TRIAL

THE MAJOR WAR CRIMINALS

BEFORE

THE INTERNATIONAL

MILITARY TRIBUNAL

NUREMBERG

14 NOVEMBER 1945-1 OCTOBER 1946

PUBLISHED AT NUREMBERG, GERMANY

1947

This volume is published in accordance with the

direction of the International Military Tribunal by

the Secretariat of the Tribunal, under the jurisdiction

of the Allied Control Authority for Germany.

VOLUME I

OFFICIAL TEXT

IN THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

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.

PREFACE

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		1

Officials of the General Secretariat		2

Prosecution Counsel		3

Individual defendants and Defense Counsel		6

Establishment of the Tribunal
	London Agreement of 8 August 1945	8
	Charter of the International Military Tribunal	10
	Protocol rectifying discrepancy in text of the Charter	17

Rules of Procedure		19

Minutes of the opening session of the Tribunal,
at Berlin, 18 October 1945		24

Indictment
	Text of Indictment	27
	Motion of the Prosecution for correcting discrepancies in the Indictment	93
	Pleas of individual defendants	94
	Letter of reservation by the United States Prosecutor in regard to wording of the Indictment	95

Notice
	Order of the Tribunal regarding notice to individual defendants	96
	Order of the Tribunal regarding notice to members of groups and organizations	97
	Order of the Tribunal regarding notice to Defendant Bormann	102

Service
	Certificates of compliance with orders of the Tribunal regarding notice to members of groups and organizations and to Defendant Bormann	104
	Certificates of service on individual defendants	117
	Certificate of service on Defendant Gustav Krupp von Bohlen and medical certificates attached thereto	118
	Acknowledgment of service by Defendant Fritzsche and Defendant Raeder	123

Motion on behalf of Defendant Gustav Krupp von
Bohlen for postponement of the Trial as to him,
and action taken thereon
	Motion, and medical certificates attached thereto	124
	Report of medical commission appointed to examine Defendant Gustav Krupp von Bohlen	127
	Answer of the United States Prosecution to the motion	134
	Memorandum of the British Prosecution on the motion	139
	Memorandum of the French Prosecution on the motion	141
	Supplemental memorandum of the French Prosecution	142
	Order of the Tribunal granting postponement of proceedings against Gustav Krupp von Bohlen	143
	Supplementary statement of the United States Prosecution	144
	Motion of the Committee of Chief Prosecutors to amend the Indictment by adding the name of Alfried Krupp von Bohlen as a defendant	145
	Order of the Tribunal rejecting the motion to amend the Indictment	146
	Memorandum of the French Prosecution on the order of the Tribunal rejecting the motion to amend the Indictment	147

Motion on behalf of Defendant Streicher for
postponement of the Trial as to him,
and action taken thereon
	Motion on behalf of Defendant Streicher	148
	Memorandum of the United States Prosecution on the motion	149
	Memorandum of the British Prosecution on the motion	150
	Motion of the Soviet Prosecution for a psychiatric examination of Defendant Streicher	152
	Order of the Tribunal regarding a psychiatric examination of Defendant Streicher	153
	Report of examination of Defendant Streicher	154

Medical examination of Defendant Hess
	Motion on behalf of Defendant Hess for an examination by a neutral expert	155
	Order of the Tribunal rejecting the motion, and designating a commission to examine Defendant Hess	157
	Report of commission to examine Defendant Hess	159
	Report of prison psychologist	166

