Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Volume 01, Nuremburg 14 November 1945-1 October 1946

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Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Volume 01, Nuremburg 14 November 1945-1 October 1946

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Excerpt: "In April 1949, judgment was rendered in the last of the series of 12 Nuernberg war crimes trials which had begun in October 1946 and were held pursuant to Allied Control Council Law No. 10. Far from being of concern solely to lawyers, these trials are of especial interest to soldiers, historians, students of international affairs, and others. The defendants in these proceedings, charged with war crimes and other offenses against international penal law, were prominent figures in Hitler's Germany and included such outstanding diplomats and politicians as the State Secretary of the Foreign Office, von Weizsaecker, and cabinet ministers von Krosigk and Lammers; military leaders such as Field Marshals von Leeb, List, and von Kuechler; SS leaders such as Ohlendorf, Pohl, and Hildebrandt; industrialists such as Flick, Alfried Krupp, and the directors of I. G. Farben; and leading professional men such as the famous physician Gerhard Rose, and the jurist and Acting Minister of Justice, Schlegelberger. In view of the weight of the accusations and the far-flung activities of the defendants, and the extraordinary amount of official contemporaneous German documents introduced in evidence, the records of these trials constitute a major source of historical material covering many events of the fateful years 1933 (and even earlier) to 1945, in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. The Nuernberg trials under Law No. 10 were carried out under the direct authority of the Allied Control Council, as manifested in that law, which authorized the establishment of the Tribunals. The judicial machinery for the trials, including the Military Tribunals and the Office, Chief of Counsel for War Crimes, was prescribed by Military Government Ordinance No. 7 and was part of the occupation administration for the American zone, the Office of Military Government (OMGUS). Law No. 10, Ordinance No. 7, and other basic jurisdictional or administrative documents are printed in full hereinafter. The proceedings in these trials were conducted throughout in the German and English languages, and were recorded in full by stenographic notes, and by electrical sound recording of all oral proceedings. The 12 cases required over 1,200 days of court proceedings and the transcript of these proceedings exceeds 330,000 pages, exclusive of hundreds of document books, briefs, etc. Publication of all of this material, accordingly, was quite unfeasible. This series, however, contains the indictments, judgments, and other important portions of the record of the 12 cases, and it is believed that these materials give a fair picture of the trials, and as full and illuminating a picture as is possible within the space available. Copies of the entire record of the trials are available in the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and elsewhere. In some cases, due to time limitations, errors of one sort or another have crept into the translations which were available to the Tribunal. In other cases the same document appears in different trials, or even at different parts of the same trial, with variations in translation. For the most part these inconsistencies have been allowed to remain and only such errors as might cause misunderstanding have been corrected."

Crime World War Conspiracy Political Intrigue Dystopian

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1PREFACE

63The Common Plan of Conspiracy and Aggressive War

2MEMBERS AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS OF THE TRIBUNAL

64Preparation for Aggression

3PROSECUTION COUNSEL[1]

65The Planning of Aggression

4DEFENDANTS AND DEFENSE COUNSEL

66Conferences of 23 November 1939 and 5 November 1937

5LONDON AGREEMENT OF 8 AUGUST 1945

67The Seizure of Austria

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6CHARTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL

68The Seizure of Czechoslovakia

7I. CONSTITUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL

69The Aggression against Poland

8II. JURISDICTION AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES

70The Invasion of Denmark and Norway

9III. COMMITTEE FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF MAJOR WAR CRIMINALS

71The Invasion of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg

10IV. FAIR TRIAL FOR DEFENDANTS

72The Aggression against Yugoslavia and Greece

11V. POWERS OF THE TRIBUNAL AND CONDUCT OF THE TRIAL

73The Aggressive War against the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

12VI. JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE

74War against the United States

13VII. EXPENSES

75Violations of International Treaties

14PROTOCOL RECTIFYING DISCREPANCY IN TEXT OF CHARTER

76Hague Conventions

15RULES OF PROCEDURE (Adopted 29 October 1945)

77Versailles Treaty

16MINUTES OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE TRIBUNAL, AT BERLIN, 18 OCTOBER 1945

78Treaties of Mutual Guarantee, Arbitration, and Non-Aggression

17INDICTMENT[13]

