Nazi conspiracy and aggression, Volume 02 (of 11)

Chapter XXXVI: Part 3: of the Japanese message quotes Ribbentrop as follows (3)

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│Charter of the International Military │ │
│ Tribunal, Article 6. │ I │ 5
│International Military Tribunal, │ │
│ Indictment Number 1, Section IV (H);│ │
│ Appendix A. │ I │ 29, 66
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│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. │ │
│ ———— │ │
081-PS │Letter from Rosenberg to Keitel, 28 │ │
│February 1942, concerning mistreatment│ │
│of Soviet prisoners of war. │ III │ 126
│ │ │
*137-PS │Copy of Order from Keitel to │ │
│Commanding General of Netherlands, 5 │ │
│July 1940, to cooperate with the │ │
│Einsatzstab Rosenberg. (USA 379) │ III │ 185
│ │ │
138-PS │Copy of Order from Keitel to │ │
│Commanding General of France, 17 │ │
│September 1940, to cooperate with the │ │
│Einsatzstab Rosenberg. │ III │ 186
│ │ │
*149-PS │Hitler Order, 1 March 1942, │ │
│establishing authority of Einsatzstab │ │
│Rosenberg. (USA 369) │ III │ 190
│ │ │
*375-PS │Case Green with wider implications, │ │
│report of Intelligence Division, │ │
│Luftwaffe General Staff, 25 August │ │
│1938. (USA 84) │ III │ 280
│ │ │
*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
│ │ │
440-PS │Directive No. 8 signed by Keitel, 20 │ │
│November 1939, for the conduct of the │ │
│war. (GB 107) │ III │ 397
│ │ │
*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
│ │ │
*448-PS │Hitler Order No. 22, initialled by │ │
│Keitel and Jodl, 11 January 1941, │ │
│concerning participation of German │ │
│Forces in the Fighting in the │ │
│Mediterranean Theater of Operations. │ │
│(GB 118) │ III │ 413
│ │ │
*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
│ │ │
*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
│ │ │
*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
│ │ │
*553-PS │Order signed by Keitel, 4 August 1942,│ │
│regulating treatment of paratroops. │ │
│(USA 500) │ III │ 441
│ │ │
*556-2-PS │Order initialled by Keitel, 8 │ │
│September 1942, for civilians to work │ │
│on “West Wall”. (USA 194) │ III │ 443
│ │ │
*656-PS │Letter, undated, from Bormann to │ │
│Political leaders, enclosing Order of │ │
│Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht, 29 │ │
│January 1943, relating to self-defense│ │
│against prisoners of war. (USA 339) │ III │ 470
│ │ │
666-PS │Directives issued by the Fuehrer and │ │
│Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces │ │
│signed by Keitel, 7 December 1941, for│ │
│prosecution of offenses against the │ │
│Reich. │ III │ 474
│ │ │
668-PS │Letter from Chief of the SIPO and SD │ │
│and OKW letter, 24 June 1942, │ │
│concerning prosecution of punishable │ │
│offenses against the Reich or │ │
│occupation forces in occupied │ │
│territories. (USA 504) │ III │ 476
│ │ │
*686-PS │Decree of the Fuehrer and Reich │ │
│Chancellor to strengthen German │ │
│Folkdom, 7 October 1939, signed by │ │
│Hitler, Goering, Lammers and Keitel. │ │
│(USA 305) │ III │ 496
│ │ │
695-PS │OKW Order signed by Reinecke, 24 March│ │
│1942, concerning treatment of Soviet │ │
│prisoners of war. │ III │ 498
│ │ │
*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
│ │ │
743-PS │Order signed by Keitel, 8 September │ │
│1944, instructing the Armed Forces to │ │
│support Koch in the exploitation and │ │
│evacuation of Baltic territories. │ III │ 539
│ │ │
*795-PS │Keitel’s conference, 17 August 1939, │ │
│concerning giving Polish uniforms to │ │
│Heydrich. (GB 54) │ III │ 580
│ │ │
