APPENDIX B
Statement of Criminality of Groups and
Organizations
The statements hereinafter set forth, following
the name of each group or organization named in the Indictment as one
which should be declared criminal, constitute matters upon which the
prosecution will rely interalia as establishing the
criminality of the group or organization:
DIE REICHSREGIERUNG (REICH CABINET)
"Die Reichsregierung (Reich Cabinet)"
referred to in the Indictment consists of persons who were:
(i) Members of the ordinary cabinet after
30 January 1933, the date on which Hitler became Chancellor of the
German Republic. The term "ordinary cabinet" as used herein
means the Reich Ministers, i.e., heads of departments of the central
Government; Reich Ministers without portfolio; State Ministers acting
as Reich Ministers; and other officials entitled to take part in
meetings of this cabinet.
(ii) Members of der Ministerrat für die Reichsverteidigung
(Council of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich).
(iii) Members of der Geheimer Kabinettsrat (Secret Cabinet
Council).
Under the Führer, these persons functioning in the foregoing
capacities and in association as a group, possessed and exercised
legislative, executive, administrative, and political powers and
functions of a very high order in the system of German Government.
Accordingly, they are charged with responsibility for the policies
adopted and put into effect by the Government including those which
comprehended and involved the commission of the crimes referred to in
Counts One, Two, Three, and Four of the Indictment.
DAS KORPS DER POLITISCHEN LEITER DER
NATIONAL- SOZIALISTISCHEN DEUTSCHEN ARBEITERPARTEI (LEADERSHIP CORPS
OF THE NAZI PARTY)
"Das Korps der Politischen Leiter der
Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei (Leadership Corps of
the Nazi Party)" referred to in the Indictment consists of
persons who were at any time, according to common Nazi terminology,
"Politischen Leiter" (Political Leaders) of any grade or
rank.
The Politischen Leiter comprised the leaders of the various
functional offices of the Party (for example, the Reichsleitung, or