Chapter XXVII: Section 2: of Chapter IX. Chief among these were the secret expansion of (4)

It was said above that the German militarists were inept as well as persistent. Helpless as Hitler would have been without them, he succeeded in mastering them. The generals and the Nazis were allies in 1933. But it was not enough for the Nazis that the generals should be voluntary allies; Hitler wanted them permanently and completely under his control. Devoid of political skill or principle, the generals lacked the mentality or morality to resist. On the day of the death of President Hindenburg in August 1934, the German officers swore a new oath. Their previous oath had been to the Fatherland; now it was to a man, Adolf Hitler. It was not until 18 days later that the law requiring this change was passed. A year later the Nazi emblem became part of their uniform and the Nazi flag their standard. By a clever process of infiltration into key positions, Hitler seized control of the entire military machine.

No doubt these generals will ask what they could have done about it. It will be said that they were helpless, and that to protect their jobs and families and their own lives they had to follow Hitler’s decisions. No doubt this became true. But the generals were a key factor in Hitler’s rise to complete power and a partner in his criminal aggressive designs. It is always difficult and dangerous to withdraw from a criminal conspiracy. Never has it been suggested that a conspirator may claim mercy on the ground that his fellow-conspirators threatened him with harm should he withdraw from the plot.

In many respects the spectacle which the German General Staff and High Command group presents today is the most degrading of all the groups and organizations charged in the Indictment. The bearers of a tradition not devoid of valour and honour, they emerge from this war stained both by criminality and ineptitude. Attracted by the militaristic and aggressive Nazi policies, the German generals found themselves drawn into adventures of a scope they had not foreseen. From crimes in which almost all of them participated willingly and approvingly were born others in which they participated because they were too ineffective to alter the governing Nazi policies, and because they had to continue collaboration to save their own skins.

Having joined the partnership, the General Staff and High Command group planned and carried through manifold acts of aggression which turned Europe into a charnel-house, and caused the Armed Forces to be used for foul practices foully executed of terror, pillage, murder and wholesale slaughter. Let no one be heard to say that the military uniform shall be their cloak, or that they may find sanctuary by pleading membership in the profession to which they are an eternal disgrace.

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LEGAL REFERENCES AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE GENERAL STAFF AND
HIGH COMMAND OF THE ARMED FORCES

│ │ │
Document │ Description │ Vol. │ Page
