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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, 28 November 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 28 November 1949 Volume 54 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. 65) Reply by Sir Arthur Comyns Carr on behalf of the Prosecution to the submissions and arguments of the Defense: Stalin's order: Speech broadcast by Stalin dealing with Hitler’s speech about the Jewish-Bolshevist system: “Destroy the Bolshevist-Jewish system”. (pp. 3-4) Massacre of Jews in...

File Number : 54

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, 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

Orders and reports by German Army Commands of the Rear Front Army Middle and South Areas, including regarding anti-partisans warfare, 1941

Orders and reports by German Army Commands of the Rear Front Army Middle and South Areas, including regarding anti-partisans warfare, 1941 Included in the file: 12/11/1941 Daily report by the Command of the rear front Army Area Middle, including mention of the destruction of Jewish partisans in a gunfight by the 339 Infantry Division near Lyuban (33 kilometers southwest of Staryye Dorogi). (p. 2). 25/07/1941 Mission order by the Higher SS and Police Command in the rear front Army Area South to search and destroy partisans in the forest south of the road from Rowne to Zwiahel (Ukraine). (pp. 3-4)....

File Number : 131

Type of Material : Lists, Reports, Orders, Telegram

Language : German

"War Hitler ein grosser Feldherr?" (Was Hitler a Great Commander?), an essay by Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt

"War Hitler ein grosser Feldherr?" (Was Hitler a Great Commander?), an essay by Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt "War Hitler ein grosser Feldherr?", an essay by Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt, assessing Hitler's skills as a military commander. Written in von Rundstedt's Nuremberg prison cell at the request of Dr. G.M. Gilbert, the prison psychologist, the essay argues that Hitler lost the war because he did not listen to the General Staff but to "irresponsible laymen in the Nazi Party and propaganda circles".

File Number : 20

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English, 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