ritories. The total amount of fines imposed on French
communities add up to 1,157,179,484 francs made up as follows
:
A fine on the Jewish population
1,000,000,000
Various fines
157,179,48
These acts violated Article 50, Hague Regulations,
1907, the laws and customs of war, the general principles of criminal
law as derived from the criminal laws of all civilized nations, the
internal penal laws of the countries in which such crimes were
committed, and Article 6 (b) of the Charter.
(G) WANTON DESTRUCTION OF CITIES, TOWNS,
AND VILLAGES AND DEVASTATION NOT JUSTIFIED BY MILITARY
NECESSITY
The defendants wantonly destroyed cities, towns,
and villages and committed other acts of devastation without military
justification or necessity. These acts violated Articles 46 and 50 of
the Hague Regulations, 1907, the laws and customs of war, the general
principles of criminal law as derived from the criminal laws of all
civilized nations, the internal penal laws of the countries in which
such crimes were committed, and Article 6 (b) of the Charter.
Particulars by way of example only and without prejudice to the
production of evidence of other cases are as follows:
1. Western Countries:
In March 1941, part of Lofoten in Norway was destroyed.
In April 1942, the town of Telerag in Norway was destroyed.
Entire villages were destroyed in France, among others
Oradoursur-Glane, Saint-Nizier and, in the Vercors, La Mure,
Vassieux, La Chapelle en Vercors. The town of Saint Die was burnt
down and destroyed. The Old Port District of Marseilles was dynamited
in the beginning of 1943 and resorts along the Atlantic and the
Mediterranean coasts, particularly the town of Sanary, were
demolished.
In Holland there was most widespread and extensive destruction,
not justified by military necessity, including the destruction of
harbors, locks, dikes, and bridges: immense devastation was also
caused by inundations which equally were not justified by military
necessity.
2. Eastern Countries:
In the Eastern Countries the defendants pursued a policy of
wanton destruction and devastation: some particulars of this (without
prejudice to the production of evidence of other cases) are set out
above under the heading "Plunder of Public and Private
Property".