│ │ │
│Charter of the International Military │ │
│ Tribunal, Article 9. │ I │ 6
│International Military Tribunal, │ │
│ Indictment Number 1, Section IV (H);│ │
│ Appendix B. │ I │ 29, 72
3737-PS │Hague Convention of 1907 respecting │ │
│ the Laws and Customs of War on Land,│ │
│ Annex, Articles 4, 23. │ VI │590, 594
3738-PS │Geneva Convention of 1929 relative to │ │
│ treatment of Prisoners of War, │ │
│ Articles 2,3. │ VI │ 600
│ ———— │ │
│Note: A single asterisk (*) before a │ │
│document indicates that the document │ │
│was received in evidence at the │ │
│Nurnberg trial. A double asterisk (**)│ │
│before a document number indicates │ │
│that the document was referred to │ │
│during the trial but was not formally │ │
│received in evidence, for the reason │ │
│given in parentheses following the │ │
│description of the document. The USA │ │
│series number, given in parentheses │ │
│following the description of the │ │
│document, is the official exhibit │ │
│number assigned by the court. │ │
│ ———— │ │
375-PS │Case Green with wider implications, │ │
│report of Intelligence Division, │ │
│Luftwaffe General Staff, 25 August │ │
│1938. (USA 84) │ III │ 280
│ │ │
*386-PS │Notes on a conference with Hitler in │ │
│the Reich Chancellery, Berlin, 5 │ │
│November 1937, signed by Hitler’s │ │
│adjutant, Hossbach, and dated 10 │ │
│November 1937. (USA 25) │ III │ 295
│ │ │
*388-PS │File of papers on Case Green (the plan│ │
│for the attack on Czechoslovakia), │ │
│kept by Schmundt, Hitler’s adjutant, │ │
│April-October 1938. (USA 26) │ III │ 305
│ │ │
*444-PS │Original Directive No. 18 from │ │
│Fuehrer’s Headquarters signed by │ │
│Hitler and initialled by Jodl, 12 │ │
│November 1940, concerning plans for │ │
│prosecution of war in Mediterranean │ │
│Area and occupation of Greece. (GB │ │
│116) │ III │ 403
│ │ │
*446-PS │Top Secret Fuehrer Order No. 21 signed│ │
│by Hitler and initialled by Jodl, │ │
│Warlimont and Keitel, 18 December │ │
│1940, concerning the Invasion of │ │
│Russia (case Barbarossa). (USA 31) │ III │ 407
│ │ │
447-PS │Top Secret Operational Order to Order │ │
│No. 21, signed by Keitel, 13 March │ │
│1941, concerning Directives for │ │
│special areas. (USA 135) │ III │ 409
│ │ │
*498-PS │Top Secret Fuehrer Order for killing │ │
│of commandos, 18 October 1942. (USA │ │
│501) │ III │ 416
│ │ │
*503-PS │Letter signed by Jodl, 19 October │ │
│1942, concerning Hitler’s explanation │ │
│of his commando order of the day │ │
│before (Document 498-PS). (USA 542) │ III │ 426
│ │ │
*506-PS │Draft of top secret letter, 22 June │ │
│1944, initialled by Warlimont, │ │
│concerning enemy agents. (USA 549) │ III │ 430
│ │ │
*508-PS │OKW correspondence, November 1942, │ │
│about shooting of British glider │ │
│troops in Norway. (USA 545) │ III │ 430
│ │ │
*509-PS │Telegram to OKW, 7 November 1943, │ │
│reporting “special treatment” for │ │
│three British commandos. (USA 547) │ III │ 433
│ │ │
*512-PS │Teletype from Army Commander in │ │
│Norway, 13 December 1942, concerning │ │
│interrogation of saboteurs before │ │
