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OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES Research and Analysis Branch

R & A No. 3113

OUTLINE OF PROJECT

PRINCIPAL NAZI ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN JAR_ CRIMES

I. •PURPOSE: AND OBJECTIVES

The purpose of the project is to establish the jurisdictional

responsibility of such organizations and institutions as the Nazi Party.,

the Reich Government,, and the Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) for the commission

of specific crimes The group approach (as opposed to the consideration

of isolated persons.) is based on the assumption that the indictment of

these organizations or their agencies may expedite the prosecution of

war crimir--*' and help to prove that Nazi war crimes are not purely

individvl °?ta committed in violation of existing laws but are the

manifestations of an over all plan which relied;, integrally or iin»

plicitly, on specific organizations na instruments essential or in»

cidental to the OK©cutinn of its purpose

The project as defined renders it unnecessary, then,, to compil*

a case book of Nazi crimes perpetrated either by groups or by individuals

Their nature and scope will be adequately covered by the specific

categories of charges listed below Nor will it be necessary to analyze

all Nazi organizations in order to evaluate their functions., Only those

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organizations* or par te thereof,, need be analyzed which by-virt i .» of

t h e i r j u r i s d i c t i o n boar r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for tlie perpe t ra t ion of ce r t a in

ca tegor ies of war crimes as subsequently defined..

Proof,, documentary or otherwise,, must be furnished with rasple!;

t o the following counts :

a-, That the organisa t ions in question^, or pa r t s thereof, liavs

been es tab l i shed for the specific,, although not necef aar i ly

exclusive* purpose of pe rpe t ra t ing or helping i n the per-

pe t r a t ion of crimes — e , g . , the SSP Main Economic and

Administrat ive Offiee, Office Group D« Operation snd Adrainis-

t r a t i o n of Concentration Camps;

b* That by the na ture of t h e i r functions these organizations^

or p a r t s thereof, have bean instrumental i n the perpe t ra t ion

of crimes — e ä g„ , the Organisation Todti

c« That by v i r t ue of t h e i r functions these organization** or

p a r t s thereofp have prepared, inaugurated^ fac i l i t a t ed , , or

j u s t i f i e d and upheld the perpe t ra t ion of crimes — e .g a f the

Propaganda Ministry, the Office of the Pour Year Plan,, t h e

.People 's Courts and other agencies engaged in policy-making;,,

propaganda,, l e g i s l a t i o n , and adjudication»

I I . THE DEFENOAirrS

The defendants, i t has been (sugp^eted, w i l l f a l l i n to two

.categories:

a* I i d i v i d u a l E , euch a» Hi t l e : and Coeriu^j

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b„ Organizations^, such as the SS and Gestapo« which are so

implicated in the common enterprise and the overt acts to

be charged that they are deemed to share in the criminal

liability,

The defendant organisations may be offioial or unofficial, As

has been noted,, they may be tried on a group representation basisj that

is,, they may be charged with criminal acts or with complicity therein

by putting on trial such of their members as the tribunal may determine

to be fairly representative

This project deals with the second category of defendants and

with the men who were their leaders when crimes were being committed

This method of selection will provide a proper basis for the selection

of the individual defendants^-

A- Selection of organizations

The selection of Nazi organisations will b® made, wherever

possible, both according to function and aocording to charge

1. Selection according to function

The term "Nazi organization" comprises a multitude of groups

and agencies which were engaged in a variety of activities,

not all of which are related to war crimes or crimes as such.

1 ba i • •--:•. .• Furthermore., individual Nazi organizations included a large

• :ift§; t u ; > number of functionaries and members in varying positions of

responsibility — some of them in positions of no responsibility

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whatever« Consequently« a wholeaal© indiotment of some K&si

organisations,, e«.gn, of the NSDAP itselff would be impractioal

It would insufficiently identify the immediate responsibility of

certain agenoies and offices within their respective Nazi organiza­

tions for the commiasion of special crimes within their area of

jurisdiction — Sog«, the Gestapo within the Roichssicherheits»

hauptamt, It would likewise overlook the specific degree of

responsibility exercised by functional groups and agonoiefc ao-

oording to their hierarohioal statu« within the organisation —»

Ocg>„ the Gauleiter within the Party, It will bo nooessary*

therefore,, to evaluate the responsibility of Organizationen euch

as the NSDAP,, the Government,, the Armed Forces^ or even of such

smaller organizations aa the SS„ the Polio«,,. etc»,, through an

analysis of the specific responsibility of their component sub­

divisions for the crimeso A procedure of this sort will not

only help to allocate specific crimes to specific agencies* it

will also facilitate the establishment of a scale of responsibility

(and punishment) according to the agenoy's or individual's

functional proximity to the crime in question,.

