“. . . damage German interests in general or the property of a
Reich citizen or persons of German nationality.”
Paragraph 2 is very characteristic:
“Furthermore, the death penalty and, in lesser cases, penal
servitude is to be inflicted upon: Those who agree to commit any
punishable action as foreseen by Paragraph 1; those who enter
into serious negotiations on that subject; those who offer their
services to commit such an action or accept such an offer; or
those who possess credible information on such an action or its
intention at a moment when the danger can still be averted, and
willfully refrain from warning the German authorities or the
menaced person in due time.
“Paragraph 3. An offense not coming under Paragraphs 1 and 2 is
to be punished by death, even if this penalty is not provided
for by the general German criminal laws and by decrees of German
authorities, if the offense is of a particularly base type or
for other reasons is particularly serious. In such cases the
death penalty is also permissible for juvenile hard criminals.
“Paragraph 4. (1) If there is insufficient justification for
turning the case over to competent courts-martial, the special
courts are competent. (2) The special instructions issued for
the Armed Forces are not hereby affected.”