Jews was necessary. In December 1941 he made the
suggestion to Hitler that in a case of shooting 100 hostages, Jews
only be used. Rosenberg had knowledge of the deportation of laborers
from the East, of the methods of "recruiting' and the
transportation horrors, and of the treatment Eastern laborers
received in the Reich. He gave his civil administrators quotas of
laborers to be sent to the Reich, which had to be met by whatever
means necessary. His signature of approval appears on the order of 14
June 1944 for the "Heu Aktion", the apprehension of 40,000
to 50,000 youths, aged 10-14, for shipment to the Reich.
Upon occasion Rosenberg objected to the excesses and atrocities
committed by his subordinates, notably in the case of Koch, but these
excesses continued and he stayed in office until the end.
Conclusion.
The Tribunal finds that Rosenberg is guilty on
all four Counts.
FRANK
Frank is indicted under Counts One, Three, and Four. Frank joined
the Nazi Party in 1927. He became a member of the Reichstag in 1930,
the Bavarian State Minister of Justice in March 1933, and when this
position was incorporated into the Reich Government in 1934, Reich
Minister without Portfolio. He was made a Reichsleiter of the Nazi
Party in charge of Legal Affairs in 1933, and in the same year
President of the Academy of German Law. Frank was also given the
honorary rank of Obergruppenführer in the SA. In 1942 Frank
became involved in a temporary dispute with Himmler as to the type of
legal system which should be in effect in Germany. During the same
year he was dismissed as Reichsleiter of the Nazi Party and as
President of the Academy of German Law.
Crimes against Peace
The evidence has not satisfied the Tribunal that
Frank was sufficiently connected with the common plan to wage
aggressive war lo allow the Tribunal to convict him on Count One.
War Crimes and Crimes against
Humanity
Frank was appointed Chief Civil Administration
Officer for occupied Polish territory and, on 12 October 1939, was
made Governor General of the occupied Polish territory. On 3 October
1939 he described the policy which he intended to put into effect by
stating: "Poland shall be treated like a colony; the Poles will
become the slaves of the Greater German World Empire." The
evidence establishes that this occupation policy was based on the
complete destruction of Poland as a national entity, and a ruthless
exploitation of its human and economic resources for the German war
effort
.