2. Selection according to charge

In order to clarify further what Nazi organizations shall bra

defendants,, it will be necessary to establish the relation of

individual organizations and agencies^, or parts thereof, to

specific categories of charges» Those charges ares

a0 That at some time prior to 1 September 1939 the defendants

entered into a common plan or enterprise aimed at th»

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BTS ' ;he Vf-. •.. rh.oh, plan or enterp«.! ;: Ltielucled 01

intended.; or "was reeiionafcly calcula ted t o iirrol?*; the us«

of, wai En»ar«s for i t s adcoinplishncnt, including the

iBsion of a t r o c i t i e s R:ad other Qrixcera l i s t e d below;

b„ That cu or about 1 Septa ibs" 1S39„ and a t «rariouc t imss

• the reaf te r . "She defendants eunchod i l l e g a l wan of

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So That. in th*i oourso of coidtt^ting auch were the defendants

v io la ted i n t e r n a t i o n a l l a» ; the Ifw»,, ru les , an:! customs

of war; or- the lt.ws of a«« warfare?

d„ That before or a f t e r such wars of aggrensits>( and during

th«^r continuance, t he dsfei-tdant« in s t iga t ed , conaaitted, or

took a consenting pa r t in av.roci t ies fmii other crimes which

wers. i n v io la t ion of iutjrnation&.L lav or t r e a t i e s , or the i of

lawe of «• or the XaWiyone or more, of i t s a l l i e s , , co«

he i l ige ren i or s a t e l l i t e s . .

©-, Thai the a t r o c i t i e s and other crime a raoctiorud above wer*

oonnit ted pursuant to,, or in the course of and as a chosen

ciean* for,, executing s oonaaon orirainal tiers or or te rpr ine

among the defend*atSr

B Allocat ion of r e s p o n s i b l l i l y

In ortHi- t o c l a s s i fy an-org=uii«-tion as a defencant, proof oust

b<i furnished f a t the t rgan i za t i on , or parts therecfj TUS implicated m

the pe rpe t ra t ion o f crimes covered by t>ne or several of the abeve charges ,

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CHARGE I j Plot .for T.'orld Domination

Ehe outline of this count ia being prepared, separately^

Charge I is leveled at all organizations involved in the formulation

of an over-all plan which» eventually;, led to the (pre jaeditf.ted) com»

mission of crimasc Acts pertinent to this category of ohargea thu« may

not have bean criminal per se but comprise all those uesd in preparation^,

furtherance^, and execution of the criminal plan« including (but not

limited to)2

a„ The defendants' internal and external policies^

b0 Their ideological^, organisational^ and material prep&ration«

for the commission of the atrocities and other crimes

charged against them« and

Co The pre-war (pre- 1 September 1939) atrocities and other

crimes^ and those committed by the defendants against their

fellow nationals^ neutrals^ stateless persons» and nationals

of the united Nationac.

Organirations to be charged with the formulation of the over-all

plan are to be found within the Party„ the Government^ and the Armed

ForceSj, or in official or unofficial collaboration with all or some of

these three pillars of the Nazi system*. They include the following

offices and organizationss

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Cta t h e P a r t y J -avel

The Fßhrer

R s i c h s T e i t e r , G a u l e i t e r , and R a i e h d i e n s t a t e l l e n l e i t e r (Hauptamt s -" l e l t e r and A r o t s l e i t e r ) ~

S p « u i f i c P a r t y o f f i c e s

De lega te of t h e Führe r f o r I n d o c t r i n a t i o n Reich Propaganda Leader Re ich Leader f o r t h e P r e s s Reich P r e s s Chief Fore ign P o l i t i c a l Off ice P a r t y Colonia l Office» Fo re ign O r g a n i z a t i o n

P a r t y Fcuraationa

SS (Reich Main O f f i c e s , e s p e c i a l l y Re i chs i che rhe i t shaup t a i a t , . Main S e c t i o n Leaders 4and Higher SS anTTPolTce LeadersT)

