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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, 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 : 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, 24 November 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 24 November 1949 Volume 52 Important note: That was a speech for the Defense plea. Completion of the final Charge: Plea concerning Charge 12: Reichenau letter: Maltreatment and killing of a large number of Jewish citizens of the Soviet Union; Anti-Jewish propaganda: Anti-Jewish phrases; Anti-Jewish acts (atrocities); Question of knowledge regarding the activities of the SD. (pp. 4-10) Question of Law: (pp. 16-44) Case: Laws and usages of war: Domestic and international...

File Number : 52

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, 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 : 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 : 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, 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 : 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 : 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, 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, Testimony, 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, 09 September 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 09 September 1949 Mass murder of civilians in the accused areas of command; Crimes by the German Army, by units subordinate to the Accused (p. 4); Repetition of Exhibit 198: Order (signed by the Accused on 12/06/1941; Important note: 10 days before the campaign between Germany and the Soviet Union): Directions for the behavior of the troops in Russia: “Bolshevism is the deadly enemy of the National Socialist German people”; [There is to be] ruthless and energetic...

File Number : 14

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

Language : English

Documentation regarding the authorities, functions and names of SS and Police units in the Eastern territories, and an affidavit submitted by Paul Leffler regarding the Sicherheitsdienst - SD (Security Service) activities, 1932-1936 - Directive given by Himmler and Rosenberg, the Reichsminister fuer die besetzten Ostgebiete (Reichs Minister for the Occupied Territories in the East), regarding the subordination of the Police units in the occupied territories, 19/11/1941; establishment that the SS und Polizeifuehrer - SSPF (SS and Police commanders) will be subordinate to the Reichskommissaren (Reichs...

File Number : 167.2

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various orders issued by Wehrmacht commanders taken from Nuremberg Trial documentation regarding Wehrmacht treatment of Jews, POWs, partisans and the local population in areas of the Soviet Union Also in the file: - Communication issued by Von Brauchitsch regarding an agreement between the Wehrmacht and SIPO (Security Police) about cooperation with the Einsatzgruppen (Document NOKW-2080), 28 April 1941; - Communication issued by Walter Schellenberg from the RSHA (Reich Main Security Office) regarding exploitation of labor power of the populations in the countries occupied by...

File Number : 136

Type of Material : Legal Documentation

Language : German

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