M936-01-T002
There are six U.S. Nuernberg trial record series: the NG (Nuernberg Government) Series containing 5,889 enumerated record items with some gaps, the. NI (Nuernberg Industrialists) Series holding 15,681 record items also with gaps, the NM (Nuernberg) Miscellaneous) Series with 20 record items, the NO (Nuernberg Organizations) Series consisting of 6,039 record items with many gaps. the NOKW (Nuernberg High Command) Series containing 3,573 items with gaps, and the NP (Nuernberg Propaganda) Series composed of 119 record Items. These series include records of potential evidentiary value from the era of the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, and a few records of an earlier period. The provenance of many of the records of the NG Series is the German Foreign Office (Auswaertiges Amt) or other German Government departments. The NI Series records deal mainly with German industry, finances, and economic affairs, particularly those affecting the Krupp, Flick, and I. G. Farben Industrial firms. The NM Series will be described below. The records of the ND Series relate most often to the various functions and formations of the 8SS (Schutz Staffel). Those of the NOKW Series touch on records stemming from the different German military commands while the records of the NP Series refer to the Auslands Organization (AO) of the German Foreign Office dealing with Germans in other countries. The N Series were constituted at Nuernberg from many sources, including the Rosenberg Collection of records, the I. G. Farben Library at Grieshiem and the output of various document teams; however by far the largest number of records stemmed from OCCWC's permanent branch in Berlin and a temporary branch in Washington. In Berlin six record series were established: the BB, BBH, F, BBT, SS, and WA. If they were of sufficient evidential value, individual records of the first three series were converted at Nuernberg, usually to NI Series documents; many BBT Series items were redesignated with NG Series numbers; many documents of the SS Series became NO Series items; and several WA Series records were converted to NG and NO Series documents. In Washington the WB and WC Series were established .The WB Series documents were redesignated NOKW Series records, and the WC Series became NI Series records.
Authority for the proceedings of the International Military Tribunal against the major Nazi war criminals derived from the Declaration on German Atrocities (Moscow Declaration) released November 1, 1943, Executive Order 9547 of May 2, 1945, the London Agreement of August 8, 1945, the Berlin Protocol of October 6, 1945 and the Charter of the International Military Tribunal.
Authority for the 12 subsequent cases stemmed mainly from Control Council Law 10 of December 20, 1945, and was reinforced by Executive Order 9679 of January 16, 1946; U.S. Military