|SUPREME COURT| | |eg. LAUTZ BARNICKEL NEBELUNG| +-------------+ | | ROTHAUG ENGERT PETERSEN| | +----------------------------+ | +---------------------------+ |PROVINCIAL COURTS OF APPEAL| | eg. JOEL (_after 1943_) | +---------------------------+ | ....................+---------------------+ . | +---------------+ +----------------------+ |DISTRICT COURTS| | SPECIAL COURTS | +---------------+ | eg. CUHORST | . | OESCHEY | +---------------+ |ROTHAUG (_until 1943_)| | LOCAL COURTS | +----------------------+ +---------------+ 3. SPECIAL COURTS[122] PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-715 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 112 DECREE OF THE REICH GOVERNMENT, 21 MARCH 1933, ON THE FORMATION OF SPECIAL COURTS 1933 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 136 Pursuant to chapter II of part six of the third decree of the Reich President to safeguard economy and finances and to combat political excesses, of 6 October 1931, (Reichsgesetzblatt I, pp. 537, 565) the following is decreed: Article 1 (1) A Special Court will be created for the district of each court of appeal. (2) The Special Courts are courts of the States. (3) The Legal Administration of the respective States determines the seats of the Special Courts. Article 2