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| 50, 51, 54, 56, 57, 60, 62, 63, 65-68, 76, and 77 of the Prisoners of War Convention (Geneva, 1929), the laws and customs of war, the general principles of criminal law as derived from the criminal laws of all civilized nations, the internal penal laws of the countries in which such crimes were committed, and were declared, recognized, and defined as crimes by Article II of Control Council Law No. 10. |
| COUNT THREE- — CRIMES
AGAINST HUMANITY |
| 24. Between September 1939 and April 1945 all
of the defendants herein unlawfully, wilfully, and knowingly committed crimes
against humanity as defined by Control Council Law No. 10, in that they were
principals in, accessories to, ordered, abetted, took a consenting part in, and
were connected with plans and enterprises involving the commission of
atrocities and offenses, including but not limited to murder, extermination,
enslavement, deportation, illegal imprisonment, torture, persecution on
political, racial, and religious grounds, and ill-treatment of, and other
inhumane and criminal acts against thousands of persons. These crimes embraced,
but were not limited to, the particulars set out in paragraphs 4 to 10,
inclusive, and the acts charged in paragraphs 14 to 22, inclusive, of this
indictment, which are incorporated herein by reference, and were committed
against German civilians and nationals of other countries. 25. The said crimes against humanity constitute violations of international conventions, including the Articles of the Hague Regulations, 1907, and of the Prisoners of War Convention (Geneva, 1929) enumerated in paragraph 23 of this indictment, the laws and customs of war, the general principles of criminal law as derived from the criminal laws of all civilized nations, the internal penal laws of the countries in which such crimes were committed, and were declared, recognized and defined as crimes by Article II of Control Council Law No. 10. |
| COUNT FOUR — MEMBERSHIP
IN CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION |
| 26. All of the defendants herein, except defendant Hohberg, are charged with membership, subsequent to September 1, 19,39, in the Schutzstaffeln der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei (commonly known as the "SS"), declared to be criminal by the International Military Tribunal and paragraph 1 (d) Article II of Control Council Law No. 10. |
