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Documents from the process in regional courts (Landesgericht) in Klagenfurt, Salzburg and Vienna against members of the HSSPF Lublin: Documentation of the trial, volume 19; Testimonies by Austrian and German perpetrators and Jewish survivors, 1961 - 1962 Letter (24/01/1962) of the Leitender Oberstaatsanwalt (leading senior prosecutor) to the Landesgericht (regional court) in Salzburg concerning Hoefle's presence on 19/04/1943 in the Warsaw Ghetto; mentioning the witnesses Eisner and Wilfried Graner (p.6) Testimony (23/01/1962) of Kurt Nicolaus, 51 years old; used in the office of the KdS and SD (security...

File Number : 76

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

Language : German

Affidavit submitted by Otto Ohlendorf, the commander of Einsatzgruppe D, in advance of the Nuremberg Trial, 1945

Affidavit submitted by Otto Ohlendorf, the commander of Einsatzgruppe D, in advance of the Nuremberg Trial, 1945 Details regarding the Einsatzgruppen, including the names of the commanders and the activity that took place in the Soviet Union; the function of the Einsatzgruppen was the murder of Jewish men, women and children and Communist functionaries by means of execution [and burial] in pits, according to an order established by Himmler; subordination of the secondary units of the Einsatzgruppen to Military Divisions of the Wehrmacht that defined the areas of the activities; receipt of operational orders...

File Number : 277? מס' תיק כפול לתת מס' חדש

Type of Material : 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 December 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 14 December 1949 Volume 59 Summing up of the evidence relating to the 17 Charges, by the Judge Advocate: (pp. 3-55) Individual Charges: Statement by the Judge Advocate concerning Charge 9 and Charge 10. (pp. 3-46) Executive power of the Reichsfuehrer SS (p. 3); Organization of the Security Police and the SD (pp. 3-4); Co-operation between Special Task Forces (Einsatzgruppen, Einsatzkommandos) of the SD, also Secret Field Police. (p. 5) Concerning Charge 9 and...

File Number : 59

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, 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, 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, 24 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 24 October 1949 Important note: This was a statement by the accused; Examination of Field Marshal von Manstein in the witness box, by Dr. Laternser (for the Defense): Reichenau Order: Barbarossa Jurisdiction Order (p. 4); Manstein Order: Similar order to General Reichenau’s Order (p. 5); Danger of partisans in the Crimea (p. 5); Exhibit 33: Reichenau Order to Manstein: Close connection between Jews and Bolsheviks in Russia (p. 5; p. 9); Order initials (p. 7); von...

File Number : 32

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 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 command (“POW Battalions”). Violation of The Hague Conventions. (pp. 4-6) Charge 7: War crimes in the Soviet Union, between...

File Number : 3

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, 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, 07 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 07 October 1949 Continuation of the opening speech by the Defense of von Manstein; Important note: it is not from the point of view of the Defense. Overview of the four aspects in relation to the Crimea: 1. Treatment of POWs in the Crimea 2. Guerilla warfare 3. Propaganda: Reichenau Order 4. Activities of the Einsatzgruppen Included in this document are aspects no. 3 and 4: 3. Propaganda: Reichenau Order (pp. 05-12) 4. Activities of the Einsatzgruppen (pp....

File Number : 24

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, 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

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