Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression

Volume I

Office of the United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality

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A Collection of Documentary Evidence and Guide Materials Prepared by the American and British Prosecuting Staffs for Presentation before the International Military Tribunal at Nurnberg, Germany, in the case of

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 Groups 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 a 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 all as defined in Appendix B of the Indictment,

Defendants.

CONTENTS
		Page
Preface		v
Chapter
I.	Agreement by the United States, France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union for the Prosecution and Punishment of the Major War Criminals of the European Axis	1
II.	Charter of the International Military Tribunal and Protocol of 6 October 1945	4
III.	International Military Tribunal, Indictment No. 1 and Statement of Reservation Filed by U.S. Chief of Counsel	13
[	The Indictment: Count One The Indictment: Count Two The Indictment: Count Three The Indictment: Count Four The Indictment: Appendix A The Indictment: Appendix B The Indictment: Appendix C (including the Statement of Reservation to the Indictment)	]
IV.	Motions, Rulings, and Explanatory Material Relating to Certain of the Defendants	83
	1. Robert Ley	83
	2. Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach	84
	3. Martin Bormann	94
	4. Ernst Kaltenbrunner	95
	5. Julius Streicher	96
	6. Rudolf Hess	97
V.	Opening Statement for the United States	114
VI.	Organization of the Nazi Party and State	175
VII.	Means Used by the Nazi Conspirators in Gaining Control of the German State	184
	1. Common Objectives, Methods, and Doctrines of the Conspiracy	184
	2. Acquisition of Totalitarian Political Control	199
	3. Consolidation of Totalitarian Political Control	218
	4. Purge of Political Opponents and Terrorization	239
	5. Destruction of the Free Trade Unions and Acquisition of Control over the Productive Labor Capacity	252
	6. Suppression of the Christian Churches	263
	7. Adoption and Publication of the Program for Persecution of Jews	296
	8. Reshaping of Education and Training of Youth	312
	9. Propaganda, Censorship, and Supervision of Cultural Activities	328
	10. Militarization of Nazi Organizations	341
VIII.	Economic Aspects of the Conspiracy	349
IX.	Launching of Wars of Aggression	370
	1. The Plotting of Aggressive War	370
	2. Preparation for Aggression: 1933-1936	410
	3. Aggression Against Austria	450
	4. The Execution of the Plan to Invade Czechoslovakia	515
	5. Opening Address for the United Kingdom	593
	6. Aggression as a Basic Nazi Idea: Mein Kampf	644
	7. Treaty Violations	651
	8. Aggression against Poland, Danzig, England and France	673
	9. Aggression against Norway and Denmark	733
	10. Aggression against Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxumbourg [sic]	760
	11. Aggression against Greece and Yugoslavia	775
	12. Aggression against the USSR	794
	13. Collaboration with Italy and Japan and Aggressive War against the United States: November 1936 to December 1941	840
X.	The Slave Labor Program, The Illegal Use of Prisoners of War	875
XI.	The Concentration Camps	949
XII.	The Persecution of the Jews	978
XIII.	Germanization and Spoliation	1023
XIV.	The Plunder of Art Treasures	1097