*798-PS │Hitler’s speech to │ │
│Commanders-in-Chief, at Obersalzberg, │ │
│22 August 1939. (USA 29) │ III │ 581
│ │ │
829-PS │Order signed by Keitel, 16 December │ │
│1941, for ruthless suppression of │ │
│uprisings in occupied territories. │ III │ 597
│ │ │
833-PS │Instructions by Admiral Canaris, Head │ │
│of the Abwehr, 2 February 1942, │ │
│concerning prosecution of crimes │ │
│against the Reich or occupying forces │ │
│in the occupied territories. │ III │ 600
│ │ │
*865-PS │Correspondence between Keitel, │ │
│Rosenberg and Lammers, April 1941, │ │
│concerning appointment of Jodl and │ │
│Warlimont as OKW representatives with │ │
│Rosenberg. (USA 143) │ III │ 621
│ │ │
870-PS │Report of December 1944 from Terboven │ │
│to Hitler concerning sabotage in Oslo,│ │
│with marginal comment by Keitel │ │
│approving suggestion to shoot │ │
│relatives of saboteurs. │ III │ 623
│ │ │
*871-PS │Teletype from Keitel to Lammers, 6 │ │
│December 1944, agreeing that reprisals│ │
│must be ruthless. (GB 322) │ III │ 626
│ │ │
*872-PS │Memorandum of Discussion between the │ │
│Fuehrer and the OKW, concerning case │ │
│“Barbarossa” and “Sonnenblume” │ │
│(African operation). (USA 134) │ III │ 626
│ │ │
874-PS │Draft letter to Todt, initialled K, J,│ │
│and W, 9 March 1941, concerning │ │
│Deception measures. │ III │ 634
│ │ │
878-PS │Draft of Order signed by Keitel, 12 │ │
│September 1941, providing that Jews │ │
│may be put in labor-columns. │ III │ 636
│ │ │
*1014-PS │Hitler’s speech to │ │
│Commanders-in-Chief, 22 August 1939. │ │
│(USA 30) │ III │ 665
│ │ │
*1039-PS │Report concerning preparatory work │ │
│regarding problems in Eastern │ │
│Territories, 28 June 1941, found in │ │
│Rosenberg’s “Russia File”. (USA 146) │ III │ 695
│ │ │
1107-PS │Office memorandum, 17 May 1944, in │ │
│Rosenberg Ministry concerning the │ │
│Wehrmacht’s function in removing │ │
│treasures from the USSR. │ III │ 789
│ │ │
1161-PS │OKW, 31 May 1940, setting up economic │ │
│reconnaissance teams to procure all │ │
│important stocks of raw materials, │ │
│machinery, etc. in Belgium, Holland │ │
│and Northern France. │ III │ 816
│ │ │
1292-PS │Memorandum of conference with Hitler, │ │
│4 January 1944, concerning allocation │ │
│of labor, 1944. (USA 225) │ III │ 866
│ │ │
*1456-PS │Thomas memorandum 20 June 1941; Keitel│ │
│consulted about resources of USSR. │ │
│(USA 148) │ IV │ 21
│ │ │
*1519-PS │Circular from Bormann, 30 September │ │
│1941, containing text of OKW of 8 │ │
│September 1941 on treatment of Soviet │ │
│prisoners of war. (GB 525) │ IV │ 58
│ │ │
*1538-PS │Report from German Military Attache in│ │
│Tokyo to Office Foreign Intelligence, │ │
│24 May 1941. (USA 154) │ IV │ 100
│ │ │
*1541-PS │Directive No. 20, Operation Marita, 13│ │
│December 1940. (GB 117) │ IV │ 101
│ │ │
1546-PS │Raeder memorandum, 9 April 1940, │ │
│concerning occupation of Norway. │ IV │ 104
│ │ │
1590-PS │Order received by OKH signed by │ │
│Keitel, 1 October 1941, containing │ │
│regulations for the shooting of │ │
│hostages. │ IV │ 127
│ │ │
1642-PS │Distribution list, 1 March 1941, for │ │
│secret map of Soviet Union. │ IV │ 154
│ │ │
*1666-PS │Decree appointing Sauckel General │ │
│Plenipotentiary for Manpower, 21 March│ │
│1942 and decree of Goering conferring │ │
│certain powers on Sauckel, 27 March │ │
│1942. 1942 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, │ │
│pp. 179-180. (USA 208) │ IV │ 182
│ │ │
*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
│ │ │
1774-PS │Extracts from Organizational Law of │ │
│the Greater German Reich by Ernst │ │