│shooting; and memorandum in reply from│ │
│OKW, 14 December 1942. (USA 546) │ III │ 433
│ │ │
*526-PS │Top secret notice, 10 May 1943, │ │
│concerning saboteurs captured and shot│ │
│in Norway. (USA 502) │ III │ 434
│ │ │
*531-PS │OKW memorandum, 23 June 1944, citing │ │
│inquiry from Supreme Command West │ │
│about treatment of paratroopers. (USA │ │
│550) │ III │ 435
│ │ │
*537-PS │Order signed by Keitel, 30 July 1944, │ │
│concerning treatment of members of │ │
│foreign “Military Missions”, captured │ │
│together with partisans. (USA 553) │ III │ 439
│ │ │
551-PS │Order signed by Keitel, 26 June 1944, │ │
│concerning treatment of Commando │ │
│participants. (USA 551) │ III │ 440
│ │ │
*728-PS │Letter of Foreign Office to Chief of │ │
│Supreme Command of Armed Forces, 20 │ │
│June 1944, concerning treatment of │ │
│enemy terror aviators. (GB 152) │ III │ 526
│ │ │
729-PS │Handwritten note initialled Keitel, 14│ │
│June 1944, concerning treatment of │ │
│enemy terror aviators. │ III │ 529
│ │ │
730-PS │Draft of letter to Foreign Office, │ │
│attention Ambassador Ritter, 15 June │ │
│1944, concerning treatment of enemy │ │
│aviators. │ III │ 530
│ │ │
731-PS │Memorandum initialled by Jodl, 22 May,│ │
│concerning measures to be taken │ │
│against Anglo-American air crews in │ │
│special instances. │ III │ 531
│ │ │
732-PS │Letter from Feske to Keitel, 19 June │ │
│1944, concerning treatment of enemy │ │
│terror aviators. │ III │ 532
│ │ │
733-PS │Telephone memorandum, 26 June 1944, │ │
│concerning treatment of terror │ │
│aviators. │ III │ 533
│ │ │
*735-PS │Minutes of meeting, 6 June 1944, to │ │
│fix the cases in which the application│ │
│of Lynch Law against Allied airmen │ │
│would be justified. (GB 151) │ III │ 533
│ │ │
737-PS │Conference Notes, 4 June 1944, │ │
│concerning treatment of enemy terror │ │
│aviators. │ III │ 536
│ │ │
*740-PS │Letter from Warlimont, 30 June 1944, │ │
│concerning treatment of enemy terror │ │
│aviators. (GB 153) │ III │ 537
│ │ │
741-PS │Secret memorandum, 5 July 1944, │ │
│concerning terror aviators. │ III │ 538
│ │ │
*789-PS │Speech of the Fuehrer at a conference,│ │
│23 November 1939, to which all Supreme│ │
│Commanders were ordered. (USA 23) │ III │ 572
│ │ │
*798-PS │Hitler’s speech to │ │
│Commanders-in-Chief, at Obersalzberg, │ │
│22 August 1939. (USA 29) │ III │ 581
│ │ │
*872-PS │Memorandum of Discussion between the │ │
│Fuehrer and the OKW, concerning case │ │
│“Barbarossa” and “Sonnenblume” │ │
│(African operation). (USA 134) │ III │ 626
│ │ │
*1061-PS │Official report of Stroop, SS and │ │
│Police Leader of Warsaw, on │ │
│destruction of Warsaw Ghetto, 1943. │ │
│(USA 275) │ III │ 718
│ │ │
*1279-PS │Minutes of meeting concerning │ │
│treatment of members of foreign │ │
│“Military Missions” captured with │ │
│partisan groups and draft of order, 7 │ │
│July 1944 pertaining thereto. (USA │ │
│552) │ III │ 857
│ │ │
*1541-PS │Directive No. 20, Operation Marita, 13│ │
│December 1940. (GB 117) │ IV │ 101
│ │ │
*1746-PS │Conference between German and │ │
