All the defendants committed Crimes against Humanity during a period of
years preceding 8 May 1945, in Germany and in all those countries and
territories occupied by the German Armed Forces since 1 September 1939,
and in Austria and Czechoslovakia and in Italy and on the High Seas.
All the defendants, acting in concert with others, formulated and
executed a Common Plan or Conspiracy to commit Crimes against Humanity
as defined in Article 6 (c) of the Charter. This plan involved, among
other things, the murder and persecution of all who were or who were
suspected of being hostile to the Nazi Party and all who were or who
were suspected of being opposed to the common plan alleged in Count One.
The said Crimes against Humanity were committed by the defendants, and
by other persons for whose acts the defendants are responsible (under
Article 6 of the Charter) as such other persons, when committing the
said War Crimes, performed their acts in execution of a Common Plan and
Conspiracy to commit the said War Crimes, in the formulation and
execution of which plan and conspiracy all the defendants participated
as leaders, organizers, instigators, and accomplices.
These methods and crimes constituted violations of international
conventions, of internal penal laws, of the general principles of
criminal law as derived from the criminal law of all civilized nations,
and were involved in and part of a systematic course of conduct. The
said acts were contrary to Article 6 of the Charter.
The Prosecution will rely upon the facts pleaded under Count Three as
also constituting Crimes against Humanity.
(A) Murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, and other inhumane
acts committed against civilian populations before and during the war.
For the purposes set out above, the defendants adopted a policy of
persecution, repression, and extermination of all civilians in Germany
who were, or who were believed to, or who were believed likely to
become, hostile to the Nazi Government and the Common Plan or Conspiracy
described in Count One. They imprisoned such persons without judicial
process, holding them in “protective custody” and concentration camps,
and subjected them to persecution, degradation, despoilment,
enslavement, torture, and murder.
Special courts were established to carry out the will of the
conspirators; favored branches or agencies of the State and Party were
permitted to operate outside the range even of nazified law and to crush
all tendencies and elements which were considered “undesirable”. The
various concentration camps included Buchenwald, which was established
in 1933, and Dachau, which was established in 1934. At these and other
camps the civilians were put to slave labor and murdered and ill-treated
by divers means, including those set out in Count Three above, and these
acts and policies were continued and extended to the occupied countries
after the 1st September 1939 and until 8th May 1945.
(B) Persecution on political, racial, and religious grounds in execution
of and in connection with the common plan mentioned in Count One.
As above stated, in execution of and in connection with the common plan
mentioned in Count One, opponents of the German Government were
exterminated and persecuted. These persecutions were directed against
Jews. They were also directed against persons whose political belief or
spiritual aspirations were deemed to be in conflict with the aims of the
Nazis.
Jews were systematically persecuted since 1933; they were deprived of
liberty, thrown into concentration camps where they were murdered and
ill-treated. Their property was confiscated. Hundreds of thousands of
Jews were so treated before the 1st September 1939.
Since the 1st September 1939 the persecution of the Jews was redoubled;
millions of Jews from Germany and from the occupied Western Countries
were sent to the Eastern Countries for extermination.
Particulars by way of example and without prejudice to the production of
evidence of other cases are as follows:
The Nazis murdered amongst others Chancellor Dollfuss, the Social
Democrat Breitscheid, and the Communist Thälmann. They imprisoned in
concentration camps numerous political and religious personages, for
example, Chancellor Schuschnigg and Pastor Niemöller.
In November 1938, by orders of the Chief of the Gestapo, anti-Jewish
demonstrations all over Germany took place. Jewish property was
destroyed; 30,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps and
their property confiscated.
Under paragraph VIII (A), above, millions of the persons there mentioned
as having been murdered and ill-treated were Jews.
