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That is why I am suggesting to you that you would have, and did have, an interest in these experiments. Putting back your memory, are you sure that you don't remember about the experiments on these concentration camp detainees for testing air clothing? GOERING: Sir David, I am not only absolutely sure that I do not rem... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 4,500 | 5,000 |
I beg your pardon, but there is one thing to which I attach very great importance, and it is this: The experiments with women, and so on, which were described here, are so utterly in contradiction to my views as regards women, that I would have resented such experiments most deeply, not just afterwards, but at the time... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 4,950 | 5,450 |
your officers was to be Chief of Staff of this Co-ordination Staff.' Are you telling the Tribunal that you did not know about the Fuehrer Decree and that your officer was so appointed? GOERING: Before giving my answer, may I have a look at the decree? SIR DAVID MAXWELL-FYFE: Would you like ... ? GOERING: Yes, I should ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 5,400 | 5,900 |
is no reason to suppose that the head of your medical department was telling lies in the letter he put before Milch; no reason to assume that that letter is untrue, and if, in your service, lectures were given on these experiments with motion pictures to the men, are you still telling the Tribunal that you, as the head... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 5,850 | 6,350 |
your attention to this decree. I have meanwhile glanced through the whole of it. It has nothing at all to do with these experiments but, as I said earlier, Part I deals with the medical departments of the three Wehrmacht branches, and Part 2 deals with the relation of the army and civil medical health services from a p... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 6,300 | 6,800 |
that it goes without saying that a young German aviator should be allowed to risk his life, but that the life of a criminal who is not drafted into military service is too sacred for this purpose and one should not burden oneself with this guilt." Then Himmler goes on to say that in view of the importance to the Air Fo... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 6,750 | 7,250 |
experiments and knowledge of them have nothing to do with the crocodile attach6-case and the notebook. These were Christmas presents in return for a present which Himmler always gave me for Christmas on behalf of the SS, and I always wanted to respond to this gesture. Secondly, no attempts were made to hide anything fr... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 7,200 | 7,700 |
that for the submission of documents and the final speeches, the old sequence will be followed, and then the sequence is quoted: Political Leaders, Gestapo, SS, and SD. THE PRESIDENT: The Tribunal will inquire into that matter. DR. GAWLIK: First of all, may I submit the records with regard to the witnesses I have exami... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 7,650 | 8,150 |
evidence. First, I come to the point of conspiracy, to the tasks, aims, and activities of the SD from its foundation to the establishment of the RSHA. On this, point I submitted Affidavit SD-27 by Dr. Albert; a summary appears in the transcript of 23 July 1946. The next affidavit refers to the assertion of the Prosecut... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 8,100 | 8,600 |
the events of the 20th of July and was _placed before the People's Court in Berlin. On the 25th of April 1945, 1 was liberated by the Russian Army."' THE PRESIDENT: The translation came through to us as "November 1934." Was it 1944? DR. GAVVTLIK: Yes, November 1944. THE PRESIDENT: Very well. DR. GAWLIK: "Fourth questio... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 8,550 | 9,050 |
I attach special importance to this affidavit because its author is not an SD member but a man who was himself watched by the SD. THE PRESIDENT: Very well. DR. GAWLIK: 11 '1 can also say that several scientists and high officials corresponded with me on the SD's activity and confirmed that my presentation of the facts ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 9,000 | 9,500 |
which I was able to obtain. Annex I is a report stating that the publication of the Alsace Lorraine catalogue of the geographical economic section of the Saarbrucken Municipal Library was absolutely necessary. Annex 2 is a report on Salzburg concert life. I further submitted Number SD-30 by Zellern, also in the transcr... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 9,450 | 9,950 |
affidavit be translated completely; and I am submitting the complete translations. I further submitted on this point SD-38 by Theo Gahmann; the short summary of this affidavit is in the transcript of 23 July 1946. The next affidavit proves that the SD had no influence on the selection of SA leaders. The reference is St... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 9,900 | 10,400 |
later submit the complete Affidavit SD-43 by Heinz Wanninger, and SD-44 by Otto Ohlendorf. The summary of the contents is in the transcript of 23 July 1946. I have also submitted on this point Affidavit SD-45 by Erwin Schulz, the summary of the contents being in the transcript ~ of 23 July 1946; and SD-46 by Otto Ohlen... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 10,350 | 10,850 |
