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Volume V · Pages III — VI
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CONTENTS
 
[Please scroll down for the Table of Contents to the "Pohl Case" ]
      
"The RuSHA Case"
     
[Introductory material and basic directives under which the trials were conducted together with the Einsatzgruppen Case and Sections I through V of the RuSHA Case are contained in Volume IV]
 
   VOLUME V
  [Page iii]
     Page
VI. General Defenses and Special Issues.  1
          A. Introduction.  1
          B. Selections from the Arguments and
              Evidence of the Defense. 
3
               1. Genocide.  3
               2. Historical Background of
                   German-Polish Relations. 
5
               3. Status of Occupied Poland
                   under International Law. 
12
               4. Conduct of the Defendants in
                   Accordance with Valid German Law.  
21
               5. Validity of Certain Provisions
                  of the Hague Convention in a
                  so-called "Total War".
23
               6. Responsibility of Superiors for
                  Acts of Subordinates. 
24
               7. Responsibility of Subordinates for
                  Acts Carried Out upon
                  Superior Orders. 
26
          C. Extracts from the Closing Statement
              of the Prosecution 
30
VII. Special Circumstances Arising out of the Earlier Extradition of the Defendant Hildebrandt to Poland.  61
          A. Extract from the Closing Statement
              of the Defense on Behalf of
              Defendant Hildebrandt. 
61
          B. Statement by the Prosecution.  69
          C. Determination of the Tribunal.  71
VIII. Final Statements of the Defendants to the Tribunal.  72
IX. Opinion and Judgment. 88
          Kidnaping of Alien Childresn 102
          Abortions of Eastern Workers 109
          Taking away Infants of Eastern Workers 112
          Punishment for Sexual Intercourse
          with Germans
116
          Hampering the Reproduction of
          Enemy Nationals
120
          Forced Evacuation and Resettlement
          of Populations;Forced Germanization
          of Enemy Nationals; SlaveLabor.
125
          Compulsory Conscription of Enemy
          Nationals into the Armed Forces
144
          Plunder of Public and Private
          Property
147
          Persecution and Extermination
          of the Jews
152
          War Crimes and Crimes Against
          Humanity
152
[Page iv]  
     Count Three 154
          Ulrich Greifelt 154
          Rudolf Creutz 155
          Konrad Meyer-Hetling 156
          Otto Schwarzenberger 157
          Herbert Huebner 158
          Werner Lorenz 159
          Heinz Brueckner 159
          Otto Hofmann 160 
          Richard Hildebrandt 160
          Fritz Schwalm 162
          Max Sollmann 162
          Gregor Ebner 164
          Guenther Tesch 164
          Inge Viermetz 164
          Sentences.  165
X. Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by Judge O'Connell.  168
XI. Affirmation of Sentences by the Commander of the U.S. Zone of Occupation.  170
XII. Order of the Supreme Court of the United States Denying Writ of Habeas Corpus  173
Appendix.  174
     List of Witnesses in Case 8.  174
Index of Documents and Testimonies 177
       

