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| I. INDICTMENT |
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| [Including Appendixes A and B] |
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The United States of America, by the undersigned Telford Taylor,
Chief of Counsel for War Crimes, duly appointed to represent said government in
the prosecution of war criminals, charges that the defendants herein committed
crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and participated
in a common plan and conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, all as defined
in Control Council Law No. 10, duly enacted by the Allied Control Council on 20
December 1945. These crimes included planning, preparing, initiating, and
waging wars of aggression and invasions of other countries, as a result of
which incalculable destruction was wrought throughout the world, millions of
people were killed, and many millions more suffered and are still suffering;
deportation to slave labor of members of the civilian population of the invaded
countries and the enslavement, mistreatment, torture, and murder of millions of
persons, including German nationals as well as foreign nationals; plunder and
spoliation of public and private property in the invaded countries pursuant to
deliberate plans and policies intended not only to strengthen Germany in
launching its invasions and waging its aggressive wars and to secure the
permanent domination by Germany of the continent of Europe, but also to expand
the private empire of the defendants; and other grave crimes as set forth in
this indictment.
The persons hereinafter named were all officials of
Fried. Krupp A.G., Essen (1903-1943) and its successor, Fried. Krupp, Essen.
The original enterprise of Fried. Krupp was founded in 1812. It was transformed
into a corporation (A.G.) in 1903, which was succeeded in December 1943 by an
unincorporated firm, Fried. Krupp, Essen, in accordance with a special Hitler
decree. These firms constituted successively the family enterprise of the Krupp
family and, together with their subsidiaries arid other interests, are
hereinafter referred to as “Krupp”. The managing body of the Fried.
Krupp A.G. is hereinafter referred to as the “Vorstand” [or Krupp
Vorstand], and that of the succeeding unincorporated firm, as the
“Direktorium” [or Krupp Direktorium].
The persons accused as
guilty of these crimes and accordingly named as defendants in this case are
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* See appendix A of this
indictment for a more complete statement of the positions and activities of
each of the defendants.
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