│Bulgarian Generals, 8 February 1941; │ │
│speech by Hitler to German High │ │
│Command on situation in Yugoslavia, 27│ │
│March 1941; plan for invasion of │ │
│Yugoslavia, 28 March 1941. (GB 120) │ IV │ 272
│ │ │
*1775-PS │Propositions to Hitler by OKW, 14 │ │
│February 1938. (USA 73) │ IV │ 357
│ │ │
*1780-PS │Excerpts from diary kept by General │ │
│Jodl, January 1937 to August 1939. │ │
│(USA 72) │ IV │ 360
│ │ │
1786-PS │Excerpt of 14 March 1943 of War Diary │ │
│of the Deputy Chief of the Armed │ │
│Forces Operations Staff. (USA 561) │ IV │ 369
│ │ │
*1809-PS │Entries from Jodl’s diary, February │ │
│1940 to May 1940. (GB 88) │ IV │ 377
│ │ │
*1816-PS │Stenographic report of the meeting on │ │
│The Jewish Question, under the │ │
│Chairmanship of Fieldmarshal Goering, │ │
│12 November 1938. (USA 261) │ IV │ 425
│ │ │
*1919-PS │Himmler’s speech to SS │ │
│Gruppenfuehrers, 4 October 1943. (USA │ │
│170) │ IV │ 558
│ │ │
*2261-PS │Directive from Blomberg to Supreme │ │
│Commanders of Army, Navy and Air │ │
│Forces, 24 June 1935; accompanied by │ │
│copy of Reich Defense Law of 21 May │ │
│1935 and copy of Decision of Reich │ │
│Cabinet of 12 May 1935 on the Council │ │
│for defense of the Reich. (USA 24) │ IV │ 934
│ │ │
*2327-PS │Two top secret memoranda, 14 June │ │
│1939, concerning operation “Fall │ │
│Weiss”. (USA 539) │ IV │ 1035
│ │ │
*2385-PS │Affidavit of George S. Messersmith, 30│ │
│August 1945. (USA 68) │ V │ 23
│ │ │
*2610-PS │Affidavit of Frederick W. Roche, │ │
│Major, U. S. Army, 7 November 1945. │ │
│(USA 548) │ V │ 330
│ │ │
*2802-PS │German Foreign Office notes of │ │
│conference on 13 March 1939 between │ │
│Hitler and Monsignor Tiso, Prime │ │
│Minister of Slovakia. (USA 117) │ V │ 443
│ │ │
*3012-PS │Order signed Christiansen, 19 March │ │
│1943, to all group leaders of Security│ │
│Service, and record of telephone │ │
│conversation signed by Stapj, 11 March│ │
│1943. (USA 190) │ V │ 731
│ │ │
3040-PS │Secret order of Reichsfuehrer SS, 20 │ │
│February 1942, concerning commitment │ │
│of manpower from the East. (USA 207) │ V │ 744
│ │ │
*3702-PS │Affidavit of Colonel-General Franz │ │
│Halder, 7 November 1945. (USA 531) │ VI │ 411
│ │ │
*3703-PS │Affidavit of Field Marshal Walter von │ │
│Brauchitsch, 7 November 1945. (USA │ │
│532) │ VI │ 413
│ │ │
*3704-PS │Affidavit of Field Marshal Werner von │ │
│Blomberg, 7 November 1945. (USA 536) │ VI │ 414
│ │ │
*3705-PS │Affidavit of Field Marshal Walter von │ │
│Brauchitsch, 7 November 1945. (USA │ │
│535) │ VI │ 415
│ │ │
*3706-PS │Affidavit of Colonel-General Johannes │ │
│Blaskowitz, 10 November 1945. (USA │ │
│537) │ VI │ 417
│ │ │
*3707-PS │Affidavit of Colonel-General Franz │ │
│Halder, 13 November 1945. (USA 533) │ VI │ 419
│ │ │
*3708-PS │Affidavit of Colonel Bernd von │ │
│Brauchitsch, 20 November 1945. (USA │ │
│534) │ VI │ 419
│ │ │
*3710-PS │Affidavit of Walter Schellenberg, 26 │ │
│November 1945. (USA 557) │ VI │ 420
│ │ │
*3711-PS │Affidavit of Captain Wilhelm Scheidt, │ │
│26 November 1945. (USA 558) │ VI │ 424
