When he became Reich Minister of Justice in August 1942 , Thierack saw to it that the lengthy paperwork involved in clemency proceedings for those sentenced to death was greatly shortened . In September of that year , he caused all those in custody who were " Jews , Gypsies , Ukrainians , Poles sentenced to over three years , Czechs , or Germans serving a sentence of over eight years " to be classified as " asocial elements " and transferred to '' Reichsführer-SS '' Heinrich Himmler to be exterminated through work
exterminated through work
The Holocaust
Otto Georg Thierack