Among other mass murders of Jews were the following:
At Kislovodsk all Jews were made to give up their property; 2,000 were
shot in an anti-tank ditch at Mineralniye Vodi; 4,300 other Jews were
shot in the same ditch; 60,000 Jews were shot on an island on the Dvina
near Riga; 20,000 Jews were shot at Lutsk; 32,000 Jews were shot at
Sarny; 60,000 Jews were shot at Kiev and Dniepropetrovsk.
Thousands of Jews were gassed weekly by means of gas-wagons which broke
down from overwork.
As the Germans retreated before the Soviet Army they exterminated Jews
rather than allow them to be liberated. Many concentration camps and
ghettos were set up in which Jews were incarcerated and tortured,
starved, subjected to merciless atrocities, and finally exterminated.
About 70,000 Jews were exterminated in Yugoslavia.
XI. Individual, group and organization responsibility for the offense
stated in Count Four.
Reference is hereby made to Appendix A of this Indictment for a
statement of the responsibility of the individual defendants for the
offense set forth in this Count Four of the Indictment. Reference is
hereby made to Appendix B of this Indictment for a statement of the
responsibility of the groups and organizations named herein as criminal
groups and organizations for the offense set forth in the Count Four of
the Indictment.
Wherefore, this Indictment is lodged with the Tribunal in English,
French, and Russian, each text having equal authenticity, and the
charges herein made against the above-named defendants are hereby
presented to the Tribunal.
Hartley Shawcross, acting on behalf of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland; Robert H. Jackson, acting on behalf of the
United States of America; François de Menthon, acting on behalf of the
French Republic; R. Rudenko, acting on behalf of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics. Berlin, 6th October 1945.
THE PRESIDENT: Has anybody been designated to read the appendices?
MR. ALDERMAN: May it please the Tribunal, I shall read Appendix A and
Appendix B, and the British Delegation will read Appendix C. One word of
explanation as to Appendix A. The Court will have observed that the
defendants are seated in the dock in the same order in which they are
named in the Indictment. By a mechanical slip-up they are not named in
Appendix A in exactly the same order. I think it would be too much
difficulty for the interpreters or for me to arrange them in the same
order, and if the Court will permit I will read Appendix A as it is
printed.
APPENDIX A—STATEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIMES SET OUT IN
COUNTS ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR.
The statements hereinafter set forth following the name of each
individual defendant constitute matters upon which the Prosecution will
rely _inter alia_ as pursuant to Article 6 establishing the individual
responsibility of the defendant:
GÖRING. The Defendant Göring between 1932 and 1945 was a member of the
Nazi Party, Supreme Leader of the SA, general in the SS, a member and
President of the Reichstag, Minister of the Interior of Prussia, Chief
of the Prussian Police and Prussian Secret State Police, Chief of the
Prussian State Council, Trustee of the Four Year Plan, Reich Minister
for Air, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, President of the Council
of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich, member of the Secret Cabinet
Council, head of the Hermann Göring Industrial Combine, and Successor
Designate to Hitler. The Defendant Göring used the foregoing positions,
his personal influence, and his intimate connection with the Führer in
such a manner that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and the
consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he promoted the military and economic preparation for
war set forth in Count One of the Indictment; he participated in the
planning and preparation of the Nazi conspirators for wars of aggression
and wars in violation of international treaties, agreements, and
assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the Indictment; and he
authorized, directed, and participated in the War Crimes set forth in
Count Three of the Indictment, and the Crimes against Humanity set forth
in Count Four of the Indictment, including a wide variety of crimes
against persons and property.