│ │ │
3712-PS │Affidavit of General von dem Bach, 27 │ │
│November 1945. │ VI │ 425
│ │ │
*3713-PS │Affidavit of General Roettiger, 8 │ │
│December 1945. (USA 559) │ VI │ 429
│ │ │
3714-PS │Affidavit of General Roettiger, 28 │ │
│November 1945. (USA 560) │ VI │ 430
│ │ │
*3715-PS │Affidavit of Major General Rode, 30 │ │
│November 1945. (USA 562) │ VI │ 431
│ │ │
*3716-PS │Affidavit of Major General Rode, 30 │ │
│November 1945. (USA 563) │ VI │ 433
│ │ │
*3717-PS │Affidavit of General Heusinger, 1 │ │
│December 1945. (USA 564) │ VI │ 434
│ │ │
*3718-PS │Affidavit of Colonel v. Bonin, 1 │ │
│December 1945. (USA 565) │ VI │ 435
│ │ │
*3739-PS │Memo on General Staff and High Command│ │
│and affidavit thereto. (USA 778) │ VI │ 624
│ │ │
*3868-PS │Affidavit of Rudolf Franz Ferdinand │ │
│Hoess, 5 April 1946, concerning │ │
│execution of 3,000,000 people at │ │
│Auschwitz Extermination Center. (USA │ │
│819) │ VI │ 787
│ │ │
*C-5 │Memorandum to Supreme Command of the │ │
│Navy by Doenitz, 9 October 1939, │ │
│concerning base in Norway. (GB 83) │ VI │ 815
│ │ │
*C-23 │Unsigned documents found in official │ │
│Navy files containing notes year by │ │
│year from 1927 to 1940 on │ │
│reconstruction of the German Navy, and│ │
│dated 18 February 1938, 8 March 1938, │ │
│September 1938. (USA 49) │ VI │ 827
│ │ │
*C-35 │Entry in Naval War Diary, January │ │
│1941, p. 401. (USA 132) │ VI │ 852
│ │ │
*C-50 │Covering letters and Order of 13 May │ │
│1941, signed by Keitel on ruthless │ │
│treatment of civilians in the USSR for│ │
│offenses committed by them. (USA 554; │ │
│GB 162) │ VI │ 871
│ │ │
*C-63 │Keitel order on preparation for │ │
│“Weseruebung”, 27 January 1940. (GB │ │
│87) │ VI │ 883
│ │ │
C-64 │Raeder’s report, 12 December 1939, on │ │
│meeting of Naval Staff with Fuehrer. │ │
│(GB 86) │ VI │ 884
│ │ │
*C-65 │Notes of Rosenberg to Raeder │ │
│concerning visit of Quisling. (GB 85) │ VI │ 885
│ │ │
*C-66 │Memorandum from Raeder to Assman, 10 │ │
│January 1944, concerning “Barbarossa” │ │
│and “Weseruebung”. (GB 81) │ VI │ 887
│ │ │
*C-78 │Schmundt’s Order of 9 June 1941, │ │
│convening conference on Barbarossa on │ │
│14 June. (USA 139) │ VI │ 909
│ │ │
*C-102 │Document signed by Hitler relating to │ │
│operation “Otto”, 11 March 1938. (USA │ │
│74) │ VI │ 911
│ │ │
*C-102 │Directives for Armed Forces 1939-40 │ │
│for “Fall Weiss”, operation against │ │
│Poland. (GB 41) │ VI │ 916
│ │ │
*C-122 │Extract from Naval War Diary. │ │
│Questionnaire on Norway bases, 3 │ │
│October 1939. (GB 82) │ VI │ 928
│ │ │
*C-126 │Preliminary Time Table for “Fall │ │
│Weiss” and directions for secret │ │
│mobilization. (GB 45) │ VI │ 932
│ │ │
*C-136 │OKW Order on preparations for war, 21 │ │
│October 1938, signed by Hitler and │ │
│initialled by Keitel. (USA 104) │ VI │ 947
│ │ │
*C-138 │Supplement of 17 December 1938, signed│ │
│by Keitel, to 21 October Order of the │ │
│OKW. (USA 105) │ VI │ 950
│ │ │
*C-139 │Directive for operation “Schulung” │ │
│signed by Blomberg, 2 May 1935. (USA │ │
│53) │ VI │ 951
│ │ │
