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NAZI CONSPIRACY AND AGGRESSION

Volume 1

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

U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington • 1946

For Sale by the Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing
Office
Washington 25, D.C.

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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.

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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

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