Motion adopted by all Defense Counsel,
19 November 1945		168

Judgment		171

Dissenting opinion of the Soviet Judge		342

Sentences		365

MEMBERS AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
OF THE TRIBUNAL

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

BRIGADIER GENERAL
	WM. L. MITCHELL	General Secretary (from 6 November 1945 to 24 June 1946)
COLONEL JOHN E. RAY		General Secretary (from 24 June 1946)
MR. HAROLD B. WILLEY		General Secretary (to 6 November 1945)
		American Secretary (to 11 July 1946)
MR. WALTER GILKYSON		American Secretary (from 16 July 1946)
MR. IAN D. McILWRAITH		British Secretary
MAJOR A. POLTORAK		Soviet Secretary
MR. A. MARTIN-HAVARD		French Secretary
COLONEL CHARLES W. MAYS		Marshal (to 26 June 1946)
LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES
	R. GIFFORD	Marshal (from 26 June 1946)
COLONEL LEON DOSTERT		Chief of Interpreters
	(From the Office of	(to 17 April 1946)
	U.S. Chief of Counsel)
COMMANDER ALFRED STEER,
	U.S.N.R.	Chief of Interpreters
	(From the Office of	(from 18 April 1946)
	U.S. Chief of Counsel)

MAJOR JACK L. BAILEY		Administrative Section
CAPTAIN D. P. SULLIVAN		Witness Notification and Procurement
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
	A. M. S. NEAVE, B.A.O.R.	Applications and Motions Section
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
	ALBERT E. SCHRADER, U.S.N.R.	Defendants’ Information Center
MR. BERNARD REYMON		Custodian of Documents and Records

LIEUTENANT COLONEL
	LAWRENCE D. EGBERT	Editor of the Record
CAPTAIN SIGMUND ROTH		Director of Printing

PROSECUTION COUNSEL ^[1]

United States of America

CHIEF OF COUNSEL:
	Mr. Justice Robert H. Jackson
EXECUTIVE TRIAL COUNSEL:
	Colonel Robert G. Storey
	Mr. Thomas J. Dodd
ASSOCIATE TRIAL COUNSEL:
	Mr. Sidney S. Alderman
	Brigadier General Telford Taylor
	Colonel John Harlan Amen
	Mr. Ralph G. Albrecht
ASSISTANT TRIAL COUNSEL:
	Colonel Leonard Wheeler, Jr.
	Lieutenant Colonel William H. Baldwin
	Lieutenant Colonel Smith W. Brockhart, Jr.
	Commander James Britt Donovan, U.S.N.R.
	Major Frank B. Wallis
	Major William F. Walsh
	Major Warren F. Farr
	Captain Samuel Harris
	Captain Drexel A. Sprecher
	Lieutenant Commander Whitney R. Harris, U.S.N.R.
	Lieutenant Thomas F. Lambert, Jr., U.S.N.R.
	Lieutenant Henry K. Atherton
	Lieutenant Brady O. Bryson, U.S.N.R.
	Lieutenant (j. g.) Bernard D. Meltzer, U.S.N.R.
	Dr. Robert M. Kempner
	Mr. Walter W. Brudno

United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland

CHIEF PROSECUTOR:
	H. M. Attorney-General, Sir Hartley Shawcross, K.C., M.P.
DEPUTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR:
	The Rt. Hon. Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, P.C., K.C., M.P.
LEADING COUNSEL:
	Mr. G. D. Roberts, K.C., O.B.E.
JUNIOR COUNSEL:
	Lieutenant Colonel J. M. G. Griffith-Jones, M.C., Barrister-at-Law
	Colonel H. J. Phillimore, O.B.E., Barrister-at-Law
	Major F. Elwyn Jones, M.P., Barrister-at-Law
	Major J. Harcourt Barrington, Barrister-at-Law

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

CHIEF PROSECUTOR:
	General R. A. Rudenko
DEPUTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR:
	Colonel Y. V. Pokrovsky
ASSISTANT PROSECUTORS:
	State Counsellor of Justice of the 2nd Class, L. R. Shenin
	State Counsellor of Justice of the 2nd Class, M. Y. Raginsky
	State Counsellor of Justice of the 3rd Class, N. D. Zorya
	Chief Counsellor of Justice, L. N. Smirnov
	Colonel D. S. Karev
	Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Ozol
	Captain V. V. Kuchin