*C-142 │Intention of the Army High Command and│ │
│Orders, signed by Brauchitsch. (USA │ │
│538) │ VI │ 956
│ │ │
*C-148 │Keitel Order, 16 September 1941, │ │
│subject: Communist Insurrection in │ │
│Occupied Territories. (USA 555) │ VI │ 961
│ │ │
C-156 │Concealed Rearmament under Leadership │ │
│of Government of Reich, from “Fight of│ │
│the Navy against Versailles │ │
│1919-1935”. (USA 41) │ VI │ 970
│ │ │
*C-159 │Order for Rhineland occupation signed │ │
│by Blomberg, 2 March 1936. (USA 54) │ VI │ 974
│ │ │
*C-167 │Report of meeting between Raeder and │ │
│Hitler, 18 March 1941. (GB 122) │ VI │ 977
│ │ │
*C-174 │Hitler Order for operation │ │
│“Weseruebung”, 1 March 1940. (GB 89) │ VI │ 1003
│ │ │
*C-178 │Order of Navy concerning treatment of │ │
│saboteurs, 11 February 1943. (USA 544)│ VI │ 1012
│ │ │
*C-179 │Hitler’s second decree, 18 October │ │
│1942, regarding annihilation of terror│ │
│and sabotage units. (USA 543) │ VI │ 1014
│ │ │
*C-182 │Directive No. 2 from Supreme Commander│ │
│Armed Forces, initialled Jodl, 11 │ │
│March 1938. (USA 77) │ VI │ 1017
│ │ │
*D-39 │Telegrams relating to activities │ │
│against partisans in Italy. (GB 275) │ VI │ 1023
│ │ │
*D-411 │Letters of 26 and 28 November 1941, │ │
│enclosing orders concerning protection│ │
│of troops against Partisans and │ │
│sabotage. (USA 556) │ VII │ 49
│ │ │
*D-569 │File of circulars from Reichsfuehrer │ │
│SS, the OKW, Inspector of │ │
│Concentration Camps, Chief of Security│ │
│Police and SD, dating from 29 October │ │
│1941 through 22 February 1944, │ │
│relative to procedure in cases of │ │
│unnatural death of Soviet PW, │ │
│execution of Soviet PW, etc. (GB 277) │ VII │ 74
│ │ │
D-730 │Statement of PW Walther Grosche, 11 │ │
│December 1945. (GB 279) │ VII │ 177
│ │ │
*D-731 │Statement of PW Ernst Walde, 13 │ │
│December 1945. (GB 278) │ VII │ 183
│ │ │
*D-762 │Order of Hitler, 30 July 1944, │ │
│concerning combatting of “terrorists” │ │
│and “saboteurs” in Occupied │ │
│Territories. (GB 298) │ VII │ 221
│ │ │
*D-763 │Circular of OKW, 18 August 1944, │ │
│regarding penal jurisdiction of │ │
│non-German civilians in Occupied │ │
│Territories. (GB 300) │ VII │ 222
│ │ │
*D-764 │Circular of OKW, 18 August 1944, │ │
│concerning combatting of “terrorists” │ │
│and “saboteurs” in Occupied │ │
│Territories and jurisdiction relative │ │
│thereto. (GB 299) │ VII │ 223
│ │ │
*D-765 │Directives of OKW, 2 September 1944, │ │
│regarding offenses by non-German │ │
│civilians in Occupied Territories. (GB│ │
│302) │ VII │ 225
│ │ │
*D-766 │Circular of OKW, 4 September 1944, │ │
│regarding offenses by non-German │ │
│civilians in Occupied Territories. (GB│ │
│301) │ VII │ 226
│ │ │
*D-767 │Memorandum, 13 September 1944, on │ │
│offenses by non-German civilians in │ │
│Occupied Territories. (GB 303) │ VII │ 228
│ │ │
*D-769 │Telegram signed by Gen. Christiansen, │ │
│21 September 1940, relative to │ │
│application of capital punishment in │ │
│connection with Railway strike in │ │
│Holland. (GB 304) │ VII │ 229
│ │ │
D-770 │Circular, 24 September 1944, on │ │
