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| cessation of Polish armed resistance in
October 1939, Hitler and Himmler took steps to destroy the Polish nation and
large groups of its peoples. It has been shown that a special office was set up
to carry out this gigantic task; that the office was known as the Office of the
Reich Commissioner for the Strengthening of Germanism (later known as the Staff
Main Office); and that the Nazi Party and SS agencies, RuSHA, VoMi, and
Lebensborn, were detailed to assist in the execution of the program. It has
been shown that these four offices, working in perfect harmony, in
collaboration one with the other, and under the overall supervision of the
Staff Main Office were responsible for the many criminal acts which were
perpetrated in connection with the program. It has been shown that all of the
defendants, as important and high ranking officials of these four offices,
worked together to effectuate this criminal common plan. These defendants
conferred together, discussed together, planned together, and worked together.
Each was an expert in his own field. They comprised a team and each member was
vital to the success of the whole enormous operation. Their tasks were so
interwoven and so interrelated that without complete knowledge of the entire
program, and without full collaboration on the part of all, they would not have
been able to accomplish what they did in carrying out this criminal program. So
we repeat, these defendants constitute a team, they all were involved in one
scheme. They are all responsible for the criminal acts which they committed in
carrying out the program. Control Council Law No. 10, Article II, 2 provides that without regard to the capacity in which he acted any person is deemed to have committed a crime as defined in Control Council Law No. 10 if he was — (a) a principal, or (b) was an accessory to the commission of any such crime or ordered or abetted the same, or (c) took a consenting part therein, or (d) was connected with plans or enterprises involving its commission, or (e) was a member of any organization or group connected with the commission of any such crime. We submit that the proof in this case shows beyond a reasonable doubt that all the defendants have participated in the crimes charged in the indictment in such a way as to bring them within the provisions above quoted, and that they therefore are guilty of having committed the crimes charged. |
