the sake of betraying it Insidious publishing or rhetoric Failure to denounce a capital crime Destroying means for military use Sabotage (mandatory for soldiers) Kidnapping Compassing or imagining the death of a NS or state official for political reasons or the reason of their service Setting a car trap for the means of robbery Espionage Partisanry Desertion Subversion of military strength (mandatory except for minor cases) Looting (mandatory even in cases of smallest amounts) Arson which damages the defence of the people Crime during danger resulting from enemy aviation (in grave cases) Taking advantage of the state of war whilst committing a crime ("if the sound feeling of the people so requires") Publishing foreign radio broadcasts Many of the crimes covered a wide range of actions. Crimes like treason, "sabotage" (Kriegsverrat, which was any action pandering to the enemy) and subversion of the military strength, which could be interpreted as to cover any critical remark, and was applied to any conscientious objector. In addition to crimes declared capital by law or decree, a "dangerous habitual criminal" or individual convicted of rape could be executed "if the protection of the people or the need for just atonement so demands". Courts (or whatever was in place of a court) sometimes were officially granted the right to inflict capital punishment, even where not provided by law, and sometimes did so by their own discretion. To quote Hitler, "after ten years of hard prison, a man is lost to the people's community anyway. Thus what to do with such a guy is either put him into a concentration camp, or kill him. In latest times the latter is more important, for the sake of deterrence." During 1933–1945, Wehrmacht courts issued at least 25,000 death warrants, of which 18,000 to 20,000 were executed. According to official statistics, other courts had altogether issued 16 560 death warrants (contrasting with 664 before the war), of which about 12,000 were executed. In fighting partisans, 345,000 are reported to have been killed, of which fewer than 10% may have been partisans. However, Heinrich Himmler offered SS members convicted of capital crimes the option to commit suicide with a pistol. Surviving family were given pensions. Aside from the use of capital punishment in legal contexts, death was a permanent feature of the concentration camp system and the broader police state, particularly the Gestapo. In concentration camps, commanders could, as early