│Rudolf Huber. (GB 246) │ IV │ 349
│ │ │
*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
│ │ │
*1809-PS │Entries from Jodl’s diary, February │ │
│1940 to May 1940. (GB 88) │ IV │ 377
│ │ │
1915-PS │Decree concerning leadership of Armed │ │
│Forces, 4 February 1938. 1938 │ │
│Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 111. │ IV │ 552
│ │ │
1954-PS │Deposition of Keitel, 3 August 1945, │ │
│on his official functions and relation│ │
│to Nazi Party. │ IV │ 592
│ │ │
*2018-PS │Fuehrer’s decree establishing a │ │
│Ministerial Council for Reich Defense,│ │
│30 August 1939. 1939 │ │
│Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1539. │ │
│(GB 250) │ IV │ 650
│ │ │
*2031-PS │Decree establishing a Secret Cabinet │ │
│Council, 4 February 1938. 1938 │ │
│Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 112. (GB│ │
│217) │ IV │ 654
│ │ │
2039-PS │Decree concerning the conditions of │ │
│employment of Eastern workers, 30 June│ │
│1942. 1942 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, │ │
│p. 419. │ IV │ 655
│ │ │
*2194-PS │Top secret letter from Ministry for │ │
│Economy and Labor, Saxony, to Reich │ │
│Protector in Bohemia and Moravia, │ │
│enclosing copy of 1938 Secret Defense │ │
│Law of 4 September 1938. (USA 36) │ IV │ 843
│ │ │
2231-PS │Excerpt from von Stutterheim, “Die │ │
│Reichskanzlei” (1940), pp. 19-34. │ IV │ 873
│ │ │
*2285-PS │Affidavit, 13 May 1945, by two French │ │
│officers, about shooting of prisoners │ │
│at Mauthausen, (USA 490) │ IV │ 991
│ │ │
*2329-PS │Order by Commander in Chief of the │ │
│Army, 7 October 1939. (GB 105) │ IV │ 1037
│ │ │
*2353-PS │Extracts from General Thomas’ Basic │ │
│Facts for History of German War and │ │
│Armament Economy. (USA 35) │ IV │ 1071
│ │ │
*2608-PS │Frick’s lecture, 7 March 1940, on “The│ │
│Administration in Wartime”. (USA 714) │ V │ 327
│ │ │
2746-PS │Decree concerning organization of │ │
│Criminal Jurisdiction against Poles │ │
│and Jews in Incorporated Territories, │ │
│4 December 1941. 1941 │ │
│Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, pp. │ │
│759-761. │ V │ 386
│ │ │
*2798-PS │German Foreign Office minutes of the │ │
│meeting between Hitler and President │ │
│Hacha of Czechoslovakia, 15 March │ │
│1939. (USA 118; GB 5) │ V │ 433
│ │ │
2926-PS │Decree concerning the care of children│ │
│begotten by members of the Wehrmacht │ │
│Personnel in Occupied Territories, 28 │ │
│July 1942. 1942 Reichsgesetzblatt, │ │
│Part I, p. 488. │ V │ 592
│ │ │
*2943-PS │Documents Numbers 55, 57, 62, 65, 66, │ │
│73, 77 and 79 in the French Yellow │ │
│Book. Excerpts from eight dispatches │ │
│from M. Coulondre, the French │ │
│Ambassador in Berlin, to the French │ │
│Foreign Office, between 13 and 18 │ │
│March 1939. (USA 114) │ V │ 608
│ │ │
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
│ │ │
3019-PS │Announcement of Keitel as Chief of │ │
│Wehrmacht, published in The Archives, │ │
│Vol. 18, p. 860. │ V │ 737
│ │ │
3020-PS │Fuehrer’s speech in Reichstag on 19 │ │
│July 1940, published in The Archives, │ │
│Vol. 76, p. 386. │ V │ 737
│ │ │
**3047-PS │File notes on conference in Fuehrer’s │ │
│train on 12 September 1939; report on │ │
│execution of Jews in Borrisow; and │ │
│entries from diary of Admiral Canaris.│ │
│(USA 80) (Referred to but not offered │ │
│in evidence.) │ V │ 766
│ │ │
*3702-PS │Affidavit of Colonel-General Franz │ │
│Halder, 7 November 1945. (USA 531) │ VI │ 411
│ │ │
*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
│ │ │
*3707-PS │Affidavit of Colonel-General Franz │ │
│Halder, 13 November 1945. (USA 533) │ VI │ 419