SA (Supreme SA Command, Main Group,, and Group Leader H i t l e r Youth ( R e i c h l e a d e r s h i p ) NS Motor Corpa and Area Leade r s ( R e i c h l e a d e r s h i p ) NS Women"8 League ( R e i c h l e a d e r s h i p ) HS S t u d e n t s ' League ( R e i c h l e a d e r s h i p ) NS U n i v e r a i t y Teachers* League

P a r t y A f f i l i a t e s , , e „g c

German Labor F r o n t

NS P r o f e s s i o n a l Leagues ( P h y s i c i a n s ^ Teachers^ Lawyers,, e t c )

Other P a r t y r e l a t e d o r g a n i z a t i o n s

Reich Labor S e r v i c e NS F l y i n g Corps Folk League f o r Gen.ia.no Abroad Gorman F o r e i g n I n s t i t u t e B i - and i n t e r n a t i o n a l a s s o c i a t i o n s and i n s t i t u t e «

On t h e Government Levol

Head of S t a t e

Chance i l e a

R e i c h s k a n z l e i , P r a e s i d i a l k a n z l e i

S e c r e t Cabinet Council

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Reich Cabinet

Reich Ministries

Foreign Office (Division of Culture and Politico Justice Economics Interior (including Police^ i0e0 Order,, Security« and Secret State

Police) Finance i Labor-Education Food and Agriculture Propaganda Ecclesiastical Affairs Air

Office of the Four Year Plan and Commissioners appointed thereunder

The Reichstag

On the Military Level

Supreme Commander

Supreme Command of the Armed Forces (OKW)

Office of the Abwshr Chief Operations Staff

High Command of the Army (01CH)

High Command of the Navy (OiQJ)

High Command of the Air Force (OKL)

Proof is to b» furnished that these organizations have boon re«

sponsible for the establishment and/or execution of one or several of

the following 'policiess

ac Indoctrination of GermanSj at home and abroad*, with Nazi

ideology;

h<. Co-ordination of p o l i t i c a l ^ professional, , and economic

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a c t i v i t i e s i n s ide Germany for the purpose of e s t a b l i »hing;

the monopoly of the Nasi Party in a l l spheres of publio

and p r iva te l i f e ;

Co Abrogation or minimisation of c i v i l l i b e r t i e s « cons t i t u t iona l

rights^. due proceBs of laws and parliamentary procedure!*;

dc I n f i l t r a t i o n i n t o non-German organizat ions and agencies and

foreign count r ies for the purpose of propaganda* espionage«

«sabotagej. and subversion;

e . Organization of hunisn and economic resources for the purpose

of preparing and waging aggreonivo -wars against other nations„

CHARGE! I Ia Launching of I l l e g a l T/ars^ Aggression.^, arid Violat ion

of In t e rna t iona l Trea t i e s

This charge i s moro or l ess self«explanatory0 I t includes the

wars waged by Germany against Polandfi Dacmark;, Norway«; Holiand0 Belgium,

France« Yugoslavia» Groeceö and the USSR? Also included are aggrossive

ac t ions agains t Germany's fortaar a l l i e s — e»6o t Bulgaria, Rumania^

Hungaryj, Finland^ and I t a l y , f h i s count i s not to be prepared by OSS;

but i t w i l l be the t ask of OSS t o determine the agencies and t h e i r leaders

involved in t h i s count„ Agencies covered by theBO charges includei

On tha Party Level

The Ftthrer

The Reiohalelter and Gauleiter

The Press and Propaganda Offices of the Party

The Foreign Organization

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Th© General and Armed SS

The HS Motor Corpo (NSKK)

The WS Flying Corps (HSFK)

The H i t l e r Youth (HJ) *

The Roich Labor Service (RAD)

The Organisation Todt (OT)

On th© Governmental Level

The Head of Sta te

The Socret Cabinet Council

The Reich Cabinet

The Min i s t e r i a l Council for the Defense of the Realm /

The Office of t h e Four Year Plan

The Reich Coremiseioners

The Foreign Office

The Reich War Ministry

The Reich Air Ministry

The Reichstag

On the Mi l i t a r y Level

The Supreme Commander

The Supreme Command of the Armed Force«

The High Command of th® Army

Tho High Command of the Navy

The High Command of the Air Force

F ie ld Commanders^ ioCo» the commanders of Army Groups5 Armies^ Fleets^ and Air F lee ts

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The Commands of all auxiliary forces attached to on© or «several branch®« of the throe services

It aauet be proved,.firstE that those organ!zatione« agencies« i

functional groups thereof '.have been responsible for the actual prop,

tiorr, initiationj. and execution of aggressive actions,, which introduced

a etat© of war between Germany on the one hand and the nation under

attack and its allies on the other; and second, that the launching of

such wars was done:

a.- in violation of treaties and conventions to which the

German State was m. partyj

b in violation of any applicable international law^

Or as part of the overfall plan to dominate the world-,

CHARGE Ills ZJ°.^^A.£a °^ International Rulwajo£Jjarfg^e

Thie charge may be divided into two categories! crimes committed

in the course of military-operations« and crimes committed in the planning

and execution of Hael occupation polioiee-j

A., Crimes committed in the course of military operatione

It is not the responsibility of the OSS to establish -what con-

stitutss a violation, of the Hague or Geneva Conventions or of the Rules

of Sea Warfare, It will be assumed that such violations have been com-

mitted; outstanding exar'ples of them will be supplied to OSS by tine War

Crimes Office ; • It will be the function of OSE to classify the types of

crimes in order to asBign responsibility for "them to the several organ!Ra­

tions and to fit them into the pattern of Charge Ic

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It will be safe to assinc» that the follotdng types of crimes

have beert committed*

lo Shooting of hostages?

2c Shooting of ooram&ndos and paratroopers (on which evidence has

already bean collected);

3o Maltreataaont of Allied prisoners of war. involvings

a, starvation;

b; humiliation;

c» killing, (lynching;);

do illegal use of prisoners of 'war,,

4 Collective reprisals against, or maltreatment of civilian

populations;

5. h'illful spoliation or destruction of property;

6„ Bombing of open eititJB., and of targets exempt from attack by

law or agreement,, such as hospital trains;

7» Other atrocities committed beyond, the limits of measures recognised

as necessary or traditional in the prosecution of war„- outside

combat areas, or after declared cessation of military resistance

(e»g.<.£ destruction of Rotterdam), . .

It may prove necessary to enlarge thee« categories when the War

Crimes Office set» forth what it considers a violation of the rules of

warfare. The types sketched above will, however (> be-adequate for tracing

the chain of responsibility for moat auch crimes.. The agencies considered

responsible includes

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Onths Party Lsvol

The Führer

Th® P a r t y P re s s and Propaganda Officea

The G a u l e i t e r i n t h e i r c a p a c i t y a s o r g a n i z e r s of home ehock t roops« IneTuctLng t h e Yolks s t u m

The SA

The SS v

The Gsner&l SS and th© Arood SSe and s p e c i f i c a l l y t h ? S e c u r i t y Sarvio® ( i n the Hsiehaßichorheitahaupt&mt)« which i n c l u d e s t h e Seo r s t S t a t « PCKETOCS

The Motor Corps (NSRK)

The H i t l e r Youth (HJ)

On t h e Goverraoant. Lave!

Tho Head of ' S t a t e

Th« M i n i s t e r i a l Council f o r t h e Defense of t h e Realm

Tho Fore ign Office

Tho M i n i s t r y of t h e I n t e r i o r , , i nc lud ing t h e v a r i o u s branchos of t h e P o l i c e

The Propaganda M i n i s t r y

Th© Axr M i n i s t r y

On tho M i l i t a r y Level

The Supreme Commander

The Supreme Command of t h e Armed Forces

The High Command of th© Array (OKH)

The High Command of t h e Navy (OKM)

Tho General-Armed Forces Officej s p e c i f i c a l l y , , t h o I n s p e c t o r General for FV'e and t ho Guidance Staf f

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The High .Cosanand of tho Ai r Foroa (OKL)

F i e l d Coiamanders, i nc lud ing t h e Ccramanders of Army Groups,, Armies^ F l ee t» P and Air Fleets

Commander a of special auxiliary forces •»- ©ogoC Field Gendarmerie

« Proof lauat be established that in the coursse of conducting their

campaigns these organizations &nd agencies authorised or executed the

acts which violated international law* the laws,, rules,, and custons of

•ni>,rj or the laws of sea war fare 0

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BQ Crises Caaaiitte:*. in the Planning and Execution of Nazi Occupation Pol xc lös

It 5M possible,, than£. at a fairly early stagoö to present the

case against the Nazi organization and its leaders for the planning and

the execution of crimas oomultted in the application of their occupation

policies =.

