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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, 12 December 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 12 December 1949 Volume 57 Summing up of the evidence relating to the 17 Charges, by the Judge Advocate: (pp. 4-66) General application to all of the Charges: (pp. 4-10) Individual Charges: Charge 1 to Charge 4. (pp. 10-66) Charge 1: (p. 10) Charge 2: (pp. 10-38) Charge 3: (pp. 39-46) Charge 4: (pp. 59-66) General application to all the Charges: Question of knowledge of von Manstein (p. 5); War crime definitions (p. 6); Questions of international law (pp....

File Number : 57

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, 13 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 13 October 1949 Important note: Point of view of the Defense. Note: New person: Mr. Croom, Defense assistance and support. (p. 4) Polish Charges: Presentation of the Polish case, in general and in particular: Establishment of a commission by the Polish Government concerning war crimes by the Germans during the battles and the occupation of Poland (p. 5); Killing of Polish civilians by German troops of units belonging to Army Group South (p. 5); Burning down of the...

File Number : 26

Type of Material : Indictment, Legal Documentation, 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, 05 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 05 October 1949 Erich von Manstein is called to the stand. (p. 3) Opening speech by the Defense: (pp. 4-27) Opening of the Defense of von Manstein (p. 5); Discussion regarding International Law, The Hague Convention, Law of Nations, and the Statute of Nuremberg (pp. 6-12); Field Marshal Montgomery at Glasgow, 28/10/1946: No legal limit to the duty of a general officer to obey (p. 12); Adolf Hitler had the sovereign authority (p. 15); Regarding the judgment in the Von...

File Number : 22

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, 21 September 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 21 September 1949 Cross-examination of Johann Gaffal, from Austria: (pp. 3-5) Shooting of Jews in Simferopol by Germans (p. 3); Number of the German officers involved in the shooting of Jews, is between three and five (p. 4); Cross-examination concluded. (p. 5) Survey report by Bernard Henry William Nicholson, a Major on the General List and an officer of the Directorate of Army Legal Services staff: (pp. 5-21) Documents: Prevention of the floating back [return] of...

File Number : 21

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

Language : English