Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression
Opinion and Judgment
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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 Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Robert Ley, Wilhelm Keitel, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Walter Funk, Hjalmar Schacht, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Karl Doenitz, Erich Raeder Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Jodl, Martin Bormann, Franz von Papen, Artur Seyss-Inquart, Albert Speer, Constantin von Neurath, and Hans Fritzsche, Individually and as Members of Any of the Following Group or Organizations to Which They Respectively Belonged, Namely: Die Reichsregierung (Reich Cabinet); Das Korps Der Politischen Leiter Der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei (Leadership Corps of the Nazi Party); Die Schutzstaffeln Der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei (commonly known as the “SS") and including Die Sicherheitsdienst (commonly known as the “SD"); Die Geheime Staatspolizei (Secret State Police, commonly known as the “Gestapo"); Die Sturmabteilungen Der N.S.D.A.P. (commonly known as the “SA") and the General Staff and High Command of the German Armed Forces are as defined in Appendix B of the Indictment,
Defendants.
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|---|---|---|
| JUDGMENT | 1 | |
| The Charter Provisions | 3 | |
| The Nazi Regime in Germany | 4 | |
| The Common Plan of Conspiracy and Aggressive War | 16 | |
| Violations of International Treaties | 46 | |
| The Law as to the Common Plan or Conspiracy | 54 | |
| War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity | 56 | |
| The Accused Organizations | 84 | |
| The Accused Individuals | 107 | |
| DISSENTING OPINION | 166 | |
| The Unfounded Acquittal of Defendant Schacht | 166 | |
| The Unfounded Acquittal of Defendant von Papen | 172 | |
| The Unfounded Acquittal of Defendant Fritzsche | 175 | |
| Concerning the Sentence of the Defendant Rudolf Hess | 178 | |
| Incorrect Judgment with Regard to the Reich Cabinet | 180 | |
| Incorrect Judgment with Regard to the General Staff and High Command and the OKW |
183 | |
| THE SENTENCES | 189 | |
THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL
Nurnberg, Germany
- LORD JUSTICE LAWRENCE, Member for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, President
- MR. JUSTICE BIRKETT, Alternate Member
- MR. FRANCIS BIDDLE, Member for the United States of America
- JUDGE JOHN J. PARKER, Alternate Member
- M. LE PROFESSEUR DONNEDIEU DE VABRES, Member for the French Republic
- M. LE CONSEILLER R. FALCO, Alternate Member
- MAJOR GENERAL I. T. NIKITCHENKO, Member for the Union of Soviet Socialst Republics
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL A. F. VOLCHKOV, Alternate Member
PROSECUTION COUNSEL
Chief Prosecutor for the United States of America: Mr. Justice Robert H. Jackson
Chief Prosecutor for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: H. M. Attorney-General, Sir Hartley Shawcross, K. C., M. P.
Chief Prosecutor for the French Republic: M. Francois de Menthon, M. Auguste Champetier de Ribes
Chief Prosecutor for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: General R. A. Rudenko
DEFENDANTS AND DEFENSE COUNSEL
| Individual Defendants | Counsel |
|---|---|
| Goering, Hermann Wilhelm | Dr. Otto Stahmer |
| Hess, Rudolf | Dr. Guenther von Rohrscheldt (to 5 February 1946) Dr. Alfred Seidl (from 5 February 1946) |
| Von Ribbentrop, Joachim | Dr. Fritz Sauter (to 5 January 1946) Dr. Martin Horn (from 5 January 1946) |
| Keitel, Wilhelm | Dr. Otto Nelte |
| Kaltenbrunner, Ernst | Dr. Kurt Kauffmann |
| Rosenberg, Alfred | Dr. Alfred Thoma |
| Frank, Hans | Dr. Alfred Seidl |
| Frick, Wilhelm | Dr. Otto Pannenbecker |
| Streicher, Julius | Dr. Hans Marx |
| Funk, Walter | Dr. Fritz Sauter |
| Schacht, Hjalmar | Dr. Rudolf Dix |
| Doenitz, Karl | Flottenrichter Otto Kranzbuehler |
| Raeder, Erich | Dr. Walter Siemers |
| Van Schirach, Baldur | Dr. Fritz Sauter |
| Sauckel, Fritz | Dr. Robert Servatius |
| Jodl, Alfred | Professor Dr. Franz Exner |
| Bormann, Martin | Dr. Friedrich Bergold |
| Von Papen, Franz | Dr. Egon Kubuschok |
| Seyss-Inquart [Arthur] | Dr. Gustav Steinbauer |
| Speer, Albert | Dr. Hans Flaechsner |
| Von Neurath, Constantin | Dr. Otto Freiherr von Luedinghausen |
| Fritzsche, Hans | Dr. Heinz Fritz |
| Groups and Organizations | Counsel |
| Reich Cabinet | Dr. Egon Kubuschok |
| Leadership Corps of Nazi Party | Dr. Robert Servatius |
| SS (Schultzstafflen) and SD (Sicherheitsdienst). | Dr. Ludwig Babel Dr. Horst Pelckmann Dr. Hans Gawlik |
| SA (Sturmabteilung) | Dr. Georg Boehm Dr. Martin Loeffler |
| Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei) | Dr. Rudolf Merkel |
| General Staff and High Command of the German Armed Forces. | Dr. Hans Laternser |