L Planning and Preparation- Measures pertinent to this charge include:

a0 Employment of divisive tactics openly and surreptitiously La

foreign countries„ such as promoting ethnic^ religious,, and

political disputes and differencesf for the purpose of

opening the door to Nazi influence on national and local

policy and of weakening or destroying resistance to intended

military and political encroachments»

bo Establishment and utilization of groups with divided loyalties

and of outright German and native fifth columns abroad for the

above purpose a-,

Co Employment of bribery,, corruption,, and false and, subversive

propaganda in 3uch countries,,

do Entering into treaties without intent to observe them and

thereafter violating them in furtherance of an overfall plan

of conquest and domination,,

eo Infiltration of spies and saboteurs .into such countries to

supplement threats of invasions and aggressive wars.,

fo Carrying out the foregoing in violation of international law

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•go Increasing Germanys& o » war potential and rsdttoiag the

defensive 'capacity of other nations by creating monopolistic

and other unlawful schemes and devices in furtherance of

Germany's general plan of European dominations

Agencies considered responsible for the planning and preparation of

occupation policies have been listed largely under CHARGE I. They include'

s pacifically:

On. this Party Level

The .Reichsdienststellen

Party Office for Foreign Policy '

Party Office for Indoctrination Party Offices for Press and Propaganda Party Office for Folkdcci

The Foreign Organization

Th<9 SS

Staff HQ of the Reich Commissioner for tfc« Consolidation of "Folkdan" Office for Intelligence Abroad within the Reich Main Security Office Central Bureau for Protective Measures for Non-Germans Bureau for Di«Rational and International Associations and Institutions Bureau for the Four Year Plan

Hie NS Motor Corps

Hi© La ague for Germane Abroad (VBA)

The German Foreign Institute

On the Government Level

Hoich Ministries

Occupied Territories Interior (Division Is Annexed and Occupied Territoriess and Police)

Foreign Office (Division for. Cultural Policy)

Office of the Four Yaar Plan

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Co the Mil i ta ry Level

fh® Supreme Command of the Amed Forces (OKW)

The High Gonnand of the Army

The High Coinirand erf tho Navy

The High Command of the Air Pore©

Proof i s t o be es tab l i shed t h a t those organizat ions or agencies

svhich authorized the above a t r o c i t i e s and othsr crime» in BO doing

exercised a respons ib i l i ty ' fu l ly within the l im i t s of t h e i r j u r i s d i c t i o n

and as a r o s u i t of an o v e r - a l l pol icy # i ioh d i reo ted or envisaged t h e i r

c a m i s s ion..

Zo Execution

In analyzing the execution of occupation policlet3 the following

basic distinctions must be made;

a« USSR: Germany did not consider itself bound by international

law in its warfare with the Soviet Union (reference« will be

cited)o «

b,, Czechoslovakia and Poland: Germany asserted that these

oountries had ceased to exist as states.

o» France: Germany was bound by the terms of the Armistice

agreement•>

d. All Othere: Germany asserted that it abided by international

law»

We must consider first the territorial transactions which took

place after 1 September 1S39S namely; the incorporation ofs

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ao Luxemburgp Bupen, Malxnedy* and Moreenet«

bo Lo-srer Styria and Upper Carinthia»

Co Alaaca-Lorrainoo

d. the Poliflh territories«

The official German, statements and decrees will be quoted,, proving

that the Germans themselves were conscious of the illegality of their actions

This has already boen done in tho R & A 2500 series-, In theee was stated

the responsibility;, first of th© plannersfl and seoondf, of the major

executors of the policy»' These two groups appear to include

a. Th«»i Ministerial Council for Defense of the Reich

bo The Reich Ministry of the Interior

c0 The Reich Ministry for the Eastern Occupied Territories

d. The Foreign Office

©o The-Office of the Four Year Plan

• f'o The Civil Commissionere

go The Higher SS and Police Leaders

ho The QKKa OXH* and OHL

io The Reich Party Office for Foreign Policy

jo The Gauleiter Foreign Organization of the Party ,

ko Other agencies Instrumental in carrying out the orders of the

above o

The policies proper must next be conaiderede. It will simplify

matters to confine attention to major crimes which transoend territorial

distributional, They are»

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I. The deportation of civilian.labor . Under this category TSQ shs.ll

examine and provide examples of;

ar Th© legal bases

. bo Th» organizations involveds

The Four Year Flan Office

The Ccanmissioner General for Labor Supply

The Speer Ministry (after 1943}

The German Labor Front

The Heioh labor Service

The SS Plant Brigades

The NS Motor Corps

The YA (camp guards)

The Organization Todt

Th© Technical Emergency Corp3

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2» The extermination. of the Jewtu

a0 The legislation

b„ The quotation of -what happened to the Jewish population

c. The agencies responsible!

