Archive/File: imt/nca/nca-02/nca-02-16-responsibility-02-02 Last-Modified: 1996/12/19 Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume II, Chapter XVI [Page 478] LEGAL REFERENCES AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO RUDOLF HESS Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Article 6. Vol. I, Pg. 5 International Military Tribunal, Indictment Number 1, Section IV (H); Appendix A. Vol. I, Pg. 29/58 [Note: A single asterisk (*) before a document indicates that the document was received in evidence at the Nurnberg trial. A double asterisk (**) before a document number indicates that the document was referred to during the trial but was-not formally received in evidence, for the reason given in parentheses following the description of the document. The USA series number, given in parentheses following the description of the document, is the official exhibit number assigned by the court.] *062-PS; Top secret Hess directive of 18 March 1940, concerning behavior in case of landings of enemy planes or parachutists. (USA 696). Vol. III, Pg. 107. [Page 479] *070-PS; Letter of Deputy Fuehrer to Rosenberg, 25 April 1941, on substitution of National Socialist mottos for morning prayers in schools. (USA 349) Vol. III, Pg. 118 *089-PS; Letter from Bormann to Rosenberg, 8 March 1940, instructing Amann not to issue further newsprint to confessional newspapers. (USA 360) Vol. III, Pg. 147 *098-PS; Bormann's letter to Rosenberg, 22 February 1940, urging creation of National Socialist Catechism, etc. to provide moral foundation for NS religion. (USA 350) Vol. III, Pg. 152 *101-PS; Letter from Hess' office signed Bormann to Rosenberg, 17 January 1940, concerning undesirability of religious literature for members of the Wehrmacht. (USA 361) Vol. III, Pg. 160 *107-PS; Circular letter signed Bormann, 17 June 1938, enclosing directions prohibiting participation of Reichsarbeitsdienst in religious celebrations. (USA 351) Vol. III, Pg. 162 *113-PS; Secret Order issued by Hess' Office signed Bormann, 27 July 1938, making clergymen ineligible for Party offices. (USA 683) Vol. III, Pg. 164 *388-PS; File of papers on Case Green (the plan for the attack on Czechoslovakia), kept by Schmundt, Hitler's adjutant, April-October 1938. (USA 26) Vol. III, Pg. 305 675-PS; Letter from Hess' office to Minister of Interior, signed Bormann, 25 August 1938, agreeing to invalidation of Concordat between Austria and Holy See. Vol. III, Pg. 482 [Page 480] *784-PS; Letters from Minister of Justice to Hess and SA Chief of Staff, 5 June 1935, concerning penal proceedings against merchant and SA leader and 22 companions because of inflicting bodily injury on duty. (USA 732) Vol. III, Pg. 559 *812-PS; Letter from Rainer to Seyss-Inquart, 22 August 1939 and report from Gauleiter Rainer to Reichskommissar Gauleiter Buerckel, 6 July 1939 on events in the NSDAP of Austria from 1933 to 11 March 1938. (USA 61) Vol. III, Pg. 586 *837-PS; Secret circular by Hess, 3 February 1939, concerning National League of Germans abroad and the German Eastern League. (GB 265) Vol. III, Pg. 603 *838-PS; Letter from Hess' office signed Bormann, 6 June 1939, referring to Hitler's Decree of 6 March 1939 which precluded Christian Scientists from joining the Party. (USA 684) Vol. III, Pg. 605 *840-PS; Party Directive, 14 July 1939, making clergy and theology students ineligible for Party membership. (USA 355). Vol. III, Pg. 606 842-PS; Correspondence between Party officials, 30 December 1940, concerning killing of the insane. Vol. III, Pg. 609 *1143-PS; Letter from Schickendanz to Rosenberg, 20 October 1932, for personal transmission to Hess concerning organization of Air Force. (USA 40) Vol. III, Pg. 806 [Page 481] 1377-PS; Decree establishing a Secret Cabinet Council, 4 February 1938. 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 111. Vol. III, Pg. 931 1392-PS; Law on the Hitler Youth, 1 December 1936. 1936 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 993. Vol. III, Pg. 972 1393-PS; Law on treacherous attacks against State and Party, and for the Protection of Party Uniforms, 20 December 1934. 