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| reproduced in the volume of this series devoted to the Flick
case, volume VI, under the
heading “V. Relations with Government Leaders, Various Political Parties,
the SS, and the ‘Circle of Friends’ of Himmler." A special section of
volume XIII, the Ministries case, is also devoted to membership in various
criminal organizations. (See vol. XIII, sec. XII, "Membership in Criminal
Organizations-Count Eight.") |
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B. Membership of Defendant Buetefisch in the SS and
in
the Himmler Circle of Friends |
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| 1. FINAL BRIEF OF THE PROSECUTION |
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Part VI
Specific Comments and Proposed Findings of Fact
Concerning
the Individual Responsibility of Each
Defendant |
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| I. Heinrich Buetefisch |
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| * * * * * * * * * * |
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4. Certain Specific Activities of Buetefisch During
the
Period 1933 to 1945 |
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| * * * * * * * * * * |
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| d. COUNT FOUR -MEMBERSHIP IN THE SS |
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(73) Under count four, the defendant is charged with membership in
the SS, an organization declared criminal by the IMT and Control Council Law
No. 10.*
(74) From 20 April 1939 until 1945, the defendant was a member
of the SS (NI-9366, Pros. Ex. 286). He was also Farben's member of the
Himmler Circle, a feature which will also be described herein because it was an
important accessory of the whole SS organization. |
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| Nature of the SS |
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| (75) The opinion of the IMT (Trial of the Major War Criminals, vol.
I, pp. 268-273) described the character and nature of this organization, and
stated (p.272): |
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“The Tribunal finds that
knowledge of these criminal activities was sufficiently general to justify
declaring that the SS was a criminal organization to the extent hereinafter
described. It does appear that an attempt was made to keep secret some phases
of its activities, but its criminal programs were so widespread, and in-
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* Article II of Control
Council Law No. 10 stated: “1. Each of the following acts is recognized as
a crime: * * * (d) Membership in categories of a criminal group or organization
declared criminal by the International Military Tribunal.” The judgment of
the IMT concerning the SS is recorded in Trial of the Major War Criminals,
volume I, pages 268-273.
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