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5 June 1945 SEC.tET
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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