RIBBENTROP. The Defendant Ribbentrop between 1932 and 1945 was a member
of the Nazi Party, a member of the Nazi Reichstag, advisor to the Führer
on matters of foreign policy, representative of the Nazi Party for
matters of foreign policy, special German delegate for disarmament
questions, Ambassador extraordinary, Ambassador in London, organizer and
director of Dienststelle Ribbentrop, Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs,
member of the Secret Cabinet Council, member of the Führer’s political
staff at general headquarters, and general in the SS. The Defendant
Ribbentrop used the foregoing positions, his personal influence, and his
intimate connection with the Führer in such a manner that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators as set forth
in Count One of the Indictment; he promoted the preparations for war set
forth in Count One of the Indictment; he participated in the political
planning and preparation of the Nazi conspirators for wars of aggression
and wars in violation of international treaties, agreements, and
assurances as set forth in Counts One and Two of the Indictment; in
accordance with the Führer Principle he executed and assumed
responsibility for the execution of the foreign policy plans of the Nazi
conspirators set forth in Count One of the Indictment; and he
authorized, directed, and participated in the War Crimes set forth in
Count Three of the Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth
in Count Four of the Indictment, including more particularly the crimes
against persons and property in occupied territories.
HESS. The Defendant Hess between 1921 and 1941 was a member of the Nazi
Party, Deputy to the Führer, Reich Minister without Portfolio, member of
the Reichstag, member of the Council of Ministers for the Defense of the
Reich, member of the Secret Cabinet Council, Successor Designate to the
Führer after the Defendant Göring, a general in the SS and a general in
the SA. The Defendant Hess used the foregoing positions, his personal
influence, and his intimate connection with the Führer in such a manner
that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and the
consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he promoted the military, economic, and psychological
preparations for war set forth in Count One of the Indictment; he
participated in the political planning and preparation for wars of
aggression and wars in violation of international treaties, agreements,
and assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the Indictment; he
participated in the preparation and planning of foreign policy plans of
the Nazi conspirators set forth in Count One of the Indictment; he
authorized, directed, and participated in the War Crimes set forth in
Count Three of the Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth
in Count Four of the Indictment, including a wide variety of crimes
against persons and property.
KALTENBRUNNER. The Defendant Kaltenbrunner between 1932 and 1945 was a
member of the Nazi Party, a general in the SS, a member of the
Reichstag, a general of the Police, State Secretary for Security in
Austria in charge of the Austrian Police, Police Leader of Vienna, Lower
and Upper Austria, Head of the Reich Main Security Office and Chief of
the Security Police and Security Service. The Defendant Kaltenbrunner
used the foregoing positions and his personal influence in such a manner
that:
He promoted the consolidation of control over Austria seized by the Nazi
conspirators as set forth in Count One of the Indictment; and he
authorized, directed, and participated in the War Crimes set forth in
Count Three of the Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth
in Count Four of the Indictment including particularly the Crimes
against Humanity involved in the system of concentration camps.
ROSENBERG. The Defendant Rosenberg between 1920 and 1945 was a member of
the Nazi Party, Nazi member of the Reichstag, Reichsleiter in the Nazi
Party for Ideology and Foreign Policy, the editor of the Nazi newspaper
_Völkischer Beobachter_, or “People’s Observer”, and the _NS
Monatshefte_, head of the Foreign Political Office of the Nazi Party,
Special Delegate for the entire Spiritual and Ideological Training of
the Nazi Party, Reich Minister for the Eastern Occupied Territories,
organizer of the “Einsatzstab Rosenberg”, a general in the SS and a
general in the SA. The Defendant Rosenberg used the foregoing positions,
his personal influence and his intimate connection with the Führer in
such a manner that:
He developed, disseminated, and exploited the doctrinal techniques of
the Nazi conspirators set forth in Count One of the Indictment; he
promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and the
consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he promoted the psychological preparations for war set
forth in Count One of the Indictment; he participated in the political
planning and preparation for wars of aggression and wars in violation of
international treaties, agreements, and assurances set forth in Counts
One and Two of the Indictment; and he authorized, directed, and
participated in the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the
Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four of
the Indictment, including a wide variety of crimes against persons and
property.
