Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 25 August 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 25 August 1949 Opening Address, continued: Charges 6-17 Charge 6: War Crimes in the Soviet Union, between 13/09/1941-31/03/1944, in violation of the Laws and Usages of War: Compulsory recruiting of Soviet POWs into units and the retention of Soviet POWs for the requirements of the troops in the field, were ordered by units under his co...