International Military Tribunal - The Nuremberg Trials - Complete Tribunal Proceedings (V.1)

International Military Tribunal

Basic, Official, Pre-Trial Documents, Tribunal’s Judgment and Sentence of the Defendant

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PREFACE PREFACE Table of Contents Recognizing the importance of establishing for history an authentic text of the Trial of major German war criminals, the International Military Tribunal directed the publication of the Record of the Trial. The proceedings are published in English, French, Russian, and German, the four languages used throughout the hearings. The documents admitted in evidence are printed only in their original language. The first volume contains basic, official, pre-trial documents together with the Tribunal’s judgment and sentence of the defendants. In subsequent volumes the Trial proceedings are published in full from the preliminary session of 14 November 1945 to the closing session of 1 October 1946. They are followed by an index volume. Documents admitted in evidence conclude the publication. The proceedings of the International Military Tribunal were recorded in full by stenographic notes, and an electric sound recording of all oral proceedings was maintained. Reviewing sections have verified in the four languages citations, statistics, and other data, and have eliminated obvious grammatical errors and verbal irrelevancies. Finally, corrected texts have been certified for publication by Colonel Ray for the United States, Mr. Mercer for the United Kingdom, Mr. Fuster for France, and Major Poltorak for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

MEMBERS AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS OF THE TRIBUNAL MEMBERS AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS OF THE TRIBUNAL Table of Contents LORD JUSTICE LAWRENCE, Member for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, President MR. JUSTICE BIRKETT, Alternate Member MR. FRANCIS BIDDLE, Member for the United States of America JUDGE JOHN J. PARKER, Alternate Member M. LE PROFESSEUR DONNEDIEU DE VABRES, Member for the French Republic M. LE CONSEILLER R. FALCO, Alternate Member MAJOR GENERAL I. T. NIKITCHENKO, Member for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics LIEUTENANT COLONEL A. F. VOLCHKOV, Alternate Member

OFFICIALS OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT

PROSECUTION COUNSEL

DEFENDANTS AND DEFENSE COUNSEL

LONDON AGREEMENT OF 8 AUGUST 1945

CHARTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL

PROTOCOL RECTIFYING DISCREPANCY IN TEXT OF CHARTER

RULES OF PROCEDURE (Adopted 29 October 1945)

MINUTES OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE TRIBUNAL, AT BERLIN, 18 OCTOBER 1945

INDICTMENT13

MOTION OF THE PROSECUTION FOR CORRECTING DISCREPANCIES IN THE INDICTMENT14

PLEAS OF INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS

LETTER OF RESERVATION BY THE UNITED STATES PROSECUTOR IN REGARD TO WORDING OF THE INDICTMENT

ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING NOTICE TO INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS

ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS

ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING NOTICE TO DEFENDANT BORMANN

CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE WITH ORDERS OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND TO DEFENDANT BORMANN

CERTIFICATES OF SERVICE ON INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ON DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SERVICE

MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN FOR POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRIAL AS TO HIM

REPORT OF MEDICAL COMMISSION APPOINTED TO EXAMINE DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN15

ANSWER OF THE UNITED STATES PROSECUTION TO THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN

MEMORANDUM OF THE BRITISH PROSECUTION ON THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN

MEMORANDUM OF THE FRENCH PROSECUTION ON THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN

SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM OF THE FRENCH PROSECUTION

ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL GRANTING POSTPONEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS AGAINST GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN

SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES PROSECUTION

MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF CHIEF PROSECUTORS TO AMEND THE INDICTMENT BY ADDING THE NAME OF ALFRIED KRUPP VON BOHLEN AS A DEFENDANT

ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REJECTING THE MOTION TO AMEND THE INDICTMENT BY ADDING THE NAME OF ALFRIED KRUPP VON BOHLEN AS A DEFENDANT

MEMORANDUM OF THE FRENCH PROSECUTION ON THE ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REJECTING THE MOTION TO AMEND THE INDICTMENT

MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT STREICHER FOR POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRIAL AS TO HIM16

MEMORANDUM OF THE UNITED STATES PROSECUTION ON THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT STREICHER

MEMORANDUM OF THE BRITISH PROSECUTION ON THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT STREICHER

MOTION OF THE SOVIET PROSECUTION FOR A PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANT STREICHER

ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REGARDING A PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANT STREICHER

REPORT OF EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANT STREICHER

MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT HESS FOR AN EXAMINATION BY A NEUTRAL EXPERT WITH REFERENCE TO HIS MENTAL COMPETENCE AND CAPACITY TO STAND TRIAL

ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL REJECTING THE MOTION ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT HESS, AND DESIGNATING A COMMISSION TO EXAMINE DEFENDANT HESS WITH REFERENCE TO HIS MENTAL COMPETENCE AND CAPACITY TO STAND TRIAL

REPORT OF COMMISSION TO EXAMINE DEFENDANT HESS17

REPORT OF PRISON PSYCHOLOGIST ON MENTAL COMPETENCE OF DEFENDANT HESS18

MOTION ADOPTED BY ALL DEFENSE COUNSEL19

JUDGMENT

DISSENTING OPINION OF THE SOVIET MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL

SENTENCES

INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, and THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

— against —

HERMANN WILHELM GÖRING, RUDOLF HESS, JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP, ROBERT LEY, WILHELM KEITEL, ERNST KALTENBRUNNER, ALFRED ROSENBERG, HANS FRANK, WILHELM FRICK, JULIUS STREICHER, WALTER FUNK, HJALMAR SCHACHT, GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN UND HALBACH, KARL DÖNITZ, ERICH RAEDER, BALDUR VON SCHIRACH, FRITZ SAUCKEL, ALFRED JODL, MARTIN BORMANN, FRANZ VON PAPEN, ARTHUR SEYSS-INQUART, ALBERT SPEER, CONSTANTIN VON NEURATH, and HANS FRITZSCHE, Individually and as Members of Any of the Following Groups or Organizations to which They Respectively Belonged, Namely: DIE REICHSREGIERUNG (REICH CABINET); DAS KORPS DER POLITISCHEN LEITER DER NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHEN DEUTSCHEN ARBEITERPARTEI (LEADERSHIP CORPS OF THE NAZI PARTY); DIE SCHUTZSTAFFELN DER NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHEN DEUTSCHEN ARBEITERPARTEI (commonly known as the “SS”) and including DER SICHERHEITSDIENST (commonly known as the “SD”); DIE GEHEIME STAATSPOLIZEI (SECRET STATE POLICE, commonly known as the “GESTAPO”); DIE STURMABTEILUNGEN DER NSDAP (commonly known as the “SA”); and the GENERAL STAFF and HIGH COMMAND of the GERMAN ARMED FORCES, all as defined in Appendix B of the Indictment,

Defendants.

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Recognizing the importance of establishing for history an authentic text of the Trial of major German war criminals, the International Military Tribunal directed the publication of the Record of the Trial. The proceedings are published in English, French, Russian, and German, the four languages used throughout the hearings. The documents admitted in evidence are printed only in their original language.

The first volume contains basic, official, pre-trial documents together with the Tribunal’s judgment and sentence of the defendants. In subsequent volumes the Trial proceedings are published in full from the preliminary session of 14 November 1945 to the closing session of 1 October 1946. They are followed by an index volume. Documents admitted in evidence conclude the publication.