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| constitute violations of international conventions, particularly of
Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 18, 23, 43, 46 and 52 of the Hague Regulations,
1907, and of Articles 2, 3, 4, 6, 9-15, 23, 25, 27-34, 46-48, 50, 51, 54, 56,
57, 60, 62, 63, 65-68, and 76 of the Prisoner-of-War Convention (Geneva, 1929),
of the laws and customs of war, of the general principles of criminal law as
derived from the criminal laws of all civilized nations, of the internal penal
laws of the countries in which such crimes were committed, and of Article II of
Control Council Law No. 10. |
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| COUNT FOUR — MEMBERSHIP IN THE SS |
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| 145. The defendants Schneider, Buetefisch, and von der Heyde are
charged with membership, subsequent to 1 September 1939, in Die Schutzstaffeln
der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei (commonly known as the
"SS"), declared to be criminal by the International Military Tribunal, and
Paragraph 1 (d) of Article II of Control Council Law No. 10. |
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| COUNT FIVE — COMMON PLAN OR CONSPIRACY |
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146. All the defendants, acting through the instrumentality of
Farben and otherwise, with divers other persons, during a period of years
preceding 8 May 1945, participated as leaders, organizers, instigators, and
accomplices in the formulation and execution of a common plan or conspiracy to
commit, or which involved the commission of, crimes against peace (including
the acts constituting war crimes and crimes against humanity which were
committed as an integral part of such crimes against peace) as defined by
Control Council Law No. 10, and are individually responsible for their own acts
and for all acts committed by any persons in the execution of such common plan
or conspiracy.
147. The acts and conduct of the defendants set forth in
counts one, two and three of this indictment formed a part of said common plan
or conspiracy and all the allegations made in said counts are incorporated in
this count.
Wherefore, this indictment is filed with the Secretary
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