FRANK. The Defendant Frank between 1932 and 1945 was a member of the
Nazi Party, a general in the SS, a member of the Reichstag, Reich
Minister without Portfolio, Reich Commissar for the Coordination of
Justice, President of the International Chamber of Law and Academy of
German Law, Chief of the Civil Administration of Lodz, Supreme
Administrative Chief of the military district of West Prussia, Poznan,
Lodz, and Krakow, and Governor General of the occupied Polish
territories. The Defendant Frank used the foregoing positions, his
personal influence, and his intimate connection with the Führer in such
a manner that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and the
consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he authorized, directed, and participated in the War
Crimes set forth in Count Three of the Indictment and the Crimes against
Humanity set forth in Count Four of the Indictment, including
particularly the War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity involved in the
administration of occupied territories.
BORMANN. The Defendant Bormann between 1925 and 1945 was a member of the
Nazi Party, member of the Reichstag, a member of the Staff of the
Supreme Command of the SA, founder and head of “Hilfskasse der NSDAP”,
Reichsleiter, Chief of Staff Office of the Führer’s Deputy, head of the
Party Chancery, Secretary of the Führer, member of the Council of
Ministers for the Defense of the Reich, organizer and head of the
Volkssturm, a general in the SS, and a general in the SA. The Defendant
Bormann used the foregoing positions, his personal influence, and his
intimate connection with the Führer in such a manner that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and the
consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he promoted the preparations for war set forth in Count
One of the Indictment; and he authorized, directed, and participated in
the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the Indictment and the Crimes
against Humanity set forth in Count Four of the Indictment, including a
wide variety of crimes against persons and property.
FRICK. The Defendant Frick between 1932 and 1945 was a member of the
Nazi Party, Reichsleiter, general in the SS, member of the Reichstag,
Reich Minister of the Interior, Prussian Minister of the Interior, Reich
Director of Elections, General Plenipotentiary for the Administration of
the Reich, head of the Central Office for the Reunification of Austria
and the German Reich, Director of the Central Office for the
Incorporation of Sudetenland, Memel, Danzig, the Eastern Occupied
Territories, Eupen, Malmedy, and Moresnet, Director of the Central
Office for the Protectorate of Bohemia, Moravia, the Government General,
Lower Styria, Upper Carinthia, Norway, Alsace, Lorraine, and all other
occupied territories, and Reich Protector for Bohemia and Moravia. The
Defendant Frick used the foregoing positions, his personal influence,
and his intimate connection with the Führer in such a manner that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and the
consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he participated in the planning and preparation of the
Nazi conspirators for wars of aggression and wars in violation of
international treaties, agreements, and assurances set forth in Counts
One and Two of the Indictment; and he authorized, directed, and
participated in the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the
Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four of
the Indictment, including more particularly the crimes against persons
and property in occupied territories.
LEY. The Defendant Ley between 1932 and 1945 was a member of the Nazi
Party, Reichsleiter, Nazi Party Organization Manager, member of the
Reichstag, leader of the German Labor Front, a general in the SA, and
Joint Organizer of the Central Inspection for the Care of Foreign
Workers. The Defendant Ley used the foregoing positions, his personal
influence and his intimate connection with the Führer in such a manner
that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and the
consolidation of their control over Germany as set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he promoted the preparation for war set forth in Count
One of the Indictment; he authorized, directed, and participated in the
War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the Indictment, and in the Crimes
against Humanity set forth in Count Four of the Indictment, including
particularly the War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity relating to the
abuse of human beings for labor in the conduct of the aggressive wars.
SAUCKEL. The Defendant Sauckel between 1921 and 1945 was a member of the
Nazi Party, Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of Thuringia, a member of
the Reichstag, General Plenipotentiary for the Employment of Labor under
the Four Year Plan, Joint Organizer with the Defendant Ley of the
Central Inspection for the Care of Foreign Workers, a general in the SS,
and a general in the SA. The Defendant Sauckel used the foregoing
positions and his personal influence in such manner that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators set forth in
Count One of the Indictment; he participated in the economic
preparations for wars of aggression and wars in violation of treaties,
agreements, and assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the
Indictment; he authorized, directed, and participated in the War Crimes
set forth in Count Three of the Indictment, and the Crimes against
Humanity set forth in Count Four of the Indictment, including
particularly the War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity involved in
forcing the inhabitants of occupied countries to work as slave laborers
in occupied countries and in Germany.
