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International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg indictment against the major war criminals

International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg indictment against the major war criminals Charges cited in the indictments: - Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of a crime against peace; - Planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace; - War crimes; - Crimes against humanity. The 24 defendants: Martin Bormann; Karl Doenitz; Hans Frank; Wilhelm Frick; Hans Fritzsche; Walther Funk; Hermann Goering; Rudolf Hess; Alfred Jodl; Ernst Kaltenbrunner; Wilhelm Keitel; Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach; Robert Ley; Konstantin von...

File Number : 38

Type of Material : Indictment

Language : English

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, 08 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 08 October 1949 Important note: it is not from the point of view of the Defense. Continuation of Charge 15: Von Manstein’s letter regarding the employment of civilian labor at the front line (p. 4); Action Sauckel: Employment of civilians for the Reich (p. 4); Use of civilians for laying mines and clearing mines. (p. 6) Charge 16: Deportation of Soviet civilians for forced labor outside Russia (p. 7); Sauckel’s department (pp. 9-10); Hitler's Order (09/1942);...

File Number : 25

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

Language : English

Excerpt from a protocol of a meeting held by Fritz Sauckel, the official power of attorney of the four-year plan for the draft of labor forces, regarding bringing forced laborers from Ukraine and the occupied areas in the East to Germany in 1942 Order imposed by Hitler on Sauckel, to bring 400,000-500,000 young Ukrainian women to Germany within three months to labor as housekeepers; the young women [must possess] external looks and a political attitude [suitable] for passing the Eindeutschung (Germanization) [requirement]; in Hitler's opinion, one must change the viewpoint concerning the wandering of...

File Number : 53

Type of Material : Protocol

Language : German

Letter sent to Alfred Rosenberg by Fritz Sauckel, the chief Power of Attorney of the four-year plan for the draft of manpower, regarding the draft of laborers in the Occupied Territories in the East for the purpose of forced labor in Germany, 1943 Request by Sauckel for support of his plan for the draft one million women and men as forced laborers within four months of the date the letter was written, at a rate that will start at approximately 5,000 laborers each day and which will be doubled within two weeks; daily draft quotas will be implemented in the countries whose territory is under Rosenberg's...

File Number : 52

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Protocol of a meeting held by Goering with the Reichskommissaren (Reichs commissioners) and the military commanders in the occupied territories, regarding the supply of food to Germany, 06 August 1942 Some of those participating in the meeting were: Seys-Inquardt, Terboven, Daluege, Backe, Neuhausen, Lohse, Rosenberg, Sauckel, Koch and Riecke; the meeting was held at the Ministry of Aviation in Berlin; Survey of the supply situation in Germany, by Goering; discussion between Goering and the various commanders, regarding the use (exploitation) of resources including the agricultural resources, in...

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Protocol

Language : German

Protocols of discussions held with Germans, regarding concentration camps and the murder of Jews, 1945-1946

Protocols of discussions held with Germans, regarding concentration camps and the murder of Jews, 1945-1946 Translations to English of the text of discussions held with German soldiers and policemen, in most part senior officers, regarding their Nazi past; [collection of the material] in the context of the collection of Evidence for the Nuremberg Trials; - Discussion by a British officer with General Berger, Chef des Gefangenwesens (Supervisor for Matters Related to Imprisonment): Appointment of Berger as chief of the Wuerttemberg Police in 1933; his efforts for the release of political prisoners from...

File Number : 231

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Protocol

Language : English

Documentation regarding the removal of Jewish forced laborers from their places of work, in preparation for their deportation, 1942-1943

Documentation regarding the removal of Jewish forced laborers from their places of work, in preparation for their deportation, 1942-1943 - Letter sent by Fritz Sauckel, the chief Power of Attorney over the Arbeitseinsatz (Draft of labor) for the four-year plan, to the Landesarbeitsaemter (State labor offices) regarding the implementation of Himmler's directive that all of the Jews who are still privately employed and who are not in camps, are to be transferred to closed camps, 26 March 1943; transfer of the directive only to areas in which there was a large concentration of Jewish laborers; request by...

File Number : 15

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Directives regarding the employment of Jews in the war industry in Germany, 1941-1942

Directives regarding the employment of Jews in the war industry in Germany, 1941-1942 Directives sent by the Reichsarbeitsminister (Reichs Labor Minister) to the Regierungspraesidenten (Regional heads) and the Industrie- und Handelskammern (Industry and Commerce) offices, regarding the employment of Jews in ammunitions factories; exemption of the Jews employed in the military industry from deportation, 12/12/1941-24/12/1942; Included in the file: Order by Fritz Sauckel, the chief power of attorney for the four-year plan for the draft of manpower, regarding the replacement of the Jewish workers by...

File Number : 12

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the Nazi movements and antisemitism in Switzerland in the 1930s and the 1940s, and the struggle of the Swiss government against them, 1942-1959

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the Nazi movements and antisemitism in Switzerland in the 1930s and the 1940s, and the struggle of the Swiss government against them, 1942-1959 In the file: - List of laws and directives issued by the Swiss government regarding the struggle against the Nazis, including a list of rightist extreme parties and movements (Fronten) in Switzerland, 1930s and 1940s; - Copy of 1942 correspondence among senior SS officials, such as R. Brandt, W. Schellenberg, F. Riedweg, E. Bohle, G. Berger, as well as F. Sauckel, regarding Nazi activities in Switzerland; -...

File Number : 100

Type of Material : Survey Report, Official Documentation

Language : French, German