Also, in other penal cases a preliminary court investigation will be held, if the prosecution so requests. The prosecution should make such a request only if extraordinary circumstances require a preliminary court investigation by a judge. * * * * * * * 2. Discretion with regard to victims of blackmail: As article 154b, the following stipulation is inserted: Article 154b If duress has been applied, or blackmail has been committed, by threatening to reveal a criminal act, the prosecution can refrain from prosecuting the act whose revelation has been threatened, if it is required as expiation and for protection of the community of the people. * * * * * * * Berlin, 28 June 1935 The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor ADOLF HITLER The Reich Minister of Justice DR. GUERTNER PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-715 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 112 LAW, 15 SEPTEMBER 1935, FOR THE PROTECTION OF GERMAN BLOOD AND HONOR[93] 1935 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART 1, PAGE 1146 Imbued with the conviction that the purity of the German blood is the prerequisite for the permanence of the German people, and animated by the inflexible will to safeguard the German nation for all future, the Reichstag has unanimously enacted the following law, which is promulgated herewith: Article 1 (1) Marriages between Jews and German nationals of German or related blood are prohibited. Marriages concluded despite of this are void, even if concluded abroad in order to circumvent this law. (2) Only the public prosecutor can file an action for nullification. Article 2 Sexual intercourse (except in marriage) between Jews and German nationals of German or related blood is forbidden. Article 3 Jews may not employ female German nationals of German or related blood below 45 years of age in their households. Article 4 (1) Jews are forbidden to show the Reich and national flag or the colors of the Reich. (2) They are, however, allowed to show the Jewish colors. The exercise of this right will be protected by the State. Article 5 (1) Whoever violates the prohibition of article 1 will be punished with hard labor. (2) Any man violating the prohibition of article 2 will be punished with imprisonment or hard labor. (3) Whoever violates the regulations under articles 3 or 4, will be punished with imprisonment up to 1 year or with a fine, or with both of these penalties. Article 6