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The Military Justice/"Barbarossa" Decree, the Commissar Order, and the Führer decree on military jurisdiction in the Barbarossa zone

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What were the exact texts of the Barbarossa Decree, Commissar Order, and Curtailment of Military Jurisdiction and where can full translations be found?

Three distinct German wartime instruments—the Military Justice/“Barbarossa” Decree (13 May 1941), the Commissar Order (Guidelines for the Treatment of Political Commissars, 6 June 1941), and the relat...