of the contents is in the transcript of 3 August 1946. The next two affidavits refer to the assertion of the Prosecution that the SD murdered prisoners in the prisons to prevent their being liberated by Allied troops, Statement of Evidence VI J, Page 56 of the English version of the trial brief. On this subject, I have... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 10,800 | 11,300 |
1946. With the next affidavit I want to prove that the members of the SD employed in Belgium and Northern France did not belong to Amt III. For this point I have submitted SD-25 by Walter Hofmeister, summary of contents being in the transcript , of 9 July 1946. The next affidavit indicates that membership in the SD Amt... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 11,250 | 11,750 |
came through in the translation. DR. GAVILIK: That should be SD-71, Your Lordship. From this affidavit I shall read the following, briefly: "To establish my knowledge of the facts given, I, Georg Schr5pel, state the following: From 1930 to 1939 1 was Government Councillor in Brunswick. In 1939 1 was temporarily in the ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 11,700 | 12,200 |
quote from this document the following: "The ,Secret Intelligence Service has the task, as far as foreign countries are concerned, of gathering for the Reich information in the political, military, economic, and technical spheres." And the following paragraph: "Information received by the Secret Intelligence Service fr... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 12,150 | 12,650 |
This document refers to the trial brief against the Gestapo and the SD, Statements of Evidence III and IV. The next document , SD-15, deals with the same subject of evidence. It is an excerpt from the circular decree of the RSHA, dated 12 June 1940. This decree shows that as from I July 1940 the information bureau of t... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 12,600 | 13,100 |
the current examinations which are still incomplete." Document SD-20 concerns employment of Russian prisoners of war ... THE PRESIDENT: Dr. Gawlik, what is the meaning of S15-19, Paragraph 2? The writing refers especially to various figures and then "Number 92/42 Top Secret," according to which the selection of all pri... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 13,050 | 13,550 |
of the Security Police and the SD, so that in a small way it can be compared with the position of the Defendant G6ring, who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, Prussian Minister President, and Reich Hunting Master. Thus one cannot conclude from that which office it was; that only becomes apparent from the file... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 13,500 | 14,000 |
Lordship, I have not got that here, I do not know ... THE PRESIDENT: Immediately under the words: "Re: labor detachments for agricultural work." DR. GAWLIK: May I ask Your Lordship, did you refer to SD-21? That is a military file reference, Your Lordship. It says OKW, High Command of the Armed Forces, file reference of... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 13,950 | 14,450 |
for the purpose of camouflage the recaptured persons should not be delivered directly to Mauthausen but to the competent local office of the State Police." I come to Document SD-24. THE PRESIDENT: Why do you leave out the fact that those documents were addressed to Inspectors of the Sipo and the SD? DR. GAWLIK: Your Lo... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 14,400 | 14,900 |
Lordship in this connection that if this had belonged to the tasks of the SD offices then the SD offices would also have had to be informed. THE PRESIDENT: Dr. Gawlik, I don't think it is doing any good at all to argue upon each document. You must make your final speech at some time; and unless there is anything really... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 14,850 | 15,350 |
any way participate in these measures; and, if I may, I should like to read one sentence of Document SD-29: "In the future, restrictions of personal liberty"-I leave out what follows-"may be ordered only by the Secret State Police Office, to apply to the entire state territory, and by the Oberregierungspr5sidenten, by ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 15,300 | 15,800 |
through every document, or practically every document-not every document. You began this by saying that 29 to 42 dealt with concentration camps. Then you went to 37; then you went to 38; then you went to 39. They really don't help the Tribunal at all. You have told us that 29 to 42 referred to transfer to concentration... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 15,750 | 16,250 |
future to be turned over to the Police." I quote one regulation, one sentence, from Document SD-56: "Criminal actions by Jews will be punished by the Police." Documents SD-58, 58a to c, deal with the assertion on the part of the Prosecution that the SD had participated in the confiscation by force and partitioning of p... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 16,200 | 16,700 |
of the Security Police and the SD outside the Reich were separate organizations, and I want to establish the tasks of Amt III. I beg to draw the Tribunal's attention to the fact that in Section IV the SD is mentioned under German Intelligence Service. THE PRESIDENT: This is a book produced by the Allied Command, isn't ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 16,650 | 17,150 |