The SS

The Four Tear Plan

The Rosenberg Minietry

The Reich Ministry of the Interior

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3«, Tho preterm!nation of other groups,, such as the Folißh in~

t e l l i g e n t e i a o

** Th® spo l ia t ion of property0 Again we sha l l ejeamino *

a, The l ega l ba s i s

bo Tho agencies involveds

The Four Year Plan (Eaupttrauhandatellje Qet)

Tho OEW (T7ar Economy and Arraain«nt Office)

The Ministry of Economics

The Speer Minis try

The Minister for Food and Agriculture and tha Food Satat«

The Einsatzstab Eosenburg

Tho Reich Commissioner for the Strengthening of German Peopledcsi (and the corresponding off ice i n the Party)

Th© Race and Settlement Office i n the SS

The Self Government of German Industry .

On the above ample documentation e x i a t s j there i s ae well the vary

comprehensive R ft A otudy; "Economic and Financial Controls in Occupied

Europa^" I t w i l l be poss ib le e i n addition^ t o ind ica te c e r t a i n major

bamofi c l a r i e s of German! z a t i on,..

5o The operat ion of concentrat ion camp» for foreign na t iona l s ins ide

and outside of Germany a Under t h i s there w i l l be discuaaods

a„ The lega l basia

b0 The agencies involved!

The SS

The SD

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CHARGE IVi Domo«tic Crimes

Q? all the counts^ "Violation of domestic laws eines 19S3"

presents the greatest legal difficulties 0

lo The legal problem?, Thia consists of the questions Tlliat ia

domestic German law? The following answers are possible a

a,. It is the sum total of all laws valid in Gerriany on YE day0

bo It is the law of the üeimur Republics since the Nazis came

to power unconditionallyc.

The first alternativa (validity of Nasi laws) is« howevert. subject

to two interpretation«?

a„ One'may interpret Nasi law according to Nazi doctrine»

be One may interpret Nasi laws according to liberal doctrinesQ

The difference is considerable^ If one interprets Nazi law« aooording

to Nazi ideology« no iaurdcsr coiundtted in a concentration camp can be con-»

sidored a oris»« since it is the essence of Nazi political and constitutional

theory that acts committed by Party organs are sovereign acts not subject

to judicial review,

If one interprets Nazi lawB according to liberal conceptions^ one finds

that section 211 of the Penal Code makes murder punishable with death«

and that there is no statutory provision authorising any authority to

kill a man without trial« '

One must thus operate under t?ro assumptionss

ac the invalidity of the Nazi lawsj and

bc their validity subject to interpretation according to .

civilized standards

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2» Tito typos of oidraoa committed» In (selecting tho type» of orin©ae

on« must bear in mind t h a t we euro ind ic t ing Hasis for t h e i r

v io l a t i on of Gorman law because wo des i re t o demonstrate t h a t

ßo i n t h e i r s t ruggle for the attainment and strengthening of

t h e i r powor of Germany they d e l i b e r a t e l y committed crimesj and

bo t h a t the estabilshraent of t o t a l cont ro l over Germany wis

Bsorely a ßtep i n t h e i r aim t o se ise oca t ro l of Europe and

poss ibly of wider a reas 0

Charge IV thus t i e s i n with Charge X2 I t requires^ however9 an

ana lys i s of Nasi te r ror !am and a study of the a t t i t u d e of the Nasi

leaders toward aote of t e r r o r coromitted by subordinates,. One muist -«

and can — prove t h a t a l ready in the period p r i o r t o 19Ö3 crimes ware

considered a necessary and des i rab le weapon i n t e r r o r i z i n g the opposi»

t ion„ (A study of t h i s has a l ready been "farmed out" and w i l l be ready

in ai>out two weeks»)