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1269. Vol. III, Pg. 973 *1395-PS; Law to insure the unity of Party and State, 1 December 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1016. (GB 252). Vol. III, Pg. 978 1416-PS; Reich Citizen Law of 15 September 1935. 1935 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1146. Vol. IV, Pg. 7 *1417-PS; First regulation to the Reichs Citizenship Law, 14 November 1935. 1935 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1333. (GB 258) Vol. IV, Pg. 8 **1654-PS; Law of 16 March 1935 reintroducing universal military conscription. 1985 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 369. (Referred to but not offered in evidence.) Vol. IV, Pg. 163 *1774-PS; Extracts from Organizational Law of the Greater German Reich by Ernst Rudolf Huber. (GB 246) Vol. IV, Pg. 349 *1866-PS; Record of conversation between Reich Foreign Minister and the Duce, 13 May 1941. (GB 273) Vol. IV, Pg. 499 1492-PS; Hess' participation in legislative process, published in Legal Regulations and Legal Problems of the Movement, by Dr. O. Gauweiler, p. 20. Vol. IV, Pg. 584 1969-PS; Correspondence of party officials, concerning killing of insane. Vol. IV, Pg. 602 [Page 482] 2001-PS; Law to Remove the Distress of People and State, 24 March 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 141. Vol. IV, Pg. 638 2003-PS; Law concerning the Sovereign Head of the German Reich, 1 August 1934. 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 747. Vol. IV, Pg. 639 2008-PS; German Communal Ordinance, 30 January 1935. 1935 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 49. Vol. IV, Pg. 643 *2018-PS; Fuehrer's decree establishing a Ministerial Council for Reich Defense, 30 August 1939. 1939 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1539. (GB 250) Vol. IV, Pg. 650 *2124-PS; Decree introducing the Nurnberg Racial Laws into Austria, 20 May 1938. 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 594. (GB 259) Vol. IV, Pg. 755 *2261-PS; Directive from Blomberg to Supreme Commanders of Army, Navy and Air Forces, 24 June 1935; accompanied by copy of Reich Defense Law of 21 May 1935 and copy of Decision of Reich Cabinet of 12 May 1935 on the Council for defense of the Reich. (USA 24) Vol. IV, Pg. 934 *2307-PS; Law concerning reunion of Austria with German Reich, 13 March 1938. 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 237. (GB 133) Vol. IV, Pg. 997 *2385-PS; Affidavit of George S Messersmith, 30 August 1945. (USA 68) Vol. V, Pg. 23 *2426-PS; Extracts from Speeches, by Hess. (GB 253) Vol. V, Pg. 90 [Page 483] *2608-PS; Frick's lecture, 7 March 1940, on "The Administration in Wartime". (USA 714) Vol. V, Pg. 327 *2715-PS; Speech by Hitler to the Reichstag on 20 February 1938, published in The Archive, February 1938, Vol. 47, pp. 1441-1442. (USA 331) Vol. V, Pg. 376 *2788-PS; Notes of conference in the Foreign Office between Ribbentrop, Konrad Henlein, K. H. Frank and others on program for Sudeten agitation, 29 March 1938. (USA 95) Vol. V, Pg.422 2917-PS; Decree concerning German people's list and German nationality in the incorporated Eastern Territories of 4 March 1941. 1941 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 118. Vol. V, Pg. 587 *3054-PS; "The Nazi Plan", script of a motion picture composed of captured German film. (USA 167) Vol. V, Pg. 801 *3061-PS; Supplement No. 2 to the Official Czechoslovak Report entitled "German Crimes Against Czechoslovakia" (document 998-PS). (USA 126) Vol. V, Pg. 857 3067-PS; Law for the prevention of offspring with Hereditary diseases, 14 July 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 529. Vol. V, Pg. 880 3075-PS; Law for the building up of administration in Ostmark, 14 April 1939. 1939 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 777. Vol. V, Pg. 884 3076-PS; Law for building up of administrations in Reich Gau Sudetenland, 14 April 1939. 