       
“The Pohl Case” 
      Page
Frontispiece 193 
Introduction  195 
Order Constituting Tribunal II  197  
Members of the Tribunal  198 
Prosecution Counsel   198 
Defense Counsel   199 
     I. Indictment  200 
    II. Arraignment 209 
  III. Opening Statements of the Prosecution
        and Defense 
211 
         A. Extracts from the Opening Statement
              of the Prosecution 
211 
         B. Extracts from the Opening Statement
             for Defendant Pohl 
262 
         C. Opening Statement for Defendant
              Georg Loerner 
276 
         D. Opening Statement for Defendant Pook  280 
    IV. Selections from the Evidence on
          Important Aspects of the Case 
290 
         A. Development and Organization of the
             WVHA (SS Economic and Administrative
             Main Office) 
290 
         B. The Concentration Camp System  348 
         C. Economic Enterprises and Activities
             of the WVHA 
481 
         D. Consignment of Concentration Camp
              Inmates to Work for Public and Private
              Enterprises  
577 
         E. The Extermination Program ("Final.
              Solution of the Jewish Problem") 
607 
   [Page v]
         F. Acquisition and Disposal of Property
             and Valuables of "Evacuated" Jews,
             "Action Reinhardt" 
692  
         G. Membership in a Criminal Organization,
              the SS 
763 
    V. Selections from Evidence Concerning
         Special Defenses 
785 
         A. Introduction  785 
         B. The Defense of Mere Organizational or
              Administrative Association 
786 
         C. The Defense of Superior Orders and
              War Necessity  
801 
         D. The Defense of Lack of Knowledge
              because of Secrecy Regulations  
809 
    VI. Closing Statements  822 
         A. Extracts from the Closing Statement
              of the Prosecution 
822  
         B. Closing Statement for the Defendant Pohl  865 
         C. Closing Statement for the Defendant Scheide  921 
   VII. Final Statements of the Defendants,
          22 September 1947. 
931 
  VIII Judgment 958 
         A. Opinion and Judgment of United States
              Military Tribunal II 
958 
              The Jurisdiction of the Tribunal  960 
              Count one The Common Design
              or Conspiracy  
961 
              Counts two and three — War Crimes
              and Crimes against Humanity 
962 
              Count four-Membership in Criminal
              Organization 
964 
              Medical Experiments  971 
              Euthanasia  971 
              Treatment of Concentration Camp
              Prisoners 
972 
              Treatment of the Jews  974 
              Looting of Public and Private Property  976 
              Action Reinhardt  977 
              Oswald Pohl   980 
                  Concentration Camps  981 
                  Destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto  985 
                  Medical Experiments  986 
                  Action Reinhardt  988 
                  OSTI [Eastern Industry]   990 
                  Count four  992 
              August Frank  992 
              Heinz Karl Fanslau  997 
              Hans Loerner  999 
              Josef Vogt  1001 
              Action Reinhardt  1003 
              Georg Loerner  1004 
                  Connection with W [Wirtschafts-
                  Economic] Enterprises  
1005 
                  Supply of Food and Clothing to
                  Concentration Camps 
1008 
             Action Reinhardt   1009 
             Erwin Tschentscher  1010 
                  Activities in the WVHA  1012  
             Rudolf Scheide  1015 
             Max Kiefer  1018 
             Franz Eirenschmalz   1023 
   [Page vi]
             Karl Sommer  1031 
                The Allocation of Inmate Labor in
                Amt D II of the WVHA 
1032 
             Hermann Pook  1035  
             Hans Hohberg   1040
             Hans Baier  1043 
             Leo Volk  1047 
             Karl Mummenthey  1051 
             Hans Bobermin  1056 
             Horst Klein   1057 
             Sentences   1062 
        B. Concurring Opinion by Judge
            Michael A. Musmanno 
1064 
    IX. Reconvening of Military Tribunal II
          for the Purpose of Permitting the
          Reconsideration of its Judgment  
1164
     X. Supplemental Judgment of the Tribunal  1168 
             Pohl  1173 
             Frank   1178 
             Georg Loerner  1180 
             Fanslau   1184 
             Hans Loerner  1186 
             Tschentscher  1191  
             Kiefer  1192 
             Eirenschmalz  1195 
             Sommer  1199 
             Pook  1206 
             Hans Baier   1207 
             Hans Hohberg  1212 
             Leo Volk  1225 
             Karl Mummenthey  1233 
             Hans Bobermin  1248  
             Order Confirming or Amending
             Original Judgment and Sentences 
1251
     XI. Confirmation and Reduction of
           Sentences by the Military Governor
           of the U.S. Zone of Occupation 
1254 
    XII. Order of the Supreme Court of the
           United States Denying Writ of Habeas
           Corpus 
1256 
Appendix  1257 
     Table of Comparative Ranks  1257 
     List of Witnesses in Case 4  1258 
Index of Documents and Testimonies  1260  


 
 
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