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The Trial of German Major War Criminals

Sitting at Nuremberg, Germany
August 9 to August 21, 1946


  • Session 199, August 9, 1946 (Part 1 of 11)

    The case for the SS (concluded)
    Oral evidence of Wolfram Sievers, Manager of the Ahnenerbe (Ancestral Heritage Society)- see Part 20: on experiments on concentration camp inmates.

    Submission of documents on SS and Gestapo by Prosecution and Defence

    The case for the GENERAL STAFF and HIGH COMMAND of the German Armed Forces
    Oral evidence given on 9.8.46 by W. von Brauchitsch, Field-Marshal on: The military leadership and the concept of "group"; Planning of aggression: Hitler speeches; Aggressions, particularly the Eastern campaign; its preventive character; Einsatz Groups: Chain of command, Co-operation with Army; Treatment of Prisoners of War: in particular the Commissar Order; Occupied Territories: Looting and destruction; The Putsch against Hitler

    Oral evidence given on 9, 10, and 12.8.46 by E. von Manstein, Field-Marshal on: The military leadership and the concept of "group"; Attitude of military leaders to politics and Nazi doctrines; Planning of aggression: Rearmament; Aggressions, particularly the Eastern campaign; its preventive character, its "ideological" nature and warfare methods; Einsatz Groups: Chain of command, Co-operation with Army, Criminal activities; Treatment of Prisoners of War: in particular Commissar Order, Commando Order; Occupied Territories: Partisan warfare, Looting and destruction; Bacteriological warfare; (see also Part 22); The Putsch against Hitler.

  • Session 200, August 10, 1946 (Part 1 of 6)

  • Session 201, August 12, 1946 (Part 1 of 10)

    Oral evidence given by G. von Rundstedt, Field-Marshal on: The military leadership and the concept of "group"; Attitude of military leaders to politics and Nazi doctrines; Planning of aggression: Hitler speeches, Rearmament; Aggressions, particularly the Eastern campaign; its preventive character, its "ideological" nature and warfare methods; Treatment of Prisoners of War: in particular Commissar Order and Commando Order; Occupied Territories: Partisan warfare. The Putsch against Hitler

    The case for the SA

    Oral evidence given on 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16.8.46

    By Franz Bock, Department Chief in the Supreme SA Leadership, Werner A. M. Schaefer, SA Oberfuehrer, Theodor Gruss, Treasurer of the Stahlhelm Organization, Max Juettner, Deputy Chief of Staff of the SA on:
    Voluntary character of SA service; Compulsory transfer of the Stahlhelm organization into the SA; Training of the SA; SA as "political soldiery"; Interference with administration of justice; Persecution of the Jews; SA assignments: Auxiliary police service, Guarding of concentration camps - ill-treatment of inmates, Guarding of prisoners of war; Preparation for aggression.

  • Session 202, August 13, 1946 (Part 1 of 10)

  • Session 203, August 14, 1946 (Part 1 of 6)

  • Session 204, August 15, 1946 (Part 1 of 5)

  • Session 205, August 16, 1946 (Part 1 of 10)

    Submission of documents including affidavits by Defence Counsel: Aug. 16 for Leadership Corps of the Nazi Party

    The case for FUNK (supplemented): Re-examination of defendant Funk on SS deliveries to the Reich Ministry of Economics and SS deposits in the Reichsbank of old clothing and valuables respectively taken from concentration camp victims (see Part 20; also Parts 13 and 14)

  • Session 206, August 19, 1946 (Part 1 of 4)

    Submission of documents including affidavits by Defence Counsel: Aug. 19 Gestapo

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  • Session 207, August 20, 1946 (Part 1 of 9)

    Submission of documents including affidavits by Defence Counsel Aug. 20 SD, Reich Cabinet, SS

    The case for GORING (supplemented): Re-examination of defendant Goering: his denial of any knowledge of experiments on concentration camp inmates (see Sievers's testimony in Parts 20 and 21; of preparations for bacteriological warfare (see Parts 21 and 22)

  • Session 208, August 21, 1946 (Part 1 of 8)

    Submission of Documents: General Staff and High Command of the German Armed Forces SA (to be concluded in Part 22)


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