[Gutenberg 51292] • Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 1 by Various -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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CONTENTS MEMBERS AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS OF THE TRIBUNAL OFFICIALS OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT PROSECUTION COUNSEL[1] DEFENDANTS AND DEFENSE COUNSEL LONDON AGREEMENT OF 8 AUGUST 1945 CHARTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL

I. CONSTITUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL II. JURISDICTION AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES III. COMMITTEE FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF MAJOR WAR CRIMINALS IV. FAIR TRIAL FOR DEFENDANTS V. POWERS OF THE TRIBUNAL AND CONDUCT OF THE TRIAL VI. JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE VII. EXPENSES

PROTOCOL RECTIFYING DISCREPANCY IN TEXT OF CHARTER RULES OF PROCEDURE (Adopted 29 October 1945) MINUTES OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE TRIBUNAL, AT BERLIN, 18 OCTOBER 1945 INDICTMENT[13]

COUNT ONE—THE COMMON PLAN OR CONSPIRACY

(A) NAZI PARTY AS THE CENTRAL CORE OF THE COMMON PLAN OR CONSPIRACY (B) COMMON OBJECTIVES AND METHODS OF CONSPIRACY (C) DOCTRINAL TECHNIQUES OF THE COMMON PLAN OR CONSPIRACY (D) THE ACQUIRING OF TOTALITARIAN CONTROL OF GERMANY: POLITICAL (E) THE ACQUIRING OF TOTALITARIAN CONTROL IN GERMANY: ECONOMIC; AND THE ECONOMIC PLANNING AND MOBILIZATION FOR AGGRESSIVE WAR (F) UTILIZATION OF NAZI CONTROL FOR FOREIGN AGGRESSION (G) WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COMMITTED IN THE COURSE OF EXECUTING THE CONSPIRACY FOR WHICH THE CONSPIRATORS ARE RESPONSIBLE. (H) INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OFFENSE STATED IN COUNT ONE

COUNT TWO—CRIMES AGAINST PEACE COUNT THREE—WAR CRIMES

(A) MURDER AND ILL-TREATMENT OF CIVILIAN POPULATIONS OF OR IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY AND ON THE HIGH SEAS (B) DEPORTATION FOR SLAVE LABOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATIONS OF AND IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES (C) MURDER AND ILL-TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR, AND OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE COUNTRIES WITH WHOM GERMANY WAS AT WAR, AND OF PERSONS ON THE HIGH SEAS (D) KILLING OF HOSTAGES (E) PLUNDER OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY Removal of Raw Materials. Removal of Industrial Equipment. Removal of Agricultural Produce. Removal of Manufactured Products. Plundering. Financial Exploitation. Looting and Destruction of Works of Art. (F) THE EXACTION OF COLLECTIVE PENALTIES (G) WANTON DESTRUCTION OF CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES AND DEVASTATION NOT JUSTIFIED BY MILITARY NECESSITY (H) CONSCRIPTION OF CIVILIAN LABOR (I) FORCING CIVILIANS OF OCCUPIED TERRITORIES TO SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO A HOSTILE POWER (J) GERMANIZATION OF OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

COUNT FOUR—CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

(A) MURDER, EXTERMINATION, ENSLAVEMENT, DEPORTATION, AND OTHER INHUMANE ACTS COMMITTED AGAINST CIVILIAN POPULATIONS BEFORE AND DURING THE WAR (B) PERSECUTION ON POLITICAL, RACIAL, AND RELIGIOUS GROUNDS IN EXECUTION OF AND IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMON PLAN MENTIONED IN COUNT ONE

APPENDIX A Statement of Individual Responsibility for Crimes Set Out in Counts One, Two, Three, and Four APPENDIX B Statement of Criminality of Groups and Organizations

DIE REICHSREGIERUNG (REICH CABINET) DAS KORPS DER POLITISCHEN LEITER DER NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHEN DEUTSCHEN ARBEITERPARTEI (LEADERSHIP CORPS OF THE NAZI PARTY) DIE SCHUTZSTAFFELN DER NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHEN DEUTSCHEN ARBEITERPARTEI (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE SS) INCLUDING DER SICHERHEITSDIENST (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE SD) DIE GEHEIME STAATSPOLIZEI (SECRET STATE POLICE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE GESTAPO) DIE STURMABTEILUNGEN DER NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHEN DEUTSCHEN ARBEITERPARTEI (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE SA) GENERAL STAFF AND HIGH COMMAND OF THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES

APPENDIX C

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI

MOTION OF THE PROSECUTION FOR CORRECTING DISCREPANCIES IN THE INDICTMENT[14] PLEAS OF INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS LETTER OF RESERVATION BY THE UNITED STATES PROSECUTOR IN REGARD TO WORDING OF THE INDICTMENT ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING NOTICE TO INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING NOTICE TO DEFENDANT BORMANN CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE WITH ORDERS OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND TO DEFENDANT BORMANN CERTIFICATES OF SERVICE ON INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ON DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SERVICE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN FOR POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRIAL AS TO HIM REPORT OF MEDICAL COMMISSION APPOINTED TO EXAMINE DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN[15] ANSWER OF THE UNITED STATES PROSECUTION TO THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN MEMORANDUM OF THE BRITISH PROSECUTION ON THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN MEMORANDUM OF THE FRENCH PROSECUTION ON THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM OF THE FRENCH PROSECUTION ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL GRANTING POSTPONEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS AGAINST GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES PROSECUTION MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF CHIEF PROSECUTORS TO AMEND THE INDICTMENT BY ADDING THE NAME OF ALFRIED KRUPP VON BOHLEN AS A DEFENDANT ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REJECTING THE MOTION TO AMEND THE INDICTMENT BY ADDING THE NAME OF ALFRIED KRUPP VON BOHLEN AS A DEFENDANT MEMORANDUM OF THE FRENCH PROSECUTION ON THE ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REJECTING THE MOTION TO AMEND THE INDICTMENT MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT STREICHER FOR POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRIAL AS TO HIM[16]

II III

MEMORANDUM OF THE UNITED STATES PROSECUTION ON THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT STREICHER MEMORANDUM OF THE BRITISH PROSECUTION ON THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT STREICHER MOTION OF THE SOVIET PROSECUTION FOR A PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANT STREICHER ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING A PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANT STREICHER REPORT OF EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANT STREICHER MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT HESS FOR AN EXAMINATION BY A NEUTRAL EXPERT WITH REFERENCE TO HIS MENTAL COMPETENCE AND CAPACITY TO STAND TRIAL ORDER 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 REPORT OF COMMISSION TO EXAMINE DEFENDANT HESS[17]

Attachment I. Conclusions Attachment II. Report B C 20 November 1945

REPORT OF PRISON PSYCHOLOGIST ON MENTAL COMPETENCE OF DEFENDANT HESS[18] MOTION ADOPTED BY ALL DEFENSE COUNSEL[19] JUDGMENT

The Charter Provisions The Nazi Regime in Germany the Origin and Aims of the Nazi Party The Seizure of Power The Consolidation of Power Measures of Rearmament The Common Plan of Conspiracy and Aggressive War Preparation for Aggression The Planning of Aggression Conferences of 23 November 1939 and 5 November 1937 The Seizure of Austria The Seizure of Czechoslovakia The Aggression against Poland The Invasion of Denmark and Norway The Invasion of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg The Aggression against Yugoslavia and Greece The Aggressive War against the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics War against the United States Violations of International Treaties Hague Conventions Versailles Treaty Treaties of Mutual Guarantee, Arbitration, and Non-Aggression Kellogg-Briand Pact The Law of the Charter The Law as to the Common Plan or Conspiracy War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity Murder and Ill-Treatment of Prisoners of War Murder and Ill-treatment of Civilian Population Pillage of Public and Private Property Slave Labor Policy Persecution of the Jews The Law Relating to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity THE LEADERSHIP CORPS OF THE NAZI PARTY GESTAPO AND SD SS THE SA THE REICH CABINET GENERAL STAFF AND HIGH COMMAND GÖRING HESS VON RIBBENTROP KEITEL KALTENBRUNNER ROSENBERG FRANK FRICK STREICHER FUNK SCHACHT DÖNITZ RAEDER VON SCHIRACH SAUCKEL JODL VON PAPEN SEYSS-INQUART SPEER VON NEURATH FRITZSCHE BORMANN

DISSENTING OPINION OF THE SOVIET MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL

I. The Unfounded Acquittal of Defendant Schacht II. The Unfounded Acquittal of Defendant Von Papen. III. The Unfounded Acquittal of Defendant Fritzsche IV. Concerning the Sentence of the Defendant Rudolf Hess V. Incorrect Judgment with regard to the Reich Cabinet VI. Incorrect Judgment with regard to the General Staff and the OKW

SENTENCES TRANSCRIBER NOTES

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