French Republic

CHIEF PROSECUTOR:
	M. François de Menthon
	M. Auguste Champetier de Ribes
DEPUTY CHIEF PROSECUTORS:
	M. Charles Dubost
	M. Edgar Faure
ASSISTANT PROSECUTORS (Chiefs of Sections):
	M. Pierre Mounier
	M. Charles Gerthoffer
	M. Delphin Debenest
ASSISTANT PROSECUTORS:
	M. Jacques B. Herzog
	M. Henry Delpech
	M. Serge Fuster
	M. Constant Quatre
	M. Henri Monneray

[1]	Only those members of the Prosecution Counsel who spoke before the Tribunal are listed.

DEFENDANTS AND DEFENSE COUNSEL

INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS:		COUNSEL:
	GÖRING, HERMANN		Dr. Otto Stahmer
	WILHELM
	HESS, RUDOLF		Dr. Günther von Rohrscheidt (to 5 February 1946)
			Dr. Alfred Seidl (from 5 February 1946)
	VON RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM		Dr. Fritz Sauter (to 5 January 1946)
			Dr. Martin Horn (from 5 January 1946)
	LEY, ROBERT ^[2]
	KEITEL, WILHELM		Dr. Otto Nelte
	KALTENBRUNNER, ERNST		Dr. Kurt Kauffmann
	ROSENBERG, ALFRED		Dr. Alfred Thoma
	FRANK, HANS		Dr. Alfred Seidl
	FRICK, WILHELM		Dr. Otto Pannenbecker
	STREICHER, JULIUS		Dr. Hanns Marx
	FUNK, WALTER		Dr. Fritz Sauter
	SCHACHT, HJALMAR		Dr. Rudolf Dix
			Professor Dr. Herbert Kraus, Associate ^[5]
	DÖNITZ, KARL		Flottenrichter Otto Kranzbuehler
	RAEDER, ERICH		Dr. Walter Siemers
	VON SCHIRACH, BALDUR		Dr. Fritz Sauter
	SAUCKEL, FRITZ		Dr. Robert Servatius
	JODL, ALFRED		Professor Dr. Franz Exner
			Professor Dr. Hermann Jahreiss, Associate ^[6]
	BORMANN, MARTIN ^[3]		Dr. Friedrich Bergold
	VON PAPEN, FRANZ		Dr. Egon Kubuschok
	SEYSS-INQUART, ARTHUR		Dr. Gustav Steinbauer
	SPEER, ALBERT		Dr. Hans Flächsner
	VON NEURATH, CONSTANTIN		Dr. Otto Freiherr von Lüdinghausen
	FRITZSCHE, HANS		Dr. Heinz Fritz
			Dr. Alfred Schilf, Associate ^[7]
	KRUPP VON BOHLEN UND		Dr. Theodor Klefisch
	HALBACH, GUSTAV ^[4]		(to 15 November 1945)
			Dr. Walter Ballas, Associate ^[8] (to 15 November 1945)

[2]	All individual defendants named in the Indictment appeared before the Tribunal except: Robert Ley, who committed suicide 25 October 1945; Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, owing to serious illness; and Martin Bormann, who was not in custody and whom the Tribunal decided to try in absentia.

[3]	See footnote 2.

[4]	See footnote 2.

[5]	Only Associates who spoke before the Tribunal are listed.

[6]	See footnote 5.

[7]	See footnote 5.

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CONTENTS

MEMBERS AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
OF THE TRIBUNAL

OFFICIALS OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT

PROSECUTION COUNSEL ^[1]

DEFENDANTS AND DEFENSE COUNSEL

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CONTENTS

MEMBERS AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS OF THE TRIBUNAL

OFFICIALS OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT

PROSECUTION COUNSEL[1]

DEFENDANTS AND DEFENSE COUNSEL

MEMBERS AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
OF THE TRIBUNAL

PROSECUTION COUNSEL ^[1]