SPEER. The Defendant Speer between 1932 and 1945 was a member of the
Nazi Party, Reichsleiter, member of the Reichstag, Reich Minister for
Armament and Munitions, Chief of the Organization Todt, General
Plenipotentiary for Armaments in the Office of the Four Year Plan, and
Chairman of the Armaments Council. The Defendant Speer used the
foregoing positions and his personal influence in such a manner that:
He participated in the military and economic planning and preparation of
the Nazi conspirators for wars of aggression and wars in violation of
international treaties, agreements, and assurances set forth in Counts
One and Two of the Indictment; and he authorized, directed, and
participated in the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the
Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four of
the Indictment, including more particularly the abuse and exploitation
of human beings for forced labor in the conduct of aggressive war.
FUNK. The Defendant Funk between 1932 and 1945 was a member of the Nazi
Party, Economic Adviser of Hitler, National Socialist Deputy to the
Reichstag, Press Chief of the Reich Government, State Secretary of the
Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, Reich Minister of
Economics, Prussian Minister of Economics, President of the German
Reichsbank, Plenipotentiary for Economy, and member of the Ministerial
Council for the Defense of the Reich. The Defendant Funk used the
foregoing positions, his personal influence, and his close connection
with the Führer in such a manner that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and the
consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he promoted the preparations for war set forth in Count
One of the Indictment; he participated in the military and economic
planning and preparation of the Nazi conspirators for wars of aggression
and wars in violation of international treaties, agreements, and
assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the Indictment; and he
authorized, directed, and participated in the War Crimes set forth in
Count Three of the Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth
in Count Four of the Indictment, including more particularly crimes
against persons and property in connection with the economic
exploitation of occupied territories.
SCHACHT. The Defendant Schacht between 1932 and 1945 was a member of the
Nazi Party, a member of the Reichstag, Reich Minister of Economics,
Reich Minister without Portfolio and President of the German Reichsbank.
The Defendant Schacht used the foregoing positions, his personal
influence, and his connection with the Führer in such a manner that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and the
consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he promoted the preparations for war set forth in Count
One of the Indictment; and he participated in the military and economic
plans and preparation of the Nazi conspirators for wars of aggression,
and wars in violation of international treaties, agreements, and
assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the Indictment.
PAPEN. The Defendant Papen between 1932 and 1945 was a member of the
Nazi Party, a member of the Reichstag, Reich Chancellor under Hitler,
special Plenipotentiary for the Saar, negotiator of the Concordat with
the Vatican, Ambassador in Vienna, and Ambassador in Turkey. The
Defendant Papen used the foregoing positions, his personal influence,
and his close connection with the Führer in such a manner that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and
participated in the consolidation of their control over Germany set
forth in Count One of the Indictment; he promoted the preparations for
war set forth in Count One of the Indictment; and he participated in the
political planning and preparation of the Nazi conspirators for wars of
aggression and wars in violation of international treaties, agreements,
and assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the Indictment.
KRUPP. The Defendant Krupp between 1932 and 1945 was head of Friedrich
KRUPP A. G., a member of the General Economic Council, President of the
Reich Union of German Industry, and head of the Group for Mining and
Production of Iron and Metals under the Reich Ministry of Economics. The
Defendant Krupp used the foregoing positions, his personal influence,
and his connection with the Führer in such a manner that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and the
consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he promoted the preparation for war set forth in Count
One of the Indictment; he participated in the military and economic
planning and preparation of the Nazi conspirators for wars of aggression
and wars in violation of international treaties, agreements, and
assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the Indictment; and he
authorized, directed, and participated in the War Crimes set forth in
Count Three of the Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth
in Count Four of the Indictment, including more particularly the
exploitation and abuse of human beings for labor in the conduct of
aggressive wars.