1 M B conception of a basic plan of oonquest determines a l so one 's

se lec t ion of domestic crirces for analysis^, They area

eu Establishment of r ig id i n t e r n a l control over the government

and a l l i t s agencies , religion*, adminis t ra t ion of justice,.,

education s news dissemination^ finance^ commerce*, industry^,

laborj, and the professions0

bcv Destruction of a l l p o l i t i c a l res i s tahco to the Naci system

by terrorizing*, confining^, and destroying opposit ion elements.,

c<, Division of the German c i t i z e n r y on a r a o i a l b a s i s and d i s ­

crimination agains t those who were adjudged not t o be of

German blood«

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ds Unlawful expropriation„ «spoliation* and forced Bale for

for the personal enriohnant of Nazi 8 and for tha purpose

of establishingj. eolidifying.- and maintaining internal

control in Nasi handsa

ec Establishment and perpetuation of Nasi control through the

total execution of the Führer principle»

f0 Instruction of racial minorities and political opponent»

through underfeeding; atarilication and castration; depriva­

tion of livelihood,, clothing, shelter,. fuel£ sanitation» and

medical care; deportation for forced labor; work under in­

humane conditions,,

30 Of thee© charges the following are of special significancet

a„ Elimination of the political opposition„ Under this w®

discuses thoi statutes and law« against political partiesi

and the treatment of opponents, The Foreign nationalities

Branch will supply un with exact information ons political

opposition leaders killed without trial; the circumstances;

the perpetrators (if possible); the witnesseco

be The elimination of the trade unions« Under this will be

considereds the statutes; the seizure of property; the fate

of some union leaders (see above on Foreign nationalities

Branch)c '

Co The Roehm Putsch of 30 June 1934 and the elimination of the

conservative opposition (Schleicher« Bredow* Kahrs iQauoener),,

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Th» Nasi, victims proper will not bo dealt witha but only

those others who wont down with them» 'The so«ce.ll©i in»

d«nnity lawt, however, which "justified" tha purge, usill have

to bo dißcUBKedj. and the agencies and leaders responsible for

it determined«. /

d, The persecution of th© churchese Her© one has to dial with

the legal enactments} the fate of the Churches and aeot«; and

the fat© of certain porsonalities0 Attention will be drawn

to the fake trials against members of Catholic orderBo The

Foreign N&ticnalities Branch will again help out0

ec The anti-Jewish policies« Intsrost here will be ins

ID The legal enactments,, Special attention will be given

to the problems of whether and to what extent a pre~->

determined plan was executed; and to the stages of its

executions

iio The fate of the JewsQ SHAEF has collected data on th©

remaining Jewish population,,

4, Agencies responsible for the ooramission of crimes under Charge IV

include practically the whole Party and government apparatus^

specifically!

Cte the.Party Level

The FOhrer

The Deputy and Successor's Designate

The Party Chancellery

The Führer^ Chancellery

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Th® R e l o h ß l a i t f l r

The G a u l e i t e r

Th© l e a d e r « of t h e Reichadi '»r ' . s to l len (Re ich P a r t y o f f i c e )

Tho Raich O r g a n i z a t i o n Loader and h i » s t a f f The Raich T r s a a u r e r and h i a s t a f f The Supreme P a r t y Court Tho De lega te f o r I n d o c t r i n a t i o n The Reich Propaganda Leader The Raich Prose Chiof The Roich Leader f o r t h o P r e s s The Chief of P a r t y Censor sh ip The Roich Leaders of t ha P r o f e s s i o n s (logo«, p h y s i c i a n s * lawyera,,

e n g i n e e r s , c i v i l servants^. f a rmers* e t c ) Tho Main Off ice f o r P u b l i o H e a l t h The Main Off ice f o r P u b l i o T.elfar© The D e l e g a t e and Main Off ice f o r "Folkdom" Tho Off ice fo r R a c i a l P o l i c y Tho Off ice fo r G e n e a l o g i c a l Rooearoh The SA and SA Wehrmmuigchafton (Defense U n i t s ) Tha SS4, i - e - a Genox-al SS and Armed SS„ i n c l u d i n g t h a D e a t h ' s

Head U n i t s and t h o f o l l o w i n g o f f i c e s w i t h i n t h e SS»

Tho Main Off ices» ecgc, t h e SS Hauptamt;

t h e SS "Führung äliauptarat t h e SS 7>i r t schTf ta" und Vorwaltungahauptwat ( s p e c i f i c a l l y

