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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, 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, 13 December 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 13 December 1949 Volume 58 Summing up of the evidence relating to the 17 Charges by the Judge Advocate: (pp. 3-70) Individual Charges: Statement by the Judge Advocate concerning Charge 4: (pp. 3-11) Treatment of prisoners of war (POWs); Evidence before the International Military Trial - I.M.T. at Nuremberg (p. 3); Food situation and food rationing (pp. 3-5); POW camps in the Crimea (p. 4); Different cases concerning the maltreatment of POWs (pp. 6-8); Killing of...

File Number : 58

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, 12 December 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 12 December 1949 Volume 57 Summing up of the evidence relating to the 17 Charges, by the Judge Advocate: (pp. 4-66) General application to all of the Charges: (pp. 4-10) Individual Charges: Charge 1 to Charge 4. (pp. 10-66) Charge 1: (p. 10) Charge 2: (pp. 10-38) Charge 3: (pp. 39-46) Charge 4: (pp. 59-66) General application to all the Charges: Question of knowledge of von Manstein (p. 5); War crime definitions (p. 6); Questions of international law (pp....

File Number : 57

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, 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 : 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, 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 : 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 November 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 21 November 1949 Volume 49 Cross-examination of Rudolf Buse: (pp. 4-14) Participation in the Russian Campaign from the start until 24/07/1942: No knowledge regarding the systematic shootings of Jews by the Special Action groups (Einsatzgruppen); No information regarding the existence [of the Special Action groups] (pp. 7-8); Order: “Participation of soldiers in actions against Jews and Communists”; Information regarding Sonderkommandos (p. 9); Question: What is a...

File Number : 49

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, 10 November 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 10 November 1949 Important note: Volumes 37-44 (Yad Vashem Archives, TR.4/37-44, almost 217 pp.) are nonexistent. Volume 45 Argument: Rules of International Law apply only to warfare between civilized nationals; Rules of justice and humanity; Immaterial evidence. (pp. 4-7) Legality of the “Commissar Order”; The Hague Conventions. (pp. 7-12) Cross-examination of witness Father Stefan Gmeiner: (pp. 12-31) Cross-examination by a member of the Defense, Dr....

File Number : 45

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, 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

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Verdict from "Nuremberg Trial" 12 versus the OKW (Wehrmacht High Command), 1948

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Verdict from "Nuremberg Trial" 12 versus the OKW (Wehrmacht High Command), 1948 There is additional information regarding the role of the Wehrmacht in the annihilation of the Jews: Yad Vashem Archives: P. 13/4; P.13/8; P.13/9; P.13/11; P.13/12; P.13/32; P.13/39; P.13/136; P.13/137; 172.

File Number : 138

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Sentence

Language : German