│ │ │
*3786-PS │Stenographic transcript of a meeting │ │
│in the Fuehrer’s Headquarters, 27 │ │
│January 1945. (USA 787) │ VI │ 655
│ │ │
*C-2 │Examples of violations of │ │
│International Law and proposed counter│ │
│propaganda, issued by OKW, 1 October │ │
│1938. (USA 90) │ VI │ 799
│ │ │
C-6 │Order by Keitel for intensified sea │ │
│and air measures in connection with │ │
│Fall “Gelb”, 30 December 1939. │ VI │ 816
│ │ │
*C-10 │OKW directive, 28 November 1939, │ │
│signed by Keitel, subject: Employment │ │
│of 7th Flieger Division. (GB 108) │ VI │ 817
│ │ │
*C-39 │Timetable for Barbarossa, approved by │ │
│Hitler and signed by Keitel. (USA 138)│ VI │ 857
│ │ │
C-48 │Order signed by Keitel, 30 November │ │
│1944, concerning sabotage in Norway │ │
│and Denmark. │ VI │ 870
│ │ │
*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-51 │Order signed by Keitel, 27 July 1941, │ │
│for destruction of all copies of Order│ │
│of 13 May 1941 (document C-50) without│ │
│effecting its validity. │ VI │ 875
│ │ │
*C-52 │Order signed by Keitel, 23 July 1941, │ │
│to abandon legal prosecution and │ │
│punishment in USSR and use terrorism │ │
│instead. (GB 485) │ VI │ 876
│ │ │
*C-59 │Order signed by Warlimont for │ │
│execution of operation “Marita”, 19 │ │
│February 1941. (GB 121) │ VI │ 879
│ │ │
*C-62 │Directive No. 6 on the conduct of war,│ │
│signed by Hitler, 9 October 1939; │ │
│directive by Keitel, 15 October 1939 │ │
│on Fall “Gelb”. (GB 106) │ VI │ 880
│ │ │
*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-72 │Orders postponing “A” day in the West,│ │
│November 1939 to May 1940. (GB 109) │ VI │ 893
│ │ │
*C-75 │OKW Order No. 24 initialled Jodl, │ │
│signed Keitel, 5 March 1941, │ │
│concerning collaboration with Japan. │ │
│(USA 151) │ VI │ 906
│ │ │
*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-103 │Directive signed by Jodl, 11 March │ │
│1938, on conduct towards Czech or │ │
│Italian troops in Austria. (USA 75) │ VI │ 913
│ │ │
*C-120 │Directives for Armed Forces 1939-40 │ │
│for “Fall Weiss”, operation against │ │
│Poland. (GB 41) │ VI │ 916
│ │ │
*C-126 │Preliminary Time Table for “Fall │ │
│Weiss” and directions for secret │ │
│mobilization. (GB 45) │ VI │ 932
│ │ │
*C-134 │Letter from Jodl enclosing memorandum │ │
│on conference between German and │ │
│Italian Generals on 19 January and │ │
│subsequent speech by Hitler, 20 │ │
│January 1941. (GB 119) │ VI │ 939
│ │ │
*C-136 │OKW Order on preparations for war, 21 │ │
│October 1938, signed by Hitler and │ │
│initialled by Keitel. (USA 104) │ VI │ 947
│ │ │
*C-137 │Keitel’s appendix of 24 November 1938 │ │
│to Hitler Order of 21 October 1938. │ │
│(GB 33) │ VI │ 949
│ │ │
C-138 │Supplement of 17 December 1938, signed│ │
│by Keitel, to 21 October Order of the │ │
│OKW. (USA 105) │ VI │ 950
│ │ │
*C-148 │Keitel Order, 16 September 1941, │ │
│subject: Communist Insurrection in │ │
│Occupied Territories. (USA 555) │ VI │ 961
│ │ │
*C-152 │Extract from Naval War Staff files, 18│ │
│March 1941, concerning audience of │ │
│C-in-C of Navy with Hitler on 18 March│ │
│1941. (GB 122) │ VI │ 966
│ │ │
*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-175 │OKW Directive for Unified Preparation │ │
│for War 1937-1938, with covering │ │
│letter from von Blomberg, 24 June │ │
│1937. (USA 69) │ VI │ 1006
│ │ │
*C-182 │Directive No. 2 from Supreme Commander│ │
│Armed Forces, initialled Jodl, 11 │ │
│March 1938. (USA 77) │ VI │ 1017
│ │ │
*C-194 │Orders by Keitel and │ │
│Commander-in-Chief of Navy, 6 March │ │
│1936, for Navy cooperation in │ │
