. NMT04-C001
Volume IV · Pages V-VI-VII-VIII
| Page | |
| Frontispiece | I |
| Preface | III |
| Trials of War Criminals before Nuernberg Military Tribunals | IX |
| Declaration on German Atrocities | X |
| Executive Order 9547 | XI |
| London Agreement of 8 August 1945 | XI |
| Charter of The International Military Tribunal | XIII |
| Control Council Law No. 10 | XVIII |
| Executive Order 9679 | XXII |
| General Orders Number 301, Hq. USFET, 24 October 1946 | XXII |
| Military Government — Germany, United States Zone Ordinance No.7 | XXIII |
| Military Government-Germany, Ordinance No. 11 | XXVIII |
| Officials of the Office of the Secretary General | XXX |
| "The Einsatzgruppen Case" | |
| "The Einsatzgruppen Case" | 1 |
| Introduction | 3 |
| Order Constituting Tribunal II-A | 5 |
| Members of the Tribunal | 6 |
| Prosecution Counsel | 11 |
| Defense Counsel | 11 |
| I. Indictment | 13 |
| II. Arraignment | 23 |
| III. Opening Statement of the Prosecution | 30 |
| IV. Opening Statements for the Defense | 54 |
| A. Opening
Statement for the Defendant
Ohlendorf |
54 |
| B. Opening Statement for the Defendant Blobel | 82 |
| V. Organization of the Einsatzgruppen | 89 |
| VI. Authenticity of the Einsatzgruppen Reports | 96 |
| VII. Evidence and Arguments on Important
Aspects of the Case |
118 |
| A.
Selections from Evidence and Arguments
of the Prosecution |
118 |
| 1. Introduction | 118 |
| 2. The Task of the Einsatzgruppen | 119 |
| 3. The Magnitude of the Enterprise | 141 |
| 4. Methods of Execution | 198 |
| 5. Membership in Criminal Organizations | 216 |
| B.
Selections from Evidence and Arguments
of the Defense |
222 |
| 1. Introduction | 222 |
| 2.
Extracts from the Testimony of the
Defendants Ohlendorf, Haensch, and Braune |
223 |
| 3. General Defenses and Special Issues | 329 |
| a. Superior Orders | 329 |
| b. Justification of the Hitler Order | 339 |
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c. Justification because Allied Bombings
Killed noncombatants |
355 |
| d.
Justified Action Against Partisans
and Reprisal Measures |
358 |
| VIII Order of the Tribunal
Severing the
Case Against the Defendant Rasch |
367 |
| IX.
Closing Statement of the Prosecution,
13 February 1948, by Brigadier General Telford Taylor |
369 |
| X. Final Statements of the Defendants | 384 |
| XI. Opinion and Judgment | 411 |
| Einsatzgruppen | 414 |
| Authenticity of Reports | 416 |
| The Magnitude of the Enterprise | 427 |
| Employment as Labor Before Execution | 433 |
| Instigation to Pogroms | 435 |
| Appropriation of Personal Effects and Valuables | 439 |
| Prisoners of War | 441 |
| Methods of Execution | 443 |
| The Law — Jurisdiction | 453 |
| International Law
Applied to Individual Wrong-Doers |
460 |
| Self Defense and Necessity | 462 |
| Mass Killings for Ideological Reasons | 465 |
| Death of Noncombatants by Bombing | 466 |
| Superior Orders | 470 |
| Superior Orders Defense
Must Establish Ignorance of Illegality |
473 |
| Duress Needed for Plea of Superior Orders | 480 |
| German Precedent on Superior Order Doctrine | 483 |
| Noninvolvement | 488 |
| Partisans | 491 |
| Criminal Organizations | 494 |
| Crimes Against Humanity | 496 |
| Simferopol | 500 |
| The Fuehrerprinzip | 506 |
| Individual Judgments | 509 |
| Otto Oldendorf | 510 |
| Heinz Jost | 512 |
| Erich Naumann | 515 |
| Erwin Schulz | 518 |
| Franz Six | 521 |
| Paul Blobel | 526 |
| Walter Blume | 529 |
| Martin Sandberger | 532 |
| Willy Seibert | 536 |
| Eugen Steimle | 539 |
| Ernst Biberstein | 542 |
| Werner Braune | 545 |
| Walter Haensch | 547 |
| Gustav Nosske | 555 |
| Adolf Ott | 559 |
| Eduard Strauch | 563 |
| Waldemar Klingelhoefer | 568 |
| Lothar Fendler | 570 |
| Waldemar von Radetzky | 573 |
| Felix Ruehl | 578 |
| Heinz Hermann Schubert | 581 |
| Mathias Graf | 584 |
| Sentences | 587 |
| XII. Affirmation of Sentences by the Military
Governor of the United States Zone of Occupation |
590 |
| A. Introduction | 590 |
| B. Orders of the
Military Governor with
Respect to the Sentences of the Defendants Oldendorf and Jost |
591 |
| Appendix | 593 |
| List of Witnesses in Case 9 | |
| Index | 594 |
| "The RuSHA Case" | |
| Page | |
| Table of Contents [For the reader's convenience a copy of this Table has been placed following page 599] |
C001 (VII-VIII) |
| Introduction | 599 |
| Order Constituting Tribunal | 602 |
| Members of the Tribunal | 602 |
| Prosecution Counsel | 607 |
| Defense Counsel | 607 |
| I. Indictment | 608 |
| II. Arraignment | 619 |
| III. Opening Statements | 622 |
| A. Opening Statement of the Prosecution | 622 |
| B. Opening Statement for Defendant Greifelt | 694 |
| IV. Order
of the Tribunal Concerning Time
Allotted for Presentation of Defense Evidence and for Cross-Examination by the Prosecution |
711 |
| V.
