Note 288 — V. EVIDENCE CONCERNING PRINCIPAL ISSUES IN THE CASE (continued 6)

The technical German term for this type of letter was “Lenkungsbrief” (“guidance letter” or “directing letter”). They differed from the “Judges’ Letters” of Thierack insofar as they were not circulated generally but rather addressed to specific courts. See the extracts from the testimony of defendant Klemm reproduced later in this section for discussion of these letters.