War Crimes, Crimes against Peace, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide (Kriegsverbrechen, Verbrechen gegen den Frieden, Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit, Völkermord) - concerns the involvement of the defendant, a member of the Adenauer government, in the preparation, supporting and scholarly commentary of the antisemitic racial laws (Reichsbürgergesetz, Namensänderungsgesetze, Gesetz zum Schutz des deutschen Blutes und der deutschen Ehre) - decision contains discussions of the development of German constitutional law, antisemitism, the development of Nazi laws, the Wannsee conference, Nazi collaborators and the state of international criminal law, especially the charge of genocide - the defendant was sentenced to lifelong imprisonment in absentia
Art 6 IMT-Statut, §§ 211, 47, 49 StGB, § 3 StGB iVm § 13 StPO d DDR, Art. 5 Verfassung der DDR,