This is a bound volume entitled Beweisdokumente f r die Spruchgerichte in der Britischen one (Evidentiary documents for the court verdict in the British Zone), published in Hamburg in 1947. The phrase “Old Lace” is a code-name which refers to the trial of former members of certain German organizations by the German tribunals under the provisions of Military Government Ordinance No 69 on 31 December 1946. This document is written entirely in German.

Translation of the preface from Google Translate:

The Inspector General in the British Zone for the courts verdict. From the abundance of the main war criminals at the Nuremberg trial documents submitted material by my office for the use of the courts award a certificate collection was made. A number of other documents were enclosed. In the selection of documents is their significance for the case against the relatives for the criminal organizations have been declared major. Originals or photocopies of the documents are available at my office. The collection is published in loose-leaf form, in order to make possible the proposed additions and increase its usability. The classification of the documents must remain about the leave the user's discretion. The documents are provided for the purpose of their identification with a serial number (GJ No. ..). The other names on the top of the document have affected thecriminal organization and the subject out. The date of the certificate and its origin or reference are noted.

It means:

PO = the Leadership Corps = Gestapo secret police

SD = Safety Service of the Reich Fuhrer

SS Kgf = mistreatment and murder of prisoners of war

Ly = lynchings (killing of Allied airmen from)

BesGeb = excesses during the administration of occupied territories

Germ = Germanization of incorporated areas

Skl = execution of the forced laborers - (slave owners) program

J = persecution and extermination of the Jews

KL = brutalities and killings in concentration camps

Org = Organization Questions, Miscellaneous

The presentation of the documents is carried out without comment on its content.Only for better understanding and ease of reading a number of documents at the left edge are provided with lines that indicate important parts of the document. This label is not on the originals.

Hamburg, 15 May 1947

Dr. Meyer-Abich