1939 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 780. Vol. V, Pg. 889 [Page 484] 3077-PS; Law regarding reunion of Free City of Danzig with German Reich of 1 September 1939. 1939 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1547. Vol. V, Pg. 327 *3124-PS; Extracts from Rudolf Hess Speeches. (GB 253) Vol. V, Pg. 902 3132-PS; Extracts from Dates of the History of the NSDAP, 1939. Vol. V, Pg.906 3163-PS; The Deputy of the Fuehrer Rudolf Hess, published in National Socialist Yearbook, 1941, pp. 219-22. Vol. V, Pg. 914 *3178-PS; Law to Secure the Unity of Party and State, 1 December 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1016. (GB 248) Vol. V, Pg. 916 3179-PS; Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor of 15 September 1935. 1935 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1146. Vol. V, Pg. 916 3180-PS; Decree providing for the participation of the Fuehrer's Deputy in appointment of officials, 24 September 1935. 1935 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1203. Vol. V, Pg.918 3182-PS; Decree concerning participation of Deputy Fuehrer in the appointment of Labor Service Leaders and Heads of departments of Reich, 3 April 1936. 1936 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 373. Vol. V, Pg. 918 3183-PS; Reich Regulations for enlistment, employment and promotion of Reich and Provincial officials, 14 October 1936. 1936 Reichsgesetzblatt, p. 893. Vol. V, Pg. 919 [Page 485] 3184-PS; Order of Fuehrer and Reichschancellor concerning appointment of Civil Servants and termination of employment as Civil Servants of 10 July 1937. 1937 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 769. Vol. V, Pg. 921 *3189-PS; Greater Germany, published in Documents of German Politics, Vol. VI, Part 1, pp. 4-5. (GB 249) Vol. V, Pg. 922 The Development of the Reich, published in Documents of German Politics, Vol. VII, Part 1, p.264. Vol. V, Pg. 923 3191-PS; Extracts from German Fuehrer Dictionary, 1934- 1935, p. 25, concerning Hess. Vol. V, Pg. 923 3192-PS; Extract concerning Hess from The German Reichstag, p. 180. Vol. V, Pg. 924 3196-PS; Hitler decree of 21 April 1933, published in National Socialist Party Correspondence, 27 April 1933, p. 1. 1. Vol. V, Pg. 924 3197-PS; First decree for execution of Sudeten Gau Law of 10 June 1939. 1939 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p.997. Vol. V, Pg. 924 3198-PS; Official Party News, 26 September 1933, published in National Socialist Party Correspondence. 927 3200-PS; Extract concerning Hess as Deputy Fuehrer from National Socialist Yearbook, 1939, pp. 188-189. Vol. V, Pg. 927 3203-PS; Hess decree of 6 June 1936 establishing the NS Aid Fund for the Struggle in the Universities, reported in The Third Reich, 1937, Vol.IV, p.360. Vol. V, Pg. 927 3204-PS; Ceremonial Initiation of Sudeten German Party into NSDAP by Rudolf Hess, published in Voelkischer Beobachter, 7 November 1938, p.5. Vol. V, Pg.928 [Page 486] *3245-PS; Order of 21 February 1940, concerning recruiting for Waffen SS, published in Decrees, Regulations, Announcements, Vol. III, p. 354. (GB 267) Vol. V, Pg. 946 *3254-PS; The Austrian Question, 1934-1938, by Seyss- Inquart, 9 September 1945. (USA 704) Vol. V, Pg. 961 *3258-PS; Extracts from National Socialism Basic Principles, Their Application by the Nazi Party's Foreign Organization, and the Use of Germans Abroad for Nazi Aims, by U. S. GPO, Washington, 1943. (GB 262) Vol. V, Pg. 997 3322-PS; Office for Racial Policies of NSDAP, from Organization Book of NSDAP, 1940, p. 330. Vol. VI, Pg. 38 3347-PS; Seniority List of the SS, of NSDAP, as of 1 December 1936. Vol. VI, Pg. 78 *3385-PS; Hess Order of 14 December 1938 concerning position of the SD within the Party, from Decrees, Regulations, Announcements, Vol. IV, Part I, p. 231. (GB 257) Vol. VI, Pg. 104 *3401-PS; National Socialism and German Nationalism Abroad, from Voelkischer Beobachter, 24 May 1934, p. 2. (GB 263) Vol. VI, Pg. 120 3418-PS; Destruction of the Jewish race, from The Archive, January 