│Rhineland occupation. (USA 55) │ VI │ 1019
│ │ │
*D-39 │Telegrams relating to activities │ │
│against partisans in Italy. (GB 275) │ VI │ 1023
│ │ │
*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-735 │Memorandum of conference between │ │
│German Foreign Minister and Count │ │
│Ciano in presence of Keitel and │ │
│Marshal Cavallero, 19 December 1942. │ │
│(GB 295) │ VII │ 190
│ │ │
*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-779 │Letter from Reichsmarshal 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
│ │ │
*EC-177 │Minutes of second session of Working │ │
│Committee of the Reich Defense held on│ │
│26 April 1933. (USA 390) │ VII │ 328
│ │ │
*EC-194 │Secret memorandum of Keitel concerning│ │
│use of prisoners of war in the war │ │
│industry, 31 October 1941. (USA 214) │ VII │ 336
│ │ │
*EC-286 │Correspondence between Schacht and │ │
│Goering, March-April 1937, concerning │ │
│price control. (USA 833) │ VII │ 380
│ │ │
EC-338 │Memorandum of 15 September 1941 from │ │
│Canaris to Keitel concerning an OKW │ │
│Order regulating the treatment of │ │
│Soviet prisoners of war. │ VII │ 411
│ │ │
*EC-406 │Minutes of Eleventh Meeting of Reichs │ │
│Defense Council, 6 December 1935. (USA│ │
│772) │ VII │ 455
│ │ │
*EC-407 │Minutes of Twelfth Meeting of Reichs │ │
│Defense Council, 14 May 1936. (GB 247)│ VII │ 462
│ │ │
L-3 │Contents of Hitler’s talk to Supreme │ │
│Commander and Commanding Generals, │ │
│Obersalzberg, 22 August 1939. (USA 28)│ │
│(Referred to but not offered in │ │
│evidence.) │ VII │ 752
│ │ │
*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-90 │Fuehrer decree, February 1942, │ │
│concerning prosecution of offenses in │ │
│Occupied Territory; “First Ordinance” │ │
│signed by Keitel for execution of the │ │
│directive; memorandum of 12 December │ │
│1941, signed by Keitel. (USA 503) │ VII │ 871
│ │ │
*L-158 │Circular letter from SIPO and SD │ │
│Commander of Radom District, 28 March │ │
│1944, concerning measures to be taken │ │
│against escaped officers and │ │
│non-commissioned officer PWs. (USA │ │
│514) │ VII │ 906
│ │ │
L-179 │Letter from RSHA to police officials, │ │
│5 November 1942, concerning criminal │ │
│procedure against Poles and members of│ │
│Eastern people. │ VII │ 976
│ │ │
*L-211 │OKW circular entitled Direction of War│ │
│as Problem of Organization, 19 April │ │
│1938. (GB 161) │ VII │ 1043
│ │ │
*L-221 │Bormann report on conference of 16 │ │
│July 1941, concerning treatment of │ │
│Eastern populations and territories. │ │
│(USA 317) │ VII │ 1086
│ │ │
*R-100 │Minutes of instructions given by │ │
│Hitler to General von Brauchitsch on │ │
│25 March 1939. (USA 121) │ VIII │ 83
│ │ │
UK-20 │Keitel Order on treatment of │ │
│supporters of De Gaulle who fight for │ │
│Russians, 26 May 1943. (GB 163) │ VIII │ 538
│ │ │
*UK-57 │Keitel directives, 4 January 1944 and │ │
│21 April 1944, concerning │ │
│counteraction to Kharkov show trial. │ │
│(GB 164) │ VIII │ 539
│ │ │
*UK-66 │Report of British War Crimes Section │ │
│of Allied Force Headquarters on German│ │
│reprisals for partisan activity in │ │
│Italy. (GB 274) │ VIII │ 572
│ │ │
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 I │Affidavit of Leopold Buerkner, 22 │ │
│January 1946. │ VIII │ 647
│ │ │
Statement III │The Origin of the Directives of the │ │
│Supreme Command 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 VI │The Relationship Between Canaris and │ │
│Keitel, by Erwin Lahousen, Nurnberg, │ │
│23 October 1945. │ VIII │ 682
│ │ │
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

