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[Germaniza…] tion of occupied territories according to the racial principles of the Nazi Party and were involved in the deportation of Jews and other foreign nationals."¹ |
| In condemning the Leadership Corps of the Nazi Party, the Tribunal said: |
| "But the Leadership Corps was also used for similar steps in Austria and those parts of Czechoslovakia, Lithuania, Poland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Yugoslavia * * * the Leadership Corps was used for their Germanization through elimination of local customs * * *."² [Emphasis supplied.] |
| In its judgment against Hess, the Tribunal said: |
"* * * he signed decrees forcing certain groups of Poles to accept German citizenship. The Tribunal however, does not find that the evidence sufficiently connects Hess with those crimes to sustain a finding of guilt., [Emphasis supplied.] |
| So, although the Tribunal did not pin the
guilt for these particular crimes on Hess, it did adjudicate the fact that the
forcing of persons to accept German citizenship was a crime. In citing the crimes committed by the defendant Rosenberg, the Tribunal held that |
"He helped to formulate the policies of Germanization * * *, and he set up the administration which carried them out." 4 |
| And finally, the Tribunal in its judgment against the defendant Frick said |
"Having created a racial register of persons of German extraction, Frick conferred German citizenship on certain groups of citizens of foreign countries. He is responsible for Germanization in Austria, Sudetenland, Memel, Danzig, Eastern territories (West Prussia and Posen), and Eupen, Malmedy, and Moresnot. He forced on the citizens of these territories German law, German courts, German education, German police security, and compulsory military service."5 |
| CONCLUSION |
| In conclusion we respectfully submit that it has been shown that during the course of the late war many heinous crimes were committed by the Nazi regime against the civilian population of neighboring countries. It has been shown that these crimes Were committed for the purpose of making Germany strong by making her neighbors weak. It has been shown that with the |
¹ Ibid., p. 270.
² Ibid., pp. 258-259.
³ Ibid., p. 284.
4 Ibid. p. 295.
5 Ibid. p. 301.
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