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"2) Those art objects which serve to
complete the Reich Marshal's collection;
"3) Those art objects and library stocks, which seem of use for
the establishment of the Hohe Schule and for Rosenberg's sphere of
activities;
"4) Those art objects suitable for German museums ... "
In view of the high priority afforded by the foregoing order to the
completion of the defendant's own collection, it is not surprising to
find that Göring continued to aid the operations of the Einsatzstab
Rosenberg. It has been established that on 1 May 1941 Göring issued
an order under his own signature to all Party, State, and Wehrmacht
services, requesting them to give all possible support and assistance to
the chief of staff of Reichsleiter Rosenberg.
By May 1942 the Defendant Göring was able to boast of the
assistance which he had rendered to the work of the Einsatzstab
Rosenberg. In our Document 1015(i)-PS which has been read in evidence on
Page 1678 of the record (Volume IV, Page 87), he is shown writing to the
Defendant Rosenberg that he personally supports the work of the
Einsatzstab wherever he can do so and that accounted for the seizure of
such a large number of art objects because he was able to render
assistance to the Einsatzstab.
Thus, the Defendant Göring's responsibility for the planning of
the looting of art, which was actually accomplished by the Einsatzstab
Rosenberg, would seem clear.
Details of the execution of both the Germanization and spoliation
policies in both the Western and Eastern countries occupied by the
German armies will be presented subsequently by the French and Soviet
Delegations. The responsibility of the Defendant Göring in his
capacity as Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan, as President of the
Cabinet Council for the' Defense of the Reich, and in other capacities,
will be further demonstrated by that evidence.
The plans of the Nazi conspirators with respect to Poland have been
shown by evidence already offered. The Nazis purported to incorporate
the four western provinces of Poland into the German Reich. In the
remaining portions occupied by them they set up the Government General.
It has been shown that the Nazis planned to germanize the so-called
incorporated territories ruthlessly, by deporting the Polish
intelligentsia, Jews, and dissident elements to the Government General
for eventual elimination, by confiscating Polish property, by sending
those so deprived of their property to Germany as laborers, and by
importing German settlers. It was specifically planned to exploit the
people and material resources of the territory within the Government
General by taking whatever was needed to strengthen the Nazi war
machine, thus impoverishing this region and reducing it to a vassal
state.