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Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 16 December 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 16 December 1949 Volume 61 Summing up by the Judge Advocate of the evidence relating to the 17 Charges: (pp. 3-49) Individual Charges: Statement by the Judge Advocate concerning Charge 15: (pp. 3-5) Orders for the forced labor of civilians of the Soviet Union for the purpose of carrying out military operations, or work directly connected therewith; Employment of civilians of the Soviet Union for such forced labor (p. 3); International law concerning the employment of...

File Number : 61

Type of Material : Names of Perpetrators, Legal Documentation, Indictment

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 30 November 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 30 November 1949 Volume 56 Important note: This was the closing speech by Sir Arthur Comyns Carr on behalf of the Prosecution to the submissions and arguments of the Defense. (p. 24) Closing speech by Sir Arthur Comyns Carr on behalf of the Prosecution to the submissions and arguments of the Defense (pp. 3-24) Report case: Cooperation and collaboration: Reports from SD to the Headquarters; Reports from the Headquarters to the 11th Army. (pp. 3-5) Watch case: Letter...

File Number : 56

Type of Material : Indictment, Names of Perpetrators, Legal Documentation

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 29 November 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 29 November 1949 Volume 55 Important note: This was the reply by Sir Arthur Comyns Carr on behalf of the Prosecution to the submissions and arguments of the Defense. (p. 51) Reply by Sir Arthur Comyns Carr on behalf of the Prosecution to the submissions and arguments of the Defense: Question regarding executive power; Prisoners of war (POWs) and political commissars case; Employment of POWs on construction work at the front-line. (pp. 3-4) Regarding Charge 16:...

File Number : 55

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Indictment, Names of Perpetrators

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 28 November 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 28 November 1949 Volume 54 Important note: This was the reply by Sir Arthur Comyns Carr on behalf of the Prosecution to the submissions and arguments of the Defense. (p. 65) Reply by Sir Arthur Comyns Carr on behalf of the Prosecution to the submissions and arguments of the Defense: Stalin's order: Speech broadcast by Stalin dealing with Hitler’s speech about the Jewish-Bolshevist system: “Destroy the Bolshevist-Jewish system”. (pp. 3-4) Massacre of Jews in...

File Number : 54

Type of Material : Names of Perpetrators, Indictment, Legal Documentation

Language : English

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

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 25 November 1949 Volume 53 Important note: That was the reply by Sir Arthur Comyns Carr on behalf of the Prosecution, to the submissions and arguments of the Defense. (p. 62) Reply by Sir Arthur Comyns Carr on behalf of the Prosecution to the submissions and arguments of the Defense: (p. 3) Propaganda purposes. (pp. 3-5) Reply concerning laws and usages of war: Question of international law: (pp. 5-62) The Hague Conventions and the International Military Tribunal -...

File Number : 53

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Indictment, Names of Perpetrators

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 23 November 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 23 November 1949 Volume 51 Important note: That was a speech for the Defense plea. (pp. 3-73) Argumentation by the Defense: (pp. 3-12) Case: Atrocities committed by the German authorities against Soviet prisoners of war (POWs); International Law; Treatment of Soviet POWs in German camps (pp. 3-5); Historical examples: Battle of Oran; Operation Catapult (pp. 5-9); Royal warrant (pp. 9-11); Objections by the Defense. (pp. 11-12) Speech for the Defense plea: (pp....

File Number : 51

Type of Material : Indictment, Names of Perpetrators, Legal Documentation

Language : English

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

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 25 October 1949 Important note: This statement was [given] by the accused. Examination of Field Marshal von Manstein in the witness box, by Dr. Laternser (for the Defense): Correction/Objection by the Defense: Discussion regarding the translation of the term “battle zone”; Is it “Gefechtsgebiet” or “Kampfzone” (pp. 3-4); Regarding a map (pp. 4-6); Report by von Manstein regarding the course of war in Russia: The battle of Stalingrad; Role of the Romanian Army;...

File Number : 33

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Indictment, Names of Perpetrators

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 18 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 18 October 1949 Important note: The following statement is from the point of view of the Defense Note: Mr. Croome represents the Defense. (p. 3) Charges 5, 8, 13 and 14: Charges relating to guerilla warfare and the treatment of civilians, including the Commissar Order. (p. 3) Barbarossa Jurisdiction Order: (pp. 3-35) Charge 5: Treatment of members of the Soviet armed forces in the rear area, in uniform or civilian clothes, as guerillas (pp. 4); Killing of guerillas...

File Number : 29

Type of Material : Indictment, Names of Perpetrators, Legal Documentation

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 14 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 14 October 1949 Important note: The following statement is from the point of view of the Defense. Charge 4: The inhumane treatment of POWs: Number of POWs; There were a total of 430,000 POWs between 09/1941 until von Manstein left the Crimea in July 1942 (p. 4); History of the campaign (pp. 4-5); Food situation (pp. 5-9); Handing over of POWs to the SD: Persons in the hands of the SD were not candidates for a death sentence; Employment of persons, even Jews, by the SD;...

File Number : 27

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Names of Perpetrators, Indictment

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 08 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 08 October 1949 Important note: it is not from the point of view of the Defense. Continuation of Charge 15: Von Manstein’s letter regarding the employment of civilian labor at the front line (p. 4); Action Sauckel: Employment of civilians for the Reich (p. 4); Use of civilians for laying mines and clearing mines. (p. 6) Charge 16: Deportation of Soviet civilians for forced labor outside Russia (p. 7); Sauckel’s department (pp. 9-10); Hitler's Order (09/1942);...

File Number : 25

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Indictment, Names of Perpetrators

Language : English

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