│offenses of non-German civilians in │ │
│Occupied Territories. (GB 305) │ VII │ 229
│ │ │
*D-774 │Directive of Chief of OKW to German │ │
│Foreign Office at Salzburg, on │ │
│treatment of Allied │ │
│“Terrorist”-flyers, 14 June 1944. (GB │ │
│307) │ VII │ 231
│ │ │
*D-775 │Draft of directive, 14 June 1944, from│ │
│OKW to Supreme Commander of │ │
│“Luftwaffe”, regarding treatment of │ │
│Allied “Terrorist”-flyers. (GB 308) │ VII │ 232
│ │ │
*D-776 │Draft of directive of Chief of OKW, 15│ │
│June 1944, to German Foreign Office at│ │
│Salzburg, concerning treatment of │ │
│Allied “Terrorist”-flyers. (GB 309) │ VII │ 233
│ │ │
*D-777 │Draft of directive, 15 June 1944, from│ │
│OKW to Supreme Commander of │ │
│“Luftwaffe” concerning treatment of │ │
│Allied “Terrorist”-flyers. (GB 310) │ VII │ 234
│ │ │
*D-778 │Notes, 18 June 1944, concerning │ │
│treatment of Anglo-American │ │
│“Terrorist”-flyers. (GB 311) │ VII │ 235
│ │ │
*D-779 │Letter from Reichsmarschall to Chief │ │
│of OKW, 19 August 1944, regarding │ │
│treatment of Allied │ │
│“Terrorist”-flyers. (GB 312) │ VII │ 235
│ │ │
*D-780 │Draft of communication from Ambassador│ │
│Ritter, Salzburg, to Chief of OKW, 20 │ │
│June 1944, on treatment of Allied │ │
│“Terrorist”-flyers. (GB 313) │ VII │ 236
│ │ │
*D-781 │Note of OKW to Supreme Commander of │ │
│“Luftwaffe”, 23 June 1944, regarding │ │
│treatment of Allied │ │
│“Terrorist”-flyers. (GB 314) │ VII │ 239
│ │ │
D-782 │Note from German Foreign Office, │ │
│Salzburg, 25 June 1944, to OKW. (GB │ │
│315) │ VII │ 239
│ │ │
*D-783 │Note of a telephone communication, 26 │ │
│June 1944, with regard to treatment of│ │
│“Terrorist”-aviators. (GB 316) │ VII │ 240
│ │ │
*D-784 │Note from Operation Staff of OKW │ │
│signed Warlimont, 30 June 1944, │ │
│concerning treatment of Allied │ │
│“Terrorist”-flyers. (GB 317) │ VII │ 240
│ │ │
*D-785 │Note from OKW to Supreme Commander of │ │
│“Luftwaffe”, 4 July 1944, concerning │ │
│“Terror”-flyers. (GB 318) │ VII │ 241
│ │ │
*D-786 │Note, 5 July 1944, on “Terror”-flyers.│ │
│(GB 319) │ VII │ 242
│ │ │
*L-43 │Air Force “Organizational Study 1950”,│ │
│2 May 1938. (GB 29) (See Chart No. │ │
│10.) │ VII │ 788
│ │ │
*L-51 │Affidavit of Adolf Zutter, 2 August │ │
│1945. (USA 521) │ VII │ 798
│ │ │
*L-52 │Memorandum and Directives for conduct │ │
│of war in the West, 9 October 1939. │ │
│(USA 540) │ VII │ 800
│ │ │
*L-79 │Minutes of conference, 23 May 1939, │ │
│“Indoctrination on the political │ │
│situation and future aims”. (USA 27) │ VII │ 847
│ │ │
L-166 │Minutes of conference on Fighter │ │
│Aircraft with Reichsmarshal on 15 and │ │
│16 May 1944. │ VII │ 911
│ │ │
*L-172 │“The Strategic Position at the │ │
│Beginning of the 5th Year of War”, a │ │
│lecture delivered by Jodl on 7 │ │
│November 1943 at Munich to Reich and │ │
│Gauleiters. (USA 34) │ VII │ 920
│ │ │
L-180 │Report by SS Brigade Commander │ │
│Stahlecker to Himmler, “Action Group │ │
│A”, 15 October 1941. (USA 276) │ VII │ 978
│ │ │
*L-323 │Entry in Naval War Diary concerning │ │