intelligence agents is digested into situation reports and"-and it goes on to say that "these reports are extraordinarily frank and sincere"-I translated that myself-"and contain a complete and unvarnished picture of the attitude and frame of mind in Germany." I now pass on to my last document. That is a letter from an... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 17,100 | 17,600 |
supreme and 341 20 Aug. 46 uncontested leader of that Government was Hitler, who likewise based his actions, formally speaking, on the Reich Constitution, according to which the guiding principles of policy should be decided by the Reich Chancellor. These guiding principles did not differ from those which he publicly p... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 17,550 | 18,050 |
in my capacity as Minister of Agriculture." Darr6 then goes on to describe his differences with Hitler, and he states: "During a discussion with Hitler about this subject, which took place before the actual passing of the law-there had been arguments about a law which was to be introduced in the occupied territories-th... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 18,000 | 18,500 |
certain legal rulings which had been proposed by him were even withdrawn." Regarding the amalgamation of the office of the Reich Chancellor and that of the Reich President, the affidavit states among other things: "Hitler's demand to unite both offices in his person and thus complete the last step in forming a totalita... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 18,450 | 18,950 |
Ministry of Food, such as, for instance, the getting ready of agricultural machinery and agricultural workers for a special purpose. What this purpose was became apparent after the beginning of the Russian campaign-these things were intended for use in Russia. State Secretary Backe received the order for this directly ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 18,900 | 19,400 |
time. First, Documents Numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, and 84 in one group. The first three documents deal with the so-called "ideals" of the SS; they state the ideals of the fraternity. Something is said about kinship (SippengemeinWiaft) and such like, and proof is given that this was the basis of the training. Document 5 says th... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 19,350 | 19,850 |
so that even the voluntary Waffen-SS men were not subject to the special laws of the SS. Documents 13, 14, 15: The SS is accused of the legal plundering of the Occupied Eastern Territories. These documents show that the laws in this respect were issued by the Delegate for the Four Year Plan, Goering, or the Minister of... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 19,800 | 20,300 |
On the other hand, Documents 52 to 55, and 56, show that the members of the Police who joined the SS in this way did not perform any SS service. They were not obliged to attend SS training either. The only sign that they were members of the SS was that when they were promoted they were also promoted in the SS. Finally,... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 20,250 | 20,750 |
no arms and were not trained for any military purposes. This was not only maintained outwardly; it was actually the case within the SS. This is shown by Document SS-82, which is the secret Fuehrer Decree of 17 August 1938, stating that the SS as a political organization of the NSDAP is not a military organization, and ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 20,700 | 21,200 |
in great detail the preparations R61im had made to overthrow the Government, how he had been in contact with foreign countries, and how an SS Fuehrer, who was mentioned by name, had prepared an attack on his life. The situation was presented as so urgent that only immediate action, without judicial proceedings, could d... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 21,150 | 21,650 |
regret that I cannot give the Tribunal today the texts of these affidavits, especially of the individual affidavits, in English. As far as I know, translations into French are available for all affidavits, and I shall attempt to submit the English translations as soon as possible. I am now submitting the French transla... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 21,600 | 22,100 |
the Fuehrer des Reichskriegerbundes (leaders of the Reich Soldiers League)-that is something similar to the Stahlhelm-the SS-Sportgemeinschaften (sport associations), the riders' groups which were transferred to the SS-known as SS Reitersturme, which had exactly the same characteristics and history as the SA Reiterstur... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 22,050 | 22,550 |
Himmler's appointment, was purely a Wehrmacht office. When Himmler was appointed Chief of the Prisoner-6f-War Department, nothing was changed in the organization of the Prisoner-of-War Department. The SS did not influence in any way the treatment of prisoners of war. I will now deal separately with the documents in the... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 22,500 | 23,000 |
personnel questions, clothing, and equipment. The next four affidavits will be taken together: 36, 37, 39, and 40. These prove that a considerable part of the Waffen-SS and also special groups such as the Customs Border Protection, the SS Motor Transport Squadron, and the Auxiliary Army Post were taken into the SS on a... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 22,950 | 23,450 |