1939, p.1605. Vol. VI, Pg.121 3419-PS; Extract from The Party Congress of Freedom, 1936, pp. 258-259. Vol. VI, Pg. 122 *3425-PS; Voluntary statement made by Seyss-Inquart with advice of counsel, 10 December 1945. (USA 701) Vol. VI, Pg. 124 [Page 487] *3796-PS; Letter of Canaris enclosing a report, 25 October 1939, concerning the activities of Auslands organization. (GB 286). Vol. VI, Pg. 732 *3817-PS; File of correspondence and reports by Dr. Haushofer on Asiatic situation. (USA 790) Vol. VI, Pg. 752 *D-138; Decree of 27 July 1934, providing for participation of Fuehrer's deputy in the drafting of all legislation. (USA 403) Vol. VI, Pg. 1055 *D-139; Letter from Hess to Goebbels, 9 October 1934, concerning participation in legislation of the Reich. (USA 404) Vol. VI, Pg. 1056 *D-140; Letter from Lammers to Reich Ministers, 12 April 1938. (USA 405) Vol. VI, Pg. 1057 *D-151; Krupp, Schacht and Hess correspondence in 1933 regarding the Hitler Fund. (GB 256; USA 831) Vol. VI, Pg. 1060 *D-181; Circular from Gauleiter of South Westphalin, 21 January 1937, concerning Hereditary Health Law. (GB 528) Vol. VI, Pg. 1073 D-614; Statement of British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Parliament on 22 September 1943. Vol. VII, Pg. 94 *EC-411; Order by Hess concerning the reconstruction of certain industrial enterprises in Poland, 20 November 1939. (USA 299) Vol. VII, Pg. 469 *L-273; Report of American Consul General in Vienna to Secretary of State, 26 July 1938, concerning anniversary of assassination of Chancellor Dollfuss. (USA 59) Vol. VII, Pg. 1094 *L-292; Telegram of American Consul General in Vienna to Secretary of State, 12 March 1938, concerning propaganda dropped over Vienna. (USA 78) Vol. VII, Pg. 1098 [Page 488] *M-102; Extract from National Zeitung, 27 April 1942, concerning Hess. (GB 254) Vol. VIII, Pg. 32 M-103; Speech by Hess to representatives of Foreign Chamber of Commerce, from Voelkischer Beobachter, 30 June 1934. Vol. VIII, Pg. 33 *M-104; Speech by Hess at inauguration of new Adolf Hitler Hall at Hof, from Frankfurter Zeitung, 13 October 1936. (GB 260). Vol. VIII, Pg. 33 *M-105; Speech by Hess at meeting of Reich ChambeI of Iabour at Messerschmitt Works, from Voelkischer Beobachter, 2 May 1941. (GB 261) Vol. VIII, Pg. 34 *M-107; Speech by Hess at 7th Annual Meeting of Foreign Organization of NSDAP, from Voelkischer Beobachter, 28 August 1939. (GB 266) Vol. VIII, Pg. 35 M-108; Speech by Hess broadcast on Fuehrer's birthday, 20 April 1941. Vol. VIII, Pg. 37 *M-116; Report of interview with Hess by Wing Commander the Duke of Hamilton, 11 May 1941. (GB 269) Vol. VIII, Pg. 37 *M-117; Record of interview with Hess, 13 May 1941. (GB 270) Vol. VIII, Pg. 40 *M-118; Record of interview with Hess, 14 May 1941. (GB 271) Vol. VIII, Pg. 43 *M-119; Record of conversation with Hess, 15 May 1941. (GB 272) Vol. VIII, Pg. 45 M-120; "The VDA and the Nazi Party", extracted from German Basic Handbook, Part III, Chap. IV. Vol. VIII, Pg. 46 M-121; "German Foreign Institute", extracted from German Basic Handbook, Part III, Chap. IV. Vol. VIII, Pg. 47 [Page 489] *M-122; "The Problem of German Minorities", from German Basic Handbook, Part III, Chap. IV. (GB 264) Vol. VIII, Pg. 48 *R-96; Correspondence of Minister of Justice in preparation of the discriminatory decree of 4 December 1941 regarding criminal justice against Poles and Jews in annexed Eastern Territories. (GB 268) Vol. VIII, Pg. 72 R-139; Correspondence between Hess' office and the Ministry of Justice concerning civil law in Eastern Territories. Vol. VIII, Pg. 209 R-141; Minutes of conference directed by Hess' assistants, 20 February 1941, concerning racial problems in Armed Forces. Vol. VIII, Pg. 236 Affidavit F; Affidavit of Josef Dietrich, 20 November 1945- 21 November 1945. Vol. VIII, Pg. 631 *Chart No. 1; National Socialist German Workers' Party. (2903-PS; USA 2) Vol. VIII, Pg. 770 *Chart No. 15; Staff of the Fuehrer's Deputy. (3201-PS; GB 251) End of VIII
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