Chapter I: Front Matter

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NAZI CONSPIRACY
AND AGGRESSION

_VOLUME I_

_Office of United States_
_Chief of Counsel For Prosecution_
_of Axis Criminality_

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON • 1946

For Sale by the
Superintendent of Documents
U. S. Government Printing Office
Washington 25, D. C.

A Collection of Documentary Evidence and Guide Materials Prepared by the American and British Prosecuting Staffs for presentation before the International Military Tribunal at Nurnberg, Germany, in the case of

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 GOERING, 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
DOENITZ, ERICH RAEDER, BALDUR von SCHIRACH, FRITZ SAUCKEL,
ALFRED JODL, MARTIN BORMANN, FRANZ von PAPEN, ARTUR
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 DIE
SICHERHEITSDIENST (commonly known as the “SD”); DIE GEHEIME
STAATSPOLIZEI (SECRET STATE POLICE, commonly known as the
“GESTAPO”); DIE STURMABTEILUNGEN DER N.S.D.A.P. (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.

C O N T E N T S

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Preface v
Chapter
I. Agreement by the United States, France, Great Britain, and
the Soviet Union for the Prosecution and Punishment of the
Major War Criminals of the European Axis 1

II. Charter of the International Military Tribunal and Protocol
of 6 October 1945 4

III. International Military Tribunal, Indictment No. 1 and
Statement of Reservation Filed by U. S. Chief of Counsel 13

IV. Motions, Rulings, and Explanatory Material Relating to
Certain of the Defendants 83
1. Robert Ley 83
2. Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach 84
3. Martin Bormann 94
4. Ernst Kaltenbrunner 95
5. Julius Streicher 96
6. Rudolf Hess 97

V. Opening Address for the United States 114

VI. Organization of the Nazi Party and State 175

VII. Means used by the Nazi Conspirators in Gaining Control of
the German State 184
1. Common Objectives, Methods, and Doctrines of the
Conspiracy 184
2. Acquisition of Totalitarian Political Control 199
3. Consolidation of Totalitarian Political Control 218
4. Purge of Political Opponents and Terrorization 239
5. Destruction of the Free Trade Unions and Acquisition of
Control over the Productive Labor Capacity 252
6. Suppression of the Christian Churches 263
7. Adoption and Publication of the Program for Persecution
of Jews 296
8. Reshaping of Education and Training of Youth 312
9. Propaganda, Censorship, and Supervision of Cultural
Activities 328
10. Militarization of Nazi Organizations 341

VIII. Economic Aspects of the Conspiracy 349

IX. Launching of Wars of Aggression 370
1. The Plotting of Aggressive War 370
2. Preparation for Aggression: 1933-1936 410
3. Aggression Against Austria 450
4. The Execution of the Plan to Invade Czechoslovakia 515
5. Opening Address for the United Kingdom 593
6. Aggression as a Basic Nazi Idea: Mein Kampf 644
7. Treaty Violations 651
8. Aggression against Poland, Danzig, England and France 673
9. Aggression against Norway and Denmark 733
10. Aggression against Belgium, the Netherlands, and
Luxembourg 760
11. Aggression against Greece and Yugoslavia 775
12. Aggression against the USSR 794
13. Collaboration with Italy and Japan and Aggressive War
against the United States: November 1936 to December
1941 840

X. The Slave Labor Program, the Illegal Use of Prisoners of
War, and the Special Responsibility of Sauckel and Speer
Therefor 875

XI. Concentration Camps 949

XII. The Persecution of the Jews 978

XIII. Germanization and Spoliation 1023

XIV. The Plunder of Art Treasures 1097