want to read the whole document, your Lordship, but may I read just a small portion of it which is especially important? "About 3 a.m. on 10 November"-this is Schallernieler speaking-"the Reichsfuehrer SS dictated to me in my room a statement which read as follows: "'On 9 November I was at the Fuehrer's when about 2330... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 23,400 | 23,900 |
particular not to the Waffen-SS, but were entered in the budget of the German Reich. The next group includes affidavits regarding experiments on living human beings. I consider them valuable only insofar as they provide an answer to the question: What did the bulk of the SS men know of these experiments? Affidavit 17 i... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 23,850 | 24,350 |
12 reports that the Adjutant of the Chief of the SS Personnel Main Office made inquiries of the RSHA, and also of the W-VHA Amtsgruppe D. That was in 1943. This Chief of the SS Personnel Main Office inquired whether rumors about the murder of Jews were true. The offices mentioned answered to the effect that those rumor... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Seventh Day | 24,300 | 24,541 |
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not be ready before Monday. THE PRESIDENT: You will be ready by Monday? 358 21 Aug. 46 HERR PELCKMANN: Not before Monday. THE PRESIDENT: I think I ought to point out to the counsel for the organizations that the letter was addressed to the Tribunal on 15 August, which is 6 days ago, so that they have had 6 days since t... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 450 | 950 |
will take over their documents and whether they would be ready to go on with their speeches immediately thereafter. In answer to that, Dr. Pelckmann told me that he would take two more hours and that he heard from you that you would be likely to take one day. 359 21 Aug. 46 I think the Tribunal would ' be very disincli... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 900 | 1,400 |
the same subject and could, therefore, group them. It is perfectly simple; and the Tribunal will not under any circumstances be prepared to have their time taken up for longer than half a day in the presentation of documents by your organization or by any other organization. 360 21 AUG 46 DR. LATERNSER: Mr. President, ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 1,350 | 1,850 |
be prepared to make your speech on Monday; not that it would necessarily come on Monday because, of course, Dr. Servatius' speech will come before yours. 361 21 Aug. 46 Presumably, unless you make other arrangements amongst yourselves, the speeches will be made in the order in which the documents and the witnesses have... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 1,800 | 2,300 |
SS Affidavit Number 108. From this it can be seen that the SS had nothing to do with the drive for the seizure of manpower. Affidavits Numbers 102 and 103 prove that the so-called "Voluntary Self-Protection," 'abbreviated "FS"-which the Prosecution considers a Fifth Column-in Slovakia and the Sudetenland had no connect... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 2,250 | 2,750 |
need not be given at once. THE PRESIDENT: You just cited them as a group. Have they got any relations to Number. 30? Number 30, you say, relates to the relationship between the SS and the Foreign Diplomatic Corps. Do' 90 and 92 relate to that? HERR PELCKMANN: Yes, 30 was approved and is available in the French translat... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 2,700 | 3,200 |
wanted.. THE PRESIDENT: If You mentioned it yesterday, why do you go back to them today? HERR PELCKMANN: In order to stress the importance of the Affidavit Number 68 which I am about to explain. It is an affidavit of a commandant of a concentration camp. I can understand that in view of the prevailing attitude the gene... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 3,150 | 3,650 |
camp with 2,800 SS inmates, and these inmates include members of the various offices, members of most of the Standarten of the General SS from all parts of Germany, and members of about 30 divisions, Oberkommandos, and replacement units of the Waffen-SS. In addition, 365 21 Aug. 46 this affidavit is a good cross-sectio... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 3,600 | 4,100 |
clubs were transferred into the SS cavalry, and so forth The fact that the motive for joining after the seizure of power is commented on only by 804 men proves that people did not join out of pure idealism and on a really voluntary basis to the same extent as before 30 January 1933. As for joining the Waffen-SS there a... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 4,050 | 4,550 |
the affidavits dealing with the knowledge which the SS members had of the intentions of their leaders. THE PRESIDENT: Dr. Pelckmann, are you still dealing with Group I? 367 21 Aug. 46 HERR PELCKMANN: No, Your Lordship, I am on Group III. Group II... THE PRESIDENT: Where did Group II begin? HERR PELCKMANN: Group II bega... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 4,500 | 5,000 |
the Junker schools, various affidavits say, rejection of war was taught, since it created a so-called negative counterselection. And in the Verigungstruppe, the so-called field service, a more military service, was taken up only when general military service was introduced. 127 affidavits confirm that the General SS di... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 4,950 | 5,450 |
