Chronology of International Events March
1938-December 1941
German Proclamation on War with the USSR,
June 22, 1941
German Foreign Minister on Declaration of
War with USSR, June 22, 1941
Stalin Broadcast on War with Germany,
July 3, 1941
Hitler's Order of the Day to Troops on the
Eastern Front, October 2, 1941
Hitler's Announcement to the Reichstag
Concerning the Declaration of War on the United States of America, December 11, 1941
Statement by the Commissar
of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, Molotov, on German Attrocities in Occupied USSR, 1941
Memorandum by Brautigam Concerning Conditions in Occupied
Areas of the USSR 25 October 1942
Kugel Erlass ("Bullet Decree"),
4 March 1944
Decree stipulating that escaped POWs are to be handed over to the SD for
handling. They were then sent to Mauthausen Concentration Camp where they were executed.
Notes by Keitel Concerning Actions of German Armed
Forces During the War and in Occupied Territory 19 October 1945
These notes were prepared by Wilhelm Keitel,
Chief of the High Command of the German Armed Forces, OKW, for the Chief of Investigation
before the Nurnberg Tribunal, Mr. Dodd. They are noteworthy for the justifications
advanced to justify those policies classified by the Allied powers as war crimes and
crimes against humanity.
Affidavit of Generaloberst Franz Halder 22
November, 1945
This affidavit is of interest in connection with the decisions relating to the
Anschluss, the invasions of Czechoslovakia, Poland and France, the approach of the OKW to the neutrality of Belgium and Holland,
the reasons for the attack on the USSR, and details concerning the Commissar Order and the
handling of USSR POWs.
Affidavit of Leopold Buerkner 22
January1946
Buerkner, a Vice-Admiral, was in charge of the Bureau of Foreign
Affairs in the Abwehr, the intelligence
service of the OKW, working under Admiral Canaris. This bureau was frequently asked to
provide opinions in connection with proposed policy directives and orders. In this
affidavit Buerkner provides information relating to the Commissar Order, the handling of
Russian POWs, the taking of hostages, handling of those taking part in British Commando
raids, and similar, all policies which he states that his bureau and the Abwehr counseled
against.
Nuremberg Charges
Hans Frank (Governor-General of
non-annexed occupied Poland)
Alfred Jodl
Ernst Kaltenbrunner (Chief of the RSHA 1943-1945)
Wilhelm Keitel
Alfred Rosenberg
Artur Seyss-Inquart Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV
Julius Streicher
The Concentration Camps, Part I, Part II
The General Staff and High Command of the Armed Forces Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V
The SS, Part I, Part
II, Part III, Part IV, Part V
The Geheime Staatspolizei (GESTAPO) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD)
Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI
Nuremberg Judgments
Frank, Goering, Jodl, Kaltenbrunner, Keitel,
Rosenberg, Saukel, Streicher, Seyss-Inquart
The "Einsatzgruppen Case"
Military Tribunal II, Case No. 9