16. The defendants Karl Brandt, Genzken, Gebhardt, Rudolf Brandt,
Mrugowsky, Poppendick, Sievers, Brack, Hoven, and Fischer are guilty of
membership in an organization declared to be criminal by the
International Military Tribunal in Case No. 1, in that each of the said
defendants was a member of the SCHUTZSTAFFELN DER
NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHEN DEUTSCHEN ARBEITERPARTEI (commonly known as the
“SS”) after 1 September 1939. Such membership is in violation of
paragraph I (_d_), Article II of Control Council Law No. 10.
Wherefore, this indictment is filed with the Secretary General of the
Military Tribunals and the charges herein made against the above-named
defendants are hereby presented to MILITARY TRIBUNAL NO. I.