Text: English     International Military Tribunal "Blue Series," Vol. 4, p. 96
		18 Dec. 45 COL. STOREY: Yes. THE PRESIDENT: Very well. COL. STOREY: I am informed that the Ministry was created later but it is given as Reich Commissar for Aviation. In addition the Defendant Funk was present as Reich Press Chief, and the Defendant Von Papen was present as Deputy of the Reich Chancellor and Reich Commissar for the State of Prussia. Not long after that date new ministries or departments were created into which leading Nazi figures were placed. On 13 March 1933 the Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda was created. The decree setting it up appears in the 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, Page 104, our Document 2029-PS. I assume that the Court will take judicial notice of the laws and decrees, as we have mentioned in the previous proceeding. The late Goebbels was named as Reich Minister of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda. On 5 May 1933 the Ministry of Air (Reichsgesetzblatt 1933. Part 1, Page 241, our Document 2089-PS). On I May 1934 the Ministry of Education. I refer to 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I Page 365, our Document 2078-PS. On 16 July 1935 the Ministry for Church Affairs (1935 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, Page 1029, our Document 2090-PS). The Defendant Göring was made Air Minister; Bernhard Rust, Gauleiter of South Hanover, was named Education Minister; and Hans Kerrl named Minister for Church Affairs. Two ministries were added after the war started. On 17 March 1940 the Ministry of Armaments and Munitions was established (1940 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, Page 513, our Document 2091-PS). The late Dr. Todt, a high Party official, was appointed to this post. The Defendant Spur succeeded him. The name of this department was changed to "Armaments and War Production" in 1943 (1943 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, Page 529, our Document 2092-PS). On 17 July 1941, when the seizure of the Eastern Territories was in progress, the Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories was created. The decree appointing the Defendant Rosenberg to the post of Minister of this department has already been received in evidence as Exhibit USA-319. During the years 1933 to 1945 one ministry was dropped — that of Defense which was later called "War". This took place in 1938 when, on 4 February, Hitler took over command of the whole Armed Forces. At the same time he created the "Chief of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces" or, in other words, the Chief of the OKW. This was the Defendant Keitel. The decree accomplishing this change is published in the 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, at Page 111. It appears in our document book as 1915-PS, 96
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