THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, and THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST
REPUBLICS
— against —
HERMANN WILHELM GÖRING, et al.,
Defendants.
_Declaration_
I, Richard William Hurlstone Hortin, a Major in H. M. Army serving with
the Control Commission for Germany (British Element) at Berlin, solemnly
and sincerely declare as follows—
1. I make this Declaration in my capacity of Berlin Secretary of the
International Military Tribunal.
2. Pursuant to the order of the International Military Tribunal as to
publication of Notice No. 1 as to Nazi Organisations, I served a copy of
the said notice on each of the four Allied Secretariats; at the same
time I served on the four Allied Secretariats a copy of the said order
and a copy of the order of the International Military Tribunal as to
Martin Bormann. Service was effected by delivery by me personally of the
said notice and orders to duly authorised persons of the said Allied
Secretariats.
The order as to Martin Bormann states that publication must be made in
four separate issues of a newspaper circulated in the home city of
Martin Bormann. After full enquiries I ascertained that the last known
place of residence of Martin Bormann was Berlin. A former place of
residence was Mecklenburg. It was also believed that the birthplace was
Halberstadt. I gave these details to the Soviet Secretariat. I also
arranged for publication in Berlin newspapers and on the radio.
Newspaper circulation in the Russian Zone normally extends to both
Halberstadt and Mecklenburg.
3. As a result of careful enquiries I ascertained that a reasonable
number of notices for the whole of the four Zones would be 200,000 and,
in consultation with the Legal Division of the Office of the Military
Government for Germany (United States) and with the French and Soviet
Allied Secretariats, I arranged for the printing of this number of
notices. At the same time I arranged for the printing of a similar
number of notices to Martin Bormann. These two notices were both printed
on the same sheet of paper and a copy is annexed hereto and marked
“Exhibit I”.
9,000 of these notices were distributed by me to the appropriate
officers in the French, Soviet, British and American Sectors, namely
2,500 each for the American and Soviet Sectors and 2,000 each for the
French and British Sectors. I am informed, and verily believe, that
these notices were posted and exhibited in public places before midnight
of the 27th October, 1945. 1,000 copies were retained by me as a reserve
to be handed to Military authorities in the four Zones for reading and
posting in P.O.W. Camps.
4. As to the remaining 190,000 of the said notices, 50,000 were handed
personally by me to the Bureau of Information of the Soviet Military
Administration in Germany. I arranged for the delivery of 50,000 to the
Public Relations Branch of Control Commission for Germany (British
Element) at Lübeck, Germany. I have made full and continuous enquiries
and I am informed and verily believe that these notices were immediately
distributed throughout the British Zone and through the channels which
ensure the widest possible distribution.
I am informed by the Legal Division of the Office of Military Government
for Germany (United States) that as previously arranged with me, they
delivered 40,000 copies to the French Authorities at Baden-Baden. I am
also informed by them and verily believe that the remaining 50,000
notices were handed by them to the appropriate United States Authorities
for distribution through their Zone.
5. During the period October 20th to November 17th 1945 there have been
four weekly publications in each of the four Zones of Germany of the
said two notices in newspapers and over radio stations. The American,
Soviet and British newspapers in Berlin have also carried the notices.
Furthermore, in pursuance of the order of the International Military
Tribunal, the said notices were handed to the appropriate Military
Authorities of each of the four Zones for reading in Prisoner-of-War
Camps and for such other form of publication as local Commanders might
think proper within their own discretion.
6. Exhibits II, III and IV which are attached hereto, and marked by me,
are certificates by the appropriate American, French and Soviet
Authorities that the requirements of the said two orders of the
International Military Tribunal have been fulfilled.
As to the British Zone, I have ascertained by enquiries from the said
Public Relations Branch of the Control Commission for Germany (British
Element) that the two notices have been widely distributed and
publicised through the channels most appropriate for the purpose as
stated in paragraph 4 of this my declaration. Furthermore I have
similarly ascertained that appropriate action has been taken by British
Military Authorities for reading and posting in Prisoner-of-War Camps
wherever practicable.
“Exhibit V” attached hereto and marked by me is a certificate as to
publication of the two notices in newspapers and on the radio in Berlin
and in the British Zone of occupation.
7. I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to
be true, and I declare that the information which I give therein has
been obtained by me through official sources and from those persons
whose duty it is to give such official information.
/s/ R. W. H. HORTIN
Major
Declared by the above-named Richard William Hurlstone Hortin This 17th
day of November 1945 In my presence:
/s/ R. O. WILBERFORCE
Brigadier,
Deputy Chief,
Legal Division,
C. C. G. (B. E.).
Exhibit II. Dissemination in the American Zone
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, and THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST
REPUBLICS
— against —
HERMANN WILHELM GÖRING, et al.,
Defendants.
_Certificate_
I hereby certify that at the request of the above entitled tribunal,
through Harold B. Willey, General Secretary, I have performed the
following services in connection with publication, broadcast and posting
of notices in the above entitled cause under order of the above entitled
tribunal issued at Nuremberg, Germany, on or about 18 October 1945:
1. In cooperation with Major R. W. H. Hortin, Legal Division, Advance
Headquarters, Control Commission for Germany (British Element), Berlin,
on or about 23 October 1945, I arranged for the initial printing of
10,000 copies of the attached notice by the Ullstein Press, Berlin
(Exhibit “I”). On 26 October 1945 I personally took delivery of 2,500 of
the said notices and delivered them to Major E. K. Neumann, Chief Public
Safety Officer, U. S. Headquarters, Berlin District, for posting in the
U.S. Zone of Berlin. Major Neumann’s indorsement to basic letter dated
27 October 1945 is attached as Exhibit “II A”. From my personal
knowledge the posters were posted throughout the U.S. Zone, Berlin, as
stated by Major Neumann. The remaining 7,500 posters of the original
10,000 were delivered to Major Hortin for posting in the British,
Soviet, and French sectors of Berlin. To my personal knowledge they were
so posted.
2. On or about 26 October 1945 I arranged for the publication of 190,000
additional posters. Ninety thousand of these were personally delivered
to me on 31 October 1945, and by me shipped to the Office of Military
Government, U.S. Zone, Frankfurt, Germany, for posting in the U.S. Zone
and the delivery of 40,000 to Headquarters, French Military Government
at Baden-Baden, Germany, for posting in the French Zone. A copy of the
cable of instruction sent to Headquarters, Office of Military
Government, U.S. Zone, is attached and marked Exhibit “II B”.
3. To my personal knowledge the Office of Information Control Service,
Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.), (Lt. Col. R. K. Fried,
Executive Officer), relayed the attached notice to all German language
newspapers and radio stations operating in the U.S. Zone with
instructions to print and broadcast same as directed in the Tribunal’s
order. A further certificate of compliance with this provision of the
Tribunal’s order will be made by the Office of Information Control upon
expiration of the fourth week on 17 November 1945.
Dated at Berlin, Germany, this 15th day of November 1945.
/s/ ALEXANDER G. BROWN, 0-912504,
Lt. Colonel, AUS-AC,
Legal Division, Office of Military
Government for Germany (U.S.)
/s/ R. W. H. HORTIN
Major