The Reich Minister of the Interior FRICK The Reich Minister of Justice DR. GUERTNER PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-715 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 112 EXTRACTS FROM DECREE OF 5 DECEMBER 1933 FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE LAW FOR THE PREVENTION OF PROGENY WITH HEREDITARY DISEASES 1933 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 1021 * * * * * * * Section 1 (Concerning article 1, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the basic law)[138] A condition for sterilization is that the disease, although only temporarily manifested from a latent tendency, has been established beyond any doubt by a doctor approved by the German Reich. * * * * * * * Section 3 (Concerning Articles 3 and 4) * * * * * * * If an approved doctor in the course of his official activity learns of a person suffering from a hereditary disease (art. 1, pars. 1 and 2) or from chronic alcoholism, he must report this without delay to the competent district public health officer using the form printed as supplement 3 (p. 1024). Other persons who are concerned with the treatment, examination, or advising of sick persons, have the same obligation. In the case of inmates of institutions, it is the head of the institution who has the duty to report the case. * * * * * * * Berlin, 5 December 1933 The Reich Minister of the Interior FRICK The Reich Minister of Justice DR. GUERTNER PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NG-715 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 112 THIRD DECREE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW FOR THE PREVENTION OF PROGENY WITH HEREDITARY DISEASES, 25 FEBRUARY 1935 1935 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 289 * * * * * * * Article 4 Authorized persons and counsel can be barred from appearance before the hereditary health courts and higher hereditary health courts for important reasons; this decision is uncontestable. * * * * * * * Article 12