79Kellogg-Briand Pact

18COUNT ONE—THE COMMON PLAN OR CONSPIRACY

80The Law of the Charter

19COUNT TWO—CRIMES AGAINST PEACE

81The Law as to the Common Plan or Conspiracy

20COUNT THREE—WAR CRIMES

82War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity

21COUNT FOUR—CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

83Murder and Ill-Treatment of Prisoners of War

22APPENDIX A Statement of Individual Responsibility for Crimes Set Out in Counts One, Two, Three, and Four

84Murder and Ill-treatment of Civilian Population

23APPENDIX B Statement of Criminality of Groups and Organizations

85Pillage of Public and Private Property

24APPENDIX C

86Slave Labor Policy

25MOTION OF THE PROSECUTION FOR CORRECTING DISCREPANCIES IN THE INDICTMENT[14]

87Persecution of the Jews

26PLEAS OF INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS

88The Law Relating to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity

27LETTER OF RESERVATION BY THE UNITED STATES PROSECUTOR IN REGARD TO WORDING OF THE INDICTMENT

89THE LEADERSHIP CORPS OF THE NAZI PARTY

28ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING NOTICE TO INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS

90GESTAPO AND SD

29ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS

91SS

30ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING NOTICE TO DEFENDANT BORMANN

92THE SA

31CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE WITH ORDERS OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND TO DEFENDANT BORMANN

93THE REICH CABINET

32CERTIFICATES OF SERVICE ON INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS

94GENERAL STAFF AND HIGH COMMAND

33CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ON DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN

95GÖRING

34ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SERVICE

96HESS

35MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN FOR POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRIAL AS TO HIM

97VON RIBBENTROP

36REPORT OF MEDICAL COMMISSION APPOINTED TO EXAMINE DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN[15]

98KEITEL

37ANSWER OF THE UNITED STATES PROSECUTION TO THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN

99KALTENBRUNNER

38MEMORANDUM OF THE BRITISH PROSECUTION ON THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN

100ROSENBERG

39MEMORANDUM OF THE FRENCH PROSECUTION ON THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN

101FRANK

40SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM OF THE FRENCH PROSECUTION

102FRICK

41ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL GRANTING POSTPONEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS AGAINST GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN

103STREICHER

42SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES PROSECUTION

104FUNK

43MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF CHIEF PROSECUTORS TO AMEND THE INDICTMENT BY ADDING THE NAME OF ALFRIED KRUPP VON BOHLEN AS A DEFENDANT

105SCHACHT

44ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REJECTING THE MOTION TO AMEND THE INDICTMENT BY ADDING THE NAME OF ALFRIED KRUPP VON BOHLEN AS A DEFENDANT

106DÖNITZ

45MEMORANDUM OF THE FRENCH PROSECUTION ON THE ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REJECTING THE MOTION TO AMEND THE INDICTMENT

107RAEDER

46MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT STREICHER FOR POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRIAL AS TO HIM[16]

108VON SCHIRACH

47MEMORANDUM OF THE UNITED STATES PROSECUTION ON THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT STREICHER

109SAUCKEL

48MEMORANDUM OF THE BRITISH PROSECUTION ON THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT STREICHER

110JODL

49MOTION OF THE SOVIET PROSECUTION FOR A PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANT STREICHER

111VON PAPEN

50ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING A PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANT STREICHER

112SEYSS-INQUART

51REPORT OF EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANT STREICHER

113SPEER

52MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT HESS FOR AN EXAMINATION BY A NEUTRAL EXPERT WITH REFERENCE TO HIS MENTAL COMPETENCE AND CAPACITY TO STAND TRIAL

114VON NEURATH

53ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REJECTING THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT HESS, AND DESIGNATING A COMMISSION TO EXAMINE DEFENDANT HESS WITH REFERENCE TO HIS MENTAL COMPETENCE AND CAPACITY TO STAND TRIAL

115FRITZSCHE

54REPORT OF COMMISSION TO EXAMINE DEFENDANT HESS[17]

116BORMANN

55REPORT OF PRISON PSYCHOLOGIST ON MENTAL COMPETENCE OF DEFENDANT HESS[18]

117DISSENTING OPINION OF THE SOVIET MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL

56MOTION ADOPTED BY ALL DEFENSE COUNSEL[19]

118I. The Unfounded Acquittal of Defendant Schacht

57JUDGMENT

119II. The Unfounded Acquittal of Defendant Von Papen.

58The Charter Provisions

120III. The Unfounded Acquittal of Defendant Fritzsche

59The Nazi Regime in Germany the Origin and Aims of the Nazi Party