insight into the true conditions, even for 369 21 Aug. 46 people working near the camps. They also give a unified picture of the degree of ignorance of conditions in the camps and the reason for this, namely, the order for extreme secrecy. 2,385 say that instructions were constantly given about the conduct of the guard... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 5,400 | 5,900 |
right? HERR PELCKMANN: Yes. 370 21 Aug. 46 THE PRESIDENT: Verbatim? HERR PELCKMANN: Your Lordship? THE PRESIDENT: I asked you whether you were reading it out verbatim. HERR PELCKMANN: As soon as the translation... THE PRESIDENT: That is not an answer to my question. I asked you whether you were reading it out verbatim.... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 5,850 | 6,350 |
affidavits emphasize that the state of secrecy which had been ordered through the Fi1hrer Decree Number One, which has been quoted frequently, and also certain special directives, prohibited close co-operation among the various branches of the SS. In some other affidavits it is said that the General SS, on one hand, an... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 6,300 | 6,800 |
the affidavits say were punished, cannot be charged with having acted according to a system. The last group is X. It contains 57 affidavits which reproduce the actual personal impressions of foreigners about the SS. From the recognition accorded by these foreigners, which was known within the SS, the individual SS man ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 6,750 | 7,250 |
for the conduct of the war was shared between the military leaders and the other organs. From this diagram we see, first of all, that a clear distinction must be made between the military leadership of this war and the ideological political conduct of the war which was undertaken by Hitler and his various agencies. You... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 7,200 | 7,700 |
is indicated in black, does not fall under the circle of persons accused. THE PRESIDENT: Do you mean that in what you call black are included the static military commands, non-operational? You don't mean there is anything political in the black? DR. LATERNSER: No. But, Mr. President, those who had this power of command... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 7,650 | 8,150 |
29, you will see: (1) On 1 March 1933, that is at the time of the assumption of power, one general. (2) On 5 February 1938, which is the key date in the Indictment against the military personnel, only six generals, and (3), on I September 1939, 23 generals in the list (USA-778) drawn up by the Prosecution were in posit... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 8,100 | 8,600 |
I should like to bring proofs of a varied nature: (1) From the first three columns of List 3, which are found on Pages 43 to 48, you will be able to see the number of dead, the 376 21 Aug. 46 number of those who are indicted individually or have been indicted, and the number of those officers who were only charged with... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 8,550 | 9,050 |
as may be seen from the list, General Hoeppner, who was sentenced to death for having participated in the affair of 20 Ju15 1944; he was the same general who, according to the view of the editor of Document L-180, had collaborated closely ... 377 21 Aug. 48 THE PRESIDENT: Dr. Laternser, I see that the same word is appl... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 9,000 | 9,500 |
do not have any definite information. I shall merely call your attention to the other summaries dealing with earlier events, as 'Computed on-Pages 56 and 57. The following should be remarked 'concerning the composition of these alleged groups. Holders of the position of permanent deputy of the Armed Forces Operation St... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 9,450 | 9,950 |
commanders-in-chief were actually the consulting body for the High Command, the Prosecution has quoted Exhibit USA-537, Affidavit Number 5, by General Blaskowitz. I should like to refer to Affidavit General Staff Number 55 which has been translated, in which General Blaskowitz, on my request, gives an interpretation of... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 9,900 | 10,400 |
by General Von Fritsch was never received by her. If this key document, 1947-PS, cannot be submitted until the end of this proceeding-I should like to emphasize it has not been submitted until now but used all the same-then-and I make a special application for this-that part of the opening speech by Mr. Justice Jackson... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 10,350 | 10,850 |
should like to, refer to Affidavit Number 126, in which General Berlin testifies that the General Staff eliminated from its armament program for 1933/34 the construction of ultra-heavy artillery with the explicit statement that Germany did not propose to wage aggressive wars. I should like to refer further to Affidavit... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 10,800 | 11,300 |
give you this information at the moment. In any event I would have asked for a recess now. I shall check on these matters and I shall be able to tell the Tribunal afterward. In addition, I should like to condense the material a bit, which I am sure will have beneficial effects later on. I THE PRESIDENT: Very well. [A r... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 11,250 | 11,750 |
