Proclamation of the Fuehrer to the German Armed Forces, 1st September 1939

Racial Gardening: The Demographic Experiment in Poland [in progress]

Himmler Decree Concerning Procedures for Confiscation of Works of Art, Archives and Documents, 1 December 1939

Order Concerning Treatment of Property of Nationals of the Former Polish State, 17 September 1940

Individual Responsibility of Alfred Rosenberg, Nuremberg Tribunal Charges, 1945

Artur Seyss-Inquart, Nuremberg Indictment Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV [Parts III and IV are directly relevant to Poland; Parts I and II deal with background factors and Austria]

Testimony of Erwin Lahousen before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 30 November 1945

Affidavit of Erwin Lahousen, 21 January 1946

Lahousen served in the Abwehr, the intelligence service of the OKW, between 1938 and 1943.  He was one of Canaris' section chiefs and represented him at various conferences with senior OKW officers.  His affidavit, provided to investigating officers for the Nuremberg Tribunal of the Major German War Criminals,  provides information concerning plans for the destruction of elites in Poland and the killings of Russian POWs, and the attitude of senior OKW officers to them, particularly Keitel and Reinecke.  Only those portions of the affidavit relating to policies pursued respecting the populations of occupied countries and war crimes are reproduced here.

Nuremberg Judgments

Frank,  Goering,  Jodl,  Kaltenbrunner,  Keitel,   Rosenberg,  Saukel, Streicher

Other Relevant Pages

Appropriation

War Crimes and Criminals

SS, Security Services and Police