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M.59- documentation from the US National Archives

M.59- Alexandria Collection: Nazi documentation from the US National Archives The Record Group contains Nazi documentation confiscated by the US Army and transferred to the US National Archives in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. The documentation includes documents from German government offices, Nazi organizations (including the Nazi party), SS Headquarters and the German Police, as well as German Army units on various levels, from Army Groups to Divisions. Additionally, copies of documentation regarding the persecution of the Jews of Germany, some of them from Nuremberg Trial files, have been transferred to...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

M.29.FR - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from the Federal German Military Archives in Freiburg, 1936-1945

M.29.FR - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from the Federal German Military Archives in Freiburg, 1936-1945 There is diverse documentation from the Wehrmacht (German Army) regarding the Jews, Jewish communities and the fate of the Jews during the Holocaust in the collection, including reports, memos, telegrams and personal documents, encompassing a wide variety of organizations and units that worked within the Wehrmacht framework. The files cover different areas of activity and organizations: partisan activity, administration of the occupied areas, activities of combat units, cooperation between the...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

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, 13 December 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 13 December 1949 Volume 58 Summing up of the evidence relating to the 17 Charges by the Judge Advocate: (pp. 3-70) Individual Charges: Statement by the Judge Advocate concerning Charge 4: (pp. 3-11) Treatment of prisoners of war (POWs); Evidence before the International Military Trial - I.M.T. at Nuremberg (p. 3); Food situation and food rationing (pp. 3-5); POW camps in the Crimea (p. 4); Different cases concerning the maltreatment of POWs (pp. 6-8); Killing of...

File Number : 58

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, 10 November 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 10 November 1949 Important note: Volumes 37-44 (Yad Vashem Archives, TR.4/37-44, almost 217 pp.) are nonexistent. Volume 45 Argument: Rules of International Law apply only to warfare between civilized nationals; Rules of justice and humanity; Immaterial evidence. (pp. 4-7) Legality of the “Commissar Order”; The Hague Conventions. (pp. 7-12) Cross-examination of witness Father Stefan Gmeiner: (pp. 12-31) Cross-examination by a member of the Defense, Dr....

File Number : 45

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 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 28 October 1949 Important note: This is a Cross-examination of Field Marshal von Manstein in the witness box: (pp. 3-57) Treatment of POWs: (pp. 3-38) There were approximately 1,000 so-called auxiliary volunteers (Hiwis; Hilfsfreiwillige) in every division; Number of POWs; Food situation; OKH orders and reports; Transports of POWs during the winter; Reichenau order; Situation in the Crimea (pp. 3-12); War diary entry regarding the POWs in Simferopol (food and health...

File Number : 36

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, 27 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 27 October 1949 Important note: This is the Cross-examination of Field Marshal von Manstein in the witness box: (pp. 4-54) Discussion between the Defense and the Prosecution regarding a translation of a document. (pp. 4-6) Continuation of the commissar case concerning the 11th Army: Commissar Order; Order regarding the sort [sorting?] of commissars in a POW camp; Killing of male and female commissars by the SD; Handing over of civilians to the SD (pp. 6-12);...

File Number : 35

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, 26 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 26 October 1949 Important note: This was the Cross-examination of Field Marshal von Manstein in the witness box, by Sir Arthur Comyns-Carr (for the Prosecution): (pp. 4-48) Manstein’s opinion regarding members of his subordinate commanders (officers) in the 11th Army: (pp. 4-17) Chief of Staff Woehler: Regarding his National Socialist attitude and mentality; Information about the sending home of officers who had an anti-National Socialist attitude; Testimonies of various...

File Number : 34

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, 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, 24 August 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 24 August 1949 Important note regarding the order of the material: File 1 ends with Charge 7.File 2 starts with the opening address of Charges 1-5 (pp. 4-55 and 71-74).Charges 8-17 are to be found on pp. 56-71.Page 85 is missing. Arraignment, continued: Charge 8: War crimes in the Soviet Union, between 22/06/1941-31/03/1944, in violation of the Laws and Usages of War, successively by the Commander of LVI Corps, Commander-in-Chief of the 11th Army, Army Group Don...

File Number : 2

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

Language : English

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