Affidavit 211, discusses the entirely opposite views on the situation as held by the Wehrmacht on the one hand, and Hitler on the other. Field Marshal 384 21 aug. 46 Von Weichs, in Affidavit 215, rebuts the opinions of Field Marshal Von Blomberg in his affidavit Number 3, Exhibit USA-536. Field Marshal Sperrle reports ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 11,700 | 12,200 |
General Staff Number 14, Pages 83 to 96 in my Document Book 1. The reference is sufficient. I now turn to the evidence on individual points, which I shall present in the following order. 385 21 Aug. 46 1. Connections with Einsatzgruppen. 2. Commissar Order. 3. Partisan warfare. 4. Treatment of prisoners. 5. Destruction... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 12,150 | 12,650 |
on Pages 99 and 100 of my Document Book 1. In Figure 2 to 2-b thereof it is shown clearly that the Reichsfuehrer SS that is, Himmler-received special assignments in the operational area of the Army, and that within these assignments he was acting independently and on his own responsibility. That is shown on Pages 99 an... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 12,600 | 13,100 |
Schellenberg, but, that it ... THE PRESIDENT: I quite understand that. I have got down here that Ohlendorf and Schellenberg are the witnesses for the Prosecution who say that the High Command was concerned with and actually commanded the Einsatzgruppen. That is a fact you are contesting, and you are referring us to the... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 13,050 | 13,550 |
both these assumptions which Schellenberg expressed in testifying for the Prosecution are contrary to the truth. I present to the Court Affidavits Number 701 and 701-a, which are available in translation. In Affidavit 701 a participant at this intelligence conference, General Von Gersdorff, says that planned mass exter... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 13,500 | 14,000 |
carry out acts of sabotage against the German troops. In this connection one piece of evidence seems of special importance, namely, Affidavit 1637, by General Kittel. According to this affidavit, the mayor of Marinka, a racial German, was condemned to death by a court-martial and shot for crimes committed against a Jew... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 13,950 | 14,450 |
I see DR. LATERNSER: I quote: "After I took up my duties as Chief of the Army General Staff, I had a very serious and outspoken private conversation with Adolf Hitler about this order, and we viewed it from all sides. At the time Adolf Hitler was, as I remember, very much impressed by this discussion; that struck me, b... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 14,400 | 14,900 |
warfare was conducted in violation of international law. As evidence for these assertions, the Prosecution has referred to Affidavit Number 15 by General R6ttiger, Exhibit USA-559, to Affidavit Number 20 by General Heussinger, Exhibit USA-564, to Affidavit Number 17, Exhibit USA-562, and to the testimony of the witness... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 14,850 | 15,350 |
the fighting methods of the partisans, while Affidavits 906 to 920 describe particularly dreadful atrocities committed by partisan bands. Affidavits 921 to 924 prove the partisans' actions in violation of international law, with regard to clothing, weapons, and other details. Affidavits 925 to 931 describe the extent o... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 15,300 | 15,800 |
that its leaders were punished; (6) that the 9th Army took exemplary care of the population escaping from Warsaw. I will not quote any more details of this Affidavit 1501. As further proof that army agencies had nothing to do with the battle in Warsaw, I present the testimony of General Von Vormann, Affidavit 1504. Doc... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 15,750 | 16,250 |
the Prosecution, were used only very seldom and only on transports over short stretches, because there was a great scarcity of this type of car. In no case were transports in the winter sent intentionally in open cars in order to let the prisoners freeze to death. That is shown by Affidavit 3146. Now I come to the refu... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 16,200 | 16,700 |
This testimony is reinforced on the same point by the affidavit of Colonel Nolte, Number 3159. The Russian Document USSR-151 and the speech of the Prosecution of 13 February 1946 contain the examination of General Von 6stOrreich, who made especially serious charges with regard to the treatment of prisoners (Volume VII,... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 16,650 | 17,150 |
the nephew of the King of England, and Number 1166 contains several letters from RAF officers to the commandant of the Air Force prisoner of war camp at Oberursel thanking him for his chivalrous attitude. Affidavit 1168 shows that in October 1942 the commander of the 14th Division, General Heim, in an order to the Germ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 17,100 | 17,600 |
and 354). Evidence to the contrary is provided by Affidavits 1176 to 1178. The Russian Prosecution asserts that Soviet prisoners of war were forced to serve in the German Wehrmacht. In this connection I refer to Affidavits 1179 to 1203, which show that in one year alone the number of volunteers was 500,000 men. On the ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 17,550 | 18,050 |
