"The RuSHA Case" |
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[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] |
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VOLUME V |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Pohl Case |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |