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| I. AMENDED INDICTMENT* |
| 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 that the
defendants herein committed crimes against humanity and war crimes, as defined
in Control Council Law No. 10, duly enacted by the Allied Control Council on 20
December 1945. These crimes included the murder of more than one million
persons, tortures, atrocities, and other inhumane acts, as set forth in counts
one and two of this indictment. All of the defendants are further charged with
membership in criminal organizations, as set forth in count three of this
indictment. The persons accused as guilty of these crimes and accordingly named as defendants in this case are |
OTTO OHLENDORF — Gruppenfuerer (major general) in the Schutzstaffeln der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei (commonly known as the "SS") ; member of the Reichssicherheitsdienst des Reichsfuehrer SS (commonly known as the "SD") ; Commanding Officer of Einsatzgruppe D. |
HEINZ JOST— Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member of the SD; Commanding Officer of Einsatzgruppe A. |
ERICH NAUMANN — Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member of the SD; Commanding Officer of Einsatzgruppe B. |
OTTO RASCH — Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member of the SD; member of the Geheime Staatspolizei (commonly known as the "Gestapo") ; Commanding Officer of Einsatzgruppe C. |
ERWIN SCHULZ — Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member of the Gestapo; Commanding Officer of Einsatzkommando 5 of Einsatzgruppe C. |
FRANZ SIX — Brigadefuehrer (brigadier general) in the SS; member of the SD; Commanding Officer of Vorkommando Moscow of Einsatzgruppe B. |
PAUL BLOBEL — Standartenfuehrer (colonel) in the SS; member of the SD; Commanding Officer of Sonderkommando 4a of Einsatzgruppe C. |
WALTER BLUME — Standartenfuehrer (colonel) in the SS; member of the SD; member of the Gestapo; Commanding Officer of Sonderkommando 7a of Einsatzgruppe B. |
* The amended indictment was filed on 29 July 1947. The indictment filed originally on 3 July 1947 did not include the defendants Steimle, Braune, Haensch. Strauch, Klingelhoefer, and Radetzky.
