Yad Vashem: File card (p.1)
Survey concerning the problem of superior orders ("Nuremberg defense") ("Befehlsnotstand") written by Dr. Wolfgang Scheffler in August 1967 in Berlin for the jury court Muenster.
Nuremberg defense
-the consultant had to proof if the members (mainly SS members and people under Himmler) of the different national socialist organisations were in danger to life, when they refused orders
-the problem of "Befehlsnotstand" could not be clarified in any trial also not in while the Nuremberg trials
-the survey is not only based on the material of the Nuremberg trials but also on other...
File Number : 133
Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report