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INDICTMENT |
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The United States of America, by the
undersigned Telford Taylor, Chief of Counsel for War Crimes, duly appointed to
represent said Government in the prosecution of war criminals, charges the
defendant Erhard Milch with the commission of war crimes and crimes against
humanity as defined in Control Council Law No. 10,* duly enacted by the Allied
Control Council on 20 December 1945. The defendant Milch between 1939 and 1945
was State Secretary in the [Reich] Air Ministry (Staatssekretaer im
Reichsluftfahrt ministerium), Inspector General of the Air Force
(Generalinspekteur der Luftwaffe), Deputy to the Commander in Chief of the Air
Force (Stellvertreter des Oberbefehlshabers der Luftwaffe), and Member of the
Nazi Party (Mitglied der NSDAP). The defendant Milch was also Field Marshal in
the Luftwaffe (Generalfeldmarschall in der Luftwaffe) 1940-45, Aircraft Master
General (Generalluftzeugmeister) 1941-44, Member of the Central Planning Board
(Mitglied der "Zentralen Planung") 19421945, and Chief of the Jaegerstab
1944-1945. The war crimes and crimes against humanity charged herein against
the defendant Milch include deportation, enslavement and mistreatment of
millions of persons, participation in criminal medical experiments upon human
beings, and murders, brutalities, cruelties, tortures, atrocities, and other
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COUNT ONE |
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1. Between September 1939 and May 1945 the
defendant Milch unlawfully, wilfully, and knowingly committed war crimes as
defined by Article II of Control Council Law No. 10, in that he was a principal
in, accessory to, ordered, abetted, took a consenting part in, and was
connected with plans and enterprises involving slave labor and deportation to
slave labor of the civilian populations of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Italy,
Hungary, and other countries and territories occupied by the German Armed
Forces, in the course of which millions of persons were enslaved, deported,
ill-treated, terrorized, tortured, and murdered. 2. Between September 1939 and
May 1945 the defendant Milch unlawfully, wilfully, and knowingly committed war
crimes as defined by Article II of Control Council Law No. 10, in that he was a
principal in, accessory to, ordered, abetted, took a consenting part in, and
was connected with plans and enterprises involving the use of prisoners of war
in war operations and work having a direct relation with war operations,
including the manufacture and transportation of arms and munitions, in the
course of which |
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* See vol. I, this series, pref. pp. III thru
XXVIII for basic papers. |
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