│operation “Weseruebung”. (USA 541) │ VII │ 1106
│ │ │
*R-95 │Army Order signed by von Brauchitsch, │ │
│30 March 1941, concerning deployment │ │
│instructions for “Action 25” and │ │
│supplementary instruction for action │ │
│“Marita”. (GB 127) │ VIII │ 70
│ │ │
*R-102 │Report on activities of The Task │ │
│Forces of SIPO and SD in USSR, 1-31 │ │
│October 1941, (USA 470) │ VIII │ 96
│ │ │
R-118 │Drafts of letters and memoranda of │ │
│General Staff of Armed Forces │ │
│concerning treatment of enemy fliers. │ VIII │ 127
│ │ │
*R-135 │Letter to Rosenberg enclosing secret │ │
│reports from Kube on German atrocities│ │
│in the East, 18 June 1943, found in │ │
│Himmler’s personal files. (USA 289) │ VIII │ 205
│ │ │
*TC-54-B │Von Brauchitsch appeal to the people │ │
│of Danzig, from Documents of German │ │
│Politics, Part VII, p. 596. (GB 73) │ VIII │ 410
│ │ │
*UK-66 │Report of British War Crimes Section │ │
│of Allied Force Headquarters on German│ │
│reprisals for partisan activity in │ │
│Italy. (GB 274) │ VIII │ 572
│ │ │
UK-81 │Letters of 26 November and 28 October │ │
│1941, with enclosed orders on │ │
│protection of troops against Partisans│ │
│and Sabotage and conduct of troops in │ │
│Eastern Territories. │ VIII │ 582
│ │ │
Affidavit A │Affidavit of Erwin Lahousen, 21 │ │
│January 1946, substantially the same │ │
│as his testimony on direct examination│ │
│before the International Military │ │
│Tribunal at Nurnberg 30 November and 1│ │
│December 1945. │ VIII │ 587
│ │ │
Affidavit B │Affidavit of Otto Ohlendorf, 20 │ │
│November 1945, substantially the same │ │
│as his testimony on direct examination│ │
│before the International Military │ │
│Tribunal at Nurnberg 3 January 1946. │ VIII │ 596
│ │ │
Affidavit D │Affidavit of Walter Schellenberg, 23 │ │
│January 1946, substantially the same │ │
│as his testimony on direct examination│ │
│before the International Military │ │
│Tribunal at Nurnberg 4 January 1946. │ VIII │ 622
│ │ │
Affidavit H │Affidavit of Franz Halder, 22 November│ │
│1945. │ VIII │ 643
│ │ │
Affidavit I │Affidavit of Leopold Buerkner, 22 │ │
│January 1946. │ VIII │ 647
│ │ │
Affidavit J │Affidavit of Erhard Milch, 23 January │ │
│1946. │ VIII │ 653
│ │ │
Statement III │The Origin of the Directives of the │ │
│Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces,│ │
│by Wilhelm Keitel, Nurnberg, 15 │ │
│September 1945. │ VIII │ 669
│ │ │
Statement IV │The Position and Powers of the Chief │ │
│of the OKW, by Wilhelm Keitel, │ │
│Nurnberg, 9 October 1945. │ VIII │ 672
│ │ │
Statement V │Notes Concerning Actions of German │ │
│Armed Forces During the War and in │ │
│Occupied Territory, by Wilhelm Keitel,│ │
│Nurnberg, 19 October 1945. │ VIII │ 678
│ │ │
Statement IX │My Relationship to Adolf Hitler and to│ │
│the Party, by Erich Raeder, Moscow, │ │
│fall 1945. │ VIII │ 707
│ │ │
Chart No. 7 │Organization of the Wehrmacht │ │
│1938-1945. (Enlargement displayed to │ │
│Tribunal.) │ VIII │ 776
│ │ │
*Chart No. 10 │1938 Proposals for Luftwaffe Expansion│ │
│1938-1950. (L-43; GB 29) │ VIII │ 779