NEURATH. The Defendant Neurath between 1932 and 1945 was a member of the
Nazi Party, a general in the SS, a member of the Reichstag, Reich
Minister, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs, President of the Secret
Cabinet Council, and Reich Protector for Bohemia and Moravia. The
Defendant Neurath used the foregoing positions, his personal influence,
and his close connection with the Führer in such a manner that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators set forth in
Count One of the Indictment; he promoted the preparations for war set
forth in Count One of the Indictment; he participated in the political
planning and preparation of the Nazi conspirators for wars of aggression
and wars in violation of international treaties, agreements, and
assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the Indictment; in
accordance with the Führer Principle he executed, and assumed
responsibility for the execution of the foreign policy plans of the Nazi
conspirators set forth in Count One of the Indictment; and he
authorized, directed, and participated in the War Crimes set forth in
Count Three of the Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth
in Count Four of the Indictment, including particularly the crimes
against persons and property in the occupied territories.
SCHIRACH. The Defendant Schirach between 1924 and 1945 was a member of
the Nazi Party, a member of the Reichstag, Reich Youth Leader on the
Staff of the SA Supreme Command, Reichsleiter in the Nazi Party for
Youth Education, Leader of Youth of the German Reich, head of the Hitler
Jugend, Reich Defense Commissioner, and Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter
of Vienna. The Defendant Schirach used the foregoing positions, his
personal influence, and his intimate connection with the Führer in such
a manner that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and the
consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he promoted the psychological and educational
preparations for war and the militarization of Nazi-dominated
organizations set forth in Count One of the Indictment; and he
authorized, directed, and participated in the Crimes against Humanity
set forth in Count Four of the Indictment, including, particularly,
anti-Jewish measures.
SEYSS-INQUART. The Defendant Seyss-Inquart between 1932 and 1945 was a
member of the Nazi Party, a general in the SS, State Councillor of
Austria, Minister of the Interior and Security of Austria, Chancellor of
Austria, a member of the Reichstag, a member of the Reich Cabinet, Reich
Minister without Portfolio, Chief of the Civil Administration in South
Poland, Deputy Governor-General of the Polish occupied territory, and
Reich Commissar for the occupied Netherlands. The Defendant
Seyss-Inquart used the foregoing positions and his personal influence in
such a manner that:
He promoted the seizure and the consolidation of control over Austria by
the Nazi conspirators set forth in Count One of the Indictment; he
participated in the political planning and preparation of the Nazi
conspirators for wars of aggression and wars in violation of
international treaties, agreements, and assurances set forth in Counts
One and Two of the Indictment; and he authorized, directed, and
participated in the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the
Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four of
the Indictment, including a wide variety of crimes against persons and
property.
STREICHER. The Defendant Streicher between 1932 and 1945 was a member of
the Nazi Party, a member of the Reichstag, a general in the SA,
Gauleiter of Franconia, editor in chief of the anti-Semitic newspaper
_Der Stürmer_. The Defendant Streicher used the foregoing positions, his
personal influence, and his close connection with the Führer in such a
manner that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and the
consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he authorized, directed, and participated in the Crimes
against Humanity set forth in Count Four of the Indictment, including
particularly the incitement of the persecution of the Jews set forth in
Count One and Count Four of the Indictment.
