a) Members of the ordinary cabinet after 30 January 1933. The term
“ordinary cabinet” as used herein means the Reich Ministers; i.
e., heads of departments of the central government; Reich
Ministers without portfolio; State ministers acting as Reich
Ministers; and other officials entitled to take part in meetings
of this cabinet.
b) Members of Der Ministerrat für die Reichsverteidigung.
c) Members of Der Geheime Kabinettsrat.
2. Das Korps der Politischen Leiter der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen
Arbeiterpartei, consisting of persons who were at any time, according
to common Nazi terminology, Politische Leiter of any grade or rank.
3. Die Schutzstaffeln der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen
Arbeiterpartei (commonly known as the SS) and consisting of the entire
corps of the SS and all offices, departments, services, agencies,
branches, formations, organizations and groups of which it was at any
time comprised or which at any time integrated in it, including but
not limited to, the Allgemeine SS, the Waffen SS, the SS Totenkopf
Verbände, SS Polizei Regimenter and the Sicherheitsdienst des
Reichsführers-SS (commonly known as the SD).
4. Die Geheime Staatspolizei (commonly known as the Gestapo) consisting
of the headquarters, departments, offices, branches, and all the
forces and personnel of the Geheime Staatspolizei of Prussia and
equivalent secret or political police forces of the Reich and the
components thereof.
5. Die Sturmabteilungen der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen
Arbeiterpartei (commonly known as the SA).
6. The General Staff and High Command of the German Armed Forces,
consisting of those individuals who between February 1938 and May 1945
were the highest commanders of the Wehrmacht, the Army, the Navy, and
the Air Forces. The individuals comprising this group are the persons
who held the following appointments:
Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine (Commander-in-Chief of the Navy)
Chef (and, formerly, Chef des Stabes) der Seekriegsleitung (Chief of
Naval War Staff)
Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres (Commander-in-Chief of the Army)
Chef des Generalstabes der Luftwaffe (Chief of the General Staff of the
Air Force)
Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe (Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force)
Chef des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht (Chief of the High Command of the
Armed Forces)
Chef des Führungsstabes des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht (Chief of the
Operations Staff of the High Command of the Armed Forces)
Commanders-in-Chief in the field, with the status of Oberbefehlshaber of
the Wehrmacht; Navy, Army, Air Force.
THAT such groups and organizations are accused by the Chief Prosecutors
for the prosecution of major war criminals of being criminal
organizations and this Tribunal has been asked by the Chief Prosecutors
to declare said groups and organizations criminal.
THAT if any of such groups and organizations are found by this Tribunal
to have been criminal in character members will be subject to trial and
punishment on account of their membership in accordance with the
provisions of the Charter of this Tribunal and upon any such trial the
criminal character of the group or organization shall be considered
proved and shall not be questioned.
THAT the issue of the criminal character of these groups and
organizations will be tried commencing the 20th day of November 1945 at
the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Germany.
THAT any person who acknowledges membership in any of the said groups or
organizations may be entitled to apply to the Tribunal for leave to be
heard by the Tribunal upon the question of the criminal character of the
group or organization. Such application shall be made without delay, in
writing, and addressed to the General Secretary, International Military
Tribunal, Nuremberg, Germany.
THAT in the case of members of any of the said groups or organizations
who
(i) may be in the custody of the prosecuting powers, such applications
shall be handed to the Commanding Officer of the place where the
said members are detained;
(ii) may not be in custody, such applications shall be handed to the
nearest military unit.
THAT the Tribunal has power to allow or reject any such application. If
the application is allowed, the Tribunal will direct in what manner the
applicant shall be represented and heard.
THAT nothing contained in this notice shall be construed to confer
immunity of any kind upon such applicants.
For the International Military Tribunal
(no signature)
General Secretary
(b) _Manner of Notice_