II (1) I delegate the implementation of the powers reserved to myself on appointment, retirement, and dismissal of the other civil servants, in as far as I have not made reservations in article I, to the Reich Ministers, for Prussia to the Minister President, who can further delegate their authority with concurrence of the Reich Minister of Interior and the Reich Minister of Finance. (2) In special cases I reserve to myself the right of personal decision also in cases of these civil servants. III The necessary regulations for the implementation of this decree will be published by the Reich Minister of the Interior and the Reich Finance Minister. Berchtesgaden, 10 July 1937 The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor ADOLF HITLER The Reich Minister of Interior FRICK PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-715 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 112 EXTRACTS FROM DECREE, 17 AUGUST 1938, FOR SPECIAL CRIMINAL LAW IN TIME OF WAR AND SPECIAL EMERGENCY[96] 1939 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART 1, PAGE 1455 * * * * * * * Article 5. Undermining of Military Efficiency[97] (1) The following shall be guilty of undermining German defensive strength, and shall be punished by death: 1. Whoever publicly solicits or incites others to evade the fulfillment of compulsory military service in the German or an allied armed force, or publicly otherwise seeks to paralyze or undermine the will of the German or allied people to assert itself by force of arms. 2. Whoever undertakes to induce a soldier or conscript in the reserves to disobedience, opposition, or violence against a superior, or to desertion or illegal absence, or otherwise to undermine the discipline of the German or an allied armed force. 3. Whoever undertakes to avoid or cause another person to avoid the fulfillment of military service entirely, partly, or temporarily by means of self-mutilation, by means designated to deceive, or by other methods. * * * * * * * Berlin, 17 August 1938 The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor ADOLF HITLER The Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces KEITEL PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-715 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 112 DECREE, 1 SEPTEMBER 1939, CONCERNING EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES WITH REGARD TO FOREIGN RADIO BROADCASTS 1939 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART 1, PAGE 1683 * * * * * * * Article 1