September 1939. Article 4 of this decree makes the death sentence possible but not mandatory. The decree is reproduced as part of Document NG-715, Prosecution Exhibit 112, on page 188.