Evidence and Arguments on Important
Aspects of the Case |
713 |
| A. Forced Germanization of enemy nationals | 713 |
| 1. Introduction | 713 |
| 2. German People's List (DVL) | 714 |
| 3. Re-Germanization Procedure (WED) | 762 |
| B. Forced Evacuation and Resettlement | 817 |
| 1. Introduction | 817 |
| 2. Resettlement of Ethnic Germans | 817 |
| 3.
Co-operation of the Office for Repatriation
of Ethnic Germans (VoMi) with Einsatzgruppen |
850 |
| 4. Forced Evacuation from Poland | 854 |
| 5.
Deportation and Forced Germanization
of Slovenes |
891 |
| 6.
Forced Evacuation from Alsace Lorraine
and Luxembourg |
910 |
| 7.
General Aspects of the Forced Evacuation and Resettlement Program |
936 |
| C. Plunder of Public and Private Property | 954 |
| D. Kidnapping of
Children of
Foreign Nationality |
989 |
| 1. Introduction | 989 |
| 2. The Program | 990 |
| 3. Polish Children | 993 |
| 4. Czech Children | 1028 |
| 5. Yugoslav Children | 1053 |
| 6. Arguments of Prosecution and Defense | 1073 |
| E. Forced Abortions | 1076 |
| F. Taking Away Infants of Eastern Workers | 1100 |
| G. Hampering Reproduction of Enemy Nationals | 1112 |
| 1. Introduction | 1112 |
| 2. Prevention of Marriages | 1113 |
| 3. Treatment of Illegitimate Polish Children | 1118 |
| 4. Sterilization | 1121 |
| H. Punishment for Sexual
Intercourse
with Germans |
1139 |
| 1. Introduction | 1139 |
| 2.
Treatment of Aliens Who Had Sexual
Intercourse with Germans |
1140 |
| 3.
Meaning of the Expression "Special
Treatment" in this connection |
1166 |
| I. Membership in the SS | 1173 |
| (Sec. VI follows in Vol. V) | |
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VOLUME V continuation of "The RuSHA Case" |
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| (Link to Volume V) | |
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| VI. General Defenses and Special Issues. | |
| A. Introduction. | |
| B. Selections from the
Arguments and Evidence of the Defense. |
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| 1. Genocide. | |
| 2. Historical Background of German-Polish Relations. | |
| 3. Status of Occupied Poland under International Law. | |
| 4. Conduct of the
Defendants in Accordance with Valid German Law. |
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| 5. Validity of Certain
Provisions of the Hague Convention in a so-called "Total War". |
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| 6. Responsibility of
Superiors for Acts of Subordinates. |
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| 7. Responsibility of
Subordinates for Acts Carried Out upon Superior Orders. |
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| C. Extracts from the
Closing Statement of the Prosecution |
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| VII. Special
Circumstances Arising out of the Earlier Extradition of the Defendant Hildebrandt to Poland. |
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| A. Extract from the
Closing Statement of the Defense on Behalf of Defendant Hildebrandt. |
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| B. Statement by the Prosecution. | |
| C. Determination of the Tribunal. | |
| VIII. Final Statements
of the Defendants to the Tribunal. |
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| IX. Opinion and
Judgment. Sentences. |
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| X. Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by Judge O'Connell. | |
| XI. Affirmation of
Sentences by the Commander of the U.S. Zone of Occupation. |
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| Appendix. Table of Comparative Ranks List of Witnesses in Case 8. |
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| Index, Case 8 | |