KEITEL. The Defendant Keitel between 1938 and 1945 was Chief of the High
Command of the German Armed Forces, member of the Secret Cabinet
Council, member of the Council of Ministers for the Defense of the
Reich, and Field Marshal. The Defendant Keitel used the foregoing
positions, his personal influence, and his intimate connection with the
Führer in such a manner that:
He promoted the military preparations for war set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he participated in the political planning and
preparation of the Nazi conspirators for wars of aggression and wars in
violation of international treaties, agreements, and assurances set
forth in Counts One and Two of the Indictment; he executed and assumed
responsibility for the execution of the plans of the Nazi conspirators
for wars of aggression and wars in violation, of international treaties,
agreements, and assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the
Indictment; he authorized, directed, and participated in the War Crimes
set forth in Count Three of the Indictment and the Crimes against
Humanity set forth in Count Four of the Indictment, including
particularly the War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity involved in the
ill-treatment of prisoners of war and of the civilian population of
occupied territories.
JODL. The Defendant Jodl between 1932 and 1945 was lieutenant colonel,
Army Operations Department of the Wehrmacht, Colonel, Chief of OKW
Operations Department, major general and Chief of Staff OKW and colonel
general. The Defendant Jodl used, the foregoing positions, his personal
influence, and his close connection with the Führer in such a manner
that:
He promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and the
consolidation, of their control over Germany set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he promoted the preparations for war set forth in Count
One of the Indictment; he participated in the military planning and
preparation of the Nazi conspirators for wars of aggression and wars in
violation of international treaties, agreements, and assurances set
forth in Counts One and Two of the Indictment; and he authorized,
directed, and participated in the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of
the Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four
of the Indictment, including a wide variety of crimes against persons
and property.
RAEDER. The Defendant Raeder between 1928 and 1945 was
Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy, Generaladmiral, Grossadmiral,
Admiralinspekteur of the German Navy, and a member of the Secret Cabinet
Council. The Defendant Raeder used the foregoing positions and his
personal influence in such a manner that:
He promoted the preparations for war set forth in Count One of the
Indictment; he participated in the political planning and preparation of
the Nazi conspirators for wars of aggression and wars in violation of
international treaties, agreements, and assurances set forth in Counts
One and Two of the Indictment; he executed, and assumed responsibility
for the execution of the plans of the Nazi conspirators for wars of
aggression and wars in violation of international treaties, agreements,
and assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the Indictment; and he
authorized, directed, and participated in the War Crimes set forth in
Count Three of the Indictment, including particularly War Crimes arising
out of sea warfare.
DÖNITZ. The Defendant Dönitz between 1932 and 1945 was Commanding
Officer of the Weddigen U-boat Flotilla, Commander-in-Chief of the
U-boat arm, Vice-Admiral, Admiral, Grossadmiral, and Commander-in-Chief
of the German Navy, advisor to Hitler, and successor to Hitler as head
of the German Government. The Defendant Dönitz used the foregoing
positions, his personal influence, and his intimate connection with the
Führer in such a manner that:
He promoted the preparations for war set forth in Count One of the
Indictment; he participated in the military planning and preparation of
the Nazi conspirators for wars of aggression and wars in violation of
international treaties, agreements, and assurances set forth in Counts
One and Two of the Indictment; and he authorized, directed, and
participated in the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the
Indictment, including particularly the crimes against persons and
property on the High Seas.
FRITZSCHE. The Defendant Fritzsche between 1933 and 1945 was a member of
the Nazi Party, editor-in-chief of the official German news agency,
“Deutsches Nachrichten Büro”, head of the Wireless News Service and of
the Home Press Division of the Reich Ministry of Propaganda,
Ministerialdirektor of the Reich Ministry of Propaganda, Head of the
Radio Division of the Propaganda Department of the Nazi Party, and
Plenipotentiary for the Political Organization of the Greater German
Radio. The Defendant Fritzsche used the foregoing positions and his
personal influence to disseminate and exploit the principal doctrines of
the Nazi conspirators set forth in Count One of the Indictment, and to
advocate, encourage, and incite the commission of the War Crimes set
forth in Count Three of the Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity
set forth in Count Four of the Indictment including, particularly,
anti-Jewish measures and the ruthless exploitation of occupied
territories.