5. ALFRED JODL

A. _POSITIONS HELD BY JODL._

Operations Department of the Army (_Heer_), 1932-35.

Chief of the National Defense Section in the High Command of the
Armed Forces (_Abteilung Landesverteidigung im OKW_), 1935-Oct.
1938.

Artillery Commander (“_Artillerie Kommandeur_”) of the 44th
Division. Vienna and Brno, Oct 1938-27 Aug. 1939.

Chief of Operation Staff of the High Command of the Armed Forces
(_Chef des Wehrmachtsfuhrungstabes in Oberkommando der
Wehrmacht_), August 1939-1945.

Dates of Promotion:

1932—Major and Oberstleutnant
1936—Oberst
1939—Generalmajor
1940—General der Artillerie
1944—Generaloberst (2865-PS).

B. _FUNCTIONS OF JODL’S POSITIONS._

Jodl’s most important office was that of Chief of the Operations Staff (_Wehrmachtsfuehrungstab_) in OKW. In this capacity he was directly subordinate to Keitel and equal in status to other departmental chiefs in OKW. However, insofar as the planning and conduct of military affairs are concerned, Jodl and his staff were more influential than the other departments.

The OKW Operations Staff was also divided into sections. Of these the most important was the “National Defense” section, of which Warlimont was chief. He was primarily concerned with the development of strategic questions. From 1941 onwards Warlimont, though charged with the same duties, was known as Deputy Chief of the OKW Operations Staff. (_3707-PS_)

Jodl drafted many directives for Hitler to sign, for the preparation of military operations and plans of deployment, and for the possible initiation and commencement of military measures relating to matters of organization, operations, or “war-economics.” While in a theater of operations, Jodl would report twice daily to Hitler about operations, and then prepare the Fuehrer directives. There was direct contact between Hitler and Jodl, though Keitel was kept informed of what passed between them.

In addition to certain ministerial functions, the OKW was Hitler’s military staff. Its most important duty was the development of strategic and operational plans. Such plans were worked out by the OKW Operations Staff in broad outline, and then in more detail by the Commanders and Chiefs of Staffs of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. After Hitler had approved the plans they were transmitted by the OKW to the appropriate military authorities (_3705-PS_; _3702-PS_; _3707-PS_).

