Prosecution Counsel 14 Defense Counsel 14 I. Indictment 15 II. Arraignment 27 III. Opening Statements 31 A. For the Prosecution 31 B. For all Defendants 108 C. For the Defendant Schlegelberger 126 D. For the Defendant Klemm 130 E. For the Defendant Rothenberger 142 F. For the Defendant Lautz 150 G. For the Defendant von Ammon 152 H. For the Defendant Rothaug 154 IV. General Development of German Law During the Nazi Period 159 A. Introduction 159 B. Selected Laws and Decrees, 1933–44 160 C. Organization and Structure of the German Judicial System and the Reich Ministry of Justice 212 1. The Position and Responsibility of Leading Officials in the Reich Ministry of Justice 212 2. Extracts from the “Basic Information” 214 3. Special Courts 218 4. People’s Court 231 5. Hereditary Health Courts 243 6. Civilian Courts Martial 250 D. Expert Opinion by Defense Witness Professor Jahrreiss Concerning the Development of German Law 252 E. The General Development of the Administration of Justice under Hitler 284 V. Evidence Concerning Principal Issues in the Case 311 A. Introduction 311 B. Measures Outside the Judicial Process--Protective Custody Transfer of Persons to Concentration Camps and to the Police 313 C. Measures to Influence or Avoid the Judicial Process 352 1. Developments Principally During the Period When Guertner Was Reich Minister of Justice (1933–January 1941) 352 a. Examples of Relations of Officials of the Reich Ministry of Justice, Judges, and Public Prosecutors with Officials of the Nazi Party, the Gestapo, the SD, the SS, and the SA 352