by Field Marshal Von Kuchler and states that art treasures were taken from areas at the front to the rear and stored in a secure museum in Pleskov. In a ceremony there, they were handed over to the Metropolitan of the city. Leningrad: Destruction was determined by military necessity. Affidavits 1403 to 1405 are proof t... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 18,000 | 18,500 |
destruction during the retreat., Affidavit 1483 by General W6hler gives proof of the fact that at the last minute the wish of a high Russian Church prelate in Poltava, that church valuables be safeguarded, was fulfilled. Affidavits 1484 to 1500 and 1551 to 1591 prove that plundering of any kind was strictly prohibited ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 18,450 | 18,950 |
Affidavits 3006 and 1607, showing that especially good relations existed with the population there. Among other things, the famed Cathedral at Smolensk was restored and reopened. During the retreat large masses of the population followed the German troops against the wish of the commanders. That is proved by Affidavit ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 18,900 | 19,400 |
VIII, Page 294). 1 refer to Affidavit 1629, deposed by Field Marshal Von Kuchler, who describes at great length the absolute refusal of the Wehrmacht to take part in such things, and its endeavors to take measures against excesses. Affidavits 1630 and 1632 are of significance in this connection; they testify especially... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 19,350 | 19,850 |
all through the strictest control of troop discipline, are shown in Affidavits 1675 to 1679. Generaloberst Blaskowitz testifies in Affidavit 1680, and two other generals in Affidavits 1681 and 1682, that the Wehrmacht took severe measures against excesses by the troops in Poland. Against 403 21 Aug. 46 plundering many ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 19,800 | 20,300 |
in which he expressly states under oath that these three British Commando units-the witness stated the exact place of their landing -were not turned over to the SD, but were sent to a prisoner-of-war camp, and that the report to the OKW to which the Prosecution 404 21 AUG 46 refers, 509-PS, was a wrong report which did... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 20,250 | 20,750 |
humanity and war crimes. I estimate that I shall need another twenty minutes altogether. THE PRESIDENT: Dr. Laternser, the Tribunal has already-at least I have already pointed out to you over and ever again that 405 21 Aug. 46 all you are doing in substance is to read out what is already before us in writing, with cert... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 20,700 | 21,200 |
Number 505 to 514. ^Furthermore, in this connection I refer to the following documents in 'my document book: 440-PS, Pages 105 and 106 of the document book; 2329-PS, Pages 105 to 112; C-119, 406 21 Aug. 46 Pages 116 to 119, and the announcements on Pages 120 to 141 which were valid in all theaters of war. Affidavit 531... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 21,150 | 21,650 |
by Rear Admiral Peters, describes similar rescue measures of the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the 407 21 Aug. 46 spring of 1941, and also an incident in 1943 when a German U-boat was sent to Spitzbergen specially for the purpose of rescuing persons ,shipwrecked in that area. That concludes the submission of... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 21,600 | 22,100 |
Government issued at the same time a decree concerning the creation of student associations in the universities of the Reich; on the basis of this decree the 408 21 Aug. 46 student associations received certain powers. That may be seen in Document SA-147. This document refers to Bavaria, but it applied to the whole of ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 22,050 | 22,550 |
by submitting Document SA-167, in which service in the Labor Service and in the affiliated organizations is demanded. 409 21 Aug. 46 Document SA-170 shows that not even schoolboys, of the sixth class and upward in the high schools, were exempt from this compulsion to be active in the NSDAP or its formations. In the fir... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 22,500 | 23,000 |
conditions necessary for the carrying out of a governmental measure, and then issues the corresponding law." The period from- 1933 to 1939 was an epoch in which one law after the other appeared and one directive after the other was issued. I have incorporated only a few of these directives in my document book. Document... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 22,950 | 23,450 |
President. THE PRESIDENT: We will adjourn now. [The Tribunal adjourned until 22 August at 1000 hours.] 412 Two Hundred and Seventh Day Volume 21 Menu Two Hundred and Ninth Day Nuremberg Trials Page Avalon Home Document Collections Ancient 4000bce - 399 Medieval 400 - 1399 15 th Century 1400 - 1499 16 th Century 1500 - ... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Eighth Day | 23,400 | 23,520 |
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the SA or any other association is absolutely impossible. Only physical unfitness or an assignment to special work elsewhere can warrant leaving the SA." This is an excerpt from the Handbook of the SA, published by permission of the Supreme SA Command. Document 222 also shows that expulsion from the Party or from its f... | Yale Avalon (proceedings_vol21): Two Hundred and Ninth Day | 450 | 950 |
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