C. _JODL’S PART IN THE CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT CRIMES AGAINST PEACE._

Jodl’s loyalty to the Nazi party doctrine is evident in a speech he delivered on 7 November 1943. He spoke of the National Socialist Movement and its struggle for internal power as the preparation for liberation from the Treaty of Versailles. (_L-172) _ He also stated, in a speech on the occasion of the attempted assassination of Hitler, that his aims had been in general agreement with the aims of the party. (_1808-PS_)

At the sixth meeting of the Working Committee of the Reich Defense Council on 7 February 1934 Jodl pointed out that the practical execution of the preparations for mobilization, which had been ordered by the Army and the highest Reich authorities, were making a considerable enlargement of personnel necessary. He suggested, however, that this enlargement of personnel ought not to result in “the disquieting of foreign countries through conspicuous mobilization measures.” (_EC-405_)

In the presence of Jodl, Generalmajor Keitel pointed out at the eleventh meeting that the mobilization year was to begin on 1 April and to end on 31 March of the following year. A “Mobilization Book for Civilian Agencies” was to be issued for the first time on 1 April 1936. Keitel said that this day, to the extent possible, should find the nation ready and prepared. He declared that, according to the will of the Fuehrer, the economic management of the country should put the enhancement of military capacity deliberately above all other national tasks. It was the function of all members of the Reich Defense Council, he emphasized, to use all available resources economically and to ask for only such funds and raw materials that were absolutely and exclusively needed for the defense of the Reich. Colonel Jodl said that the Mobilization Book for the Civilian Departments constituted the unified basis for the carrying out of mobilization outside of the Army (_EC-406_).

D. _JODL’S PART IN PLANNING AND LAUNCHING WARS OF AGGRESSION._

(_See “F,” 1 through 7, in Section 4 of this Chapter on Keitel, where the joint responsibility of Keitel and Jodl for these activities is discussed._)

E. _JODL’S PART IN THE CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES
AGAINST HUMANITY._

(1) _Murder and ill treatment of civilian population in occupied, territories and on the high seas._ Jodl ordered the forcible evacuation of all persons in a northern district of Norway, and the burning of all their dwellings. This was to be done so that the inhabitants of that area could not help the Russians (_754-PS_). Shortly thereafter an evacuation took place in Finnmark County in northern Norway, in the course of which 30,000 houses were damaged. (_1800-PS_)

Jodl was aware that in 1942 there were continual arrests in Belgrade, and that from fifteen to thirty followers of Mihalovic were shot every day. (_1383-PS_)

Jodl initialled an order signed for Hitler by Keitel, which provided that enemy civilians guilty of offenses against German troops should be killed without a military trial, and that punishment could be waived in the case of German soldiers who committed offenses against enemy civilians. (_886-PS_)

Rosenberg was appointed by Hitler on 20 April 1941 “Deputy for a Centralized Treatment of Problems concerning the Eastern Territories.” The highest Reich authorities were to cooperate fully, and Keitel was asked to designate a representative of OKW to sit with Rosenberg. Jodl was appointed as Keitel’s representative with Warlimont as his deputy, and Keitel wrote to Rosenberg on 25 April 1941 that Jodl and Warlimont would be the OKW representatives. (_865-PS_)

Responsibility for crimes committed under Rosenberg’s authority thus attach to Jodl as well. In this connection reference is made to Section 7 of this chapter on Rosenberg.

(2) _Deportation of civilian populations of and in Occupied Territories for slave labor and for other purposes._ Jodl knew of the deportation of workers, for he once told Hitler that the military commander of France had reported that over 220,000 workers had been deported into the Reich in the past six months. (_1383-PS_)

(3) _Murder and ill treatment of prisoners of war, and of other members of the Armed Forces of the countries with whom Germany was at war and of persons on the high seas._ On 18 October 1942 Hitler ordered that commando troops, even if in uniform, should be killed, not only in battle, but in flight or while attempting to surrender. This order was issued by Jodl’s department. (_498-PS_)

A supplementary explanation of the commando order, signed by Hitler, was distributed to commanding officers only, with a covering memorandum dated 19 October 1942, signed by Jodl (_503-PS_). Several cases are known in which the order was carried out