Copy letter re Mischling status of Hans von Dohnanyi

This copy letter from Hitler's deputy, Martin Bormann, reports Hitler's decision to continue employing Hans von Dohnanyi as a lawyer, despite being a second class <em> Mischling</em>. Hans von Dohnanyi was born in Vienna in January 1902, was a lawyer from 1929-1938. He worked in the Reichsjustizministerium, 1938 and as <em>Reichsgerichtsrat</em> at the <em>Reichsgericht</em>, Leipzig, 1939-1943. Whilst he was head of the political section of the <em>Abwehr des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht</em> he was implicated in the resistance movement and on 5 April 1943 was arrested, and is reported to have died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp on 8 April 1945. Open