Off ice Group D$ Opera t ion and A d m i n i s t r a t i o n of Con­c e n t r a t i o n camps)

t h o Reichs s i ohorha i t ahaup ta in t i s p e c i f i c a l l y » o f f i c e s I I I 'l^TSaulTscho Lob'enBgoDiote)„ IV(Ges tapo) and V (Kr ipo)

t h e SS RaBse und S^ladlungahTauptamt t h o RS Peraonalhaupta i iS t h e BoraBnHohor1 'St_aE~deB R e i c h s f ü h r e r ' s SS0 i n c l u d i n g t h o

Lebensborn AaabeXatTön and t h e "Socie ty "Ahnenerbo" „ t h e ' DTenJlsTjöTlo of t h e OGrF HeisBmoygr t h o BTgEer SS and P o l i o o ~ l e a d a r o t h e Leader s of Obe rab»chn i t t o a Absch , i l t to t , and Standarten-,,

Tho H i t l e r Youth ( c f . S t i - e i f e n d i e n a t ) The MS Motor Corp» The SS Women'6 League The HS S tuden ts» League The NS U n i v e r s i t y T e a c h e r s ' League

» P a r t y a f f i l i a t e s

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Th«' German Labor Front The HS Velfar« The HS T"ar Victims Tha HS Professional League

Other Pa r ty - re l a t ed o r g a n i s a t i o n

The Reich Labor Ser/ ioo The Organisation Todt 'Che HS Plying Corps

On the Government Level

The Head of S ta te

Th« Chancel ler ies

The Cabinet

The ,S«crat Cabinet Council

The Min i s t e r i a l Council for the Defense of the Realm

Reich Minis t r ies

Interior, ; including the varioua branch»« for the Police, the Health Officep ®toc

Armaments and Production • Fintmca «'

Economics Food and Agricul ture Labor Education Propaganda,, including the Reich Chamber of Culture Ecolesiatft ical Affaire

• The Office of the Four Year Plan

The Reich Commissioner («„goj, • for labor Allocation^ P r i ces , Healthy Consolidation of German Folkdoia)

The Roichobank

The Reichstag

The Supremo Court»

The Reichsgericht The ReichVex-waltung8gericht The Tölkl^ertohtghTil^inoiuding the higtosat judges and chief

pubTic proeecutor»)

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On the Mi l i t a ry Level

Tb» Supreme Commander

The NS Guidance Staff

Tho Commander of tiie Home Army and Volkßstura

I I I , PROCEDURE AND SOURCES

The above l i s t of organisa t ions and agendas« or pa r t s thereof,:,

i s not meant t o be complete» Completion and„ i f necessary j, co r rec t ion

of the l i s t w i l l be attempted with tho help of ava i l ab le documentary

sourcößc In view of the fac t t h a t the object of tho research i s not the

detootion of crimes but the exposure of j u r i s d i c t i o n a l power by v i r t ue

of which c e r t a i n crimes wore coamittod s those sources merit p r i o r i t y

TJhich reveal the or ig in of auch power»

Consequently^, the following order of v a l i d i t y w i l l be rospeoteds

a» LaWBy decrees, edicts. , orders^ and ordinances issued by Gerann

c i v i l i a n or m i l i t a r y a u t h o r i t i e s 0 Oogo« H i t l e r ' s order of

18 October 1942 demanding the shooting of ooraraandoo0

b 0 Statements by German leaders in speeches^ broadcasts^ bookaa

n«W3f)aperSj, magazines^. e t c 0

Co Official l i t e r a t u r e published by on<a of tha organizat ions

or agencies involved^

d0 Off icial German documents, not dest ined for indiscr iminate

publ ica t ion , e .go, mi l i ta ry^ diplomatic« or other manuals^,

reports« cori-espondence« memoranda« plans,, d ra f t s , e t c 0

e„ Diplomatic and p o l i t i c a l t r e a t i e s and agreements,, public and

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'"elssbuch über die Brschlesstingen des 30» Juni TParisJ~l."9'i5ST"

Jeari Francois, L»Affaire RoW-Hi tier- (Paris, 1939)

Otto Sf-rasser, Die deutsch Bartholomäusnacht (Zurichs 1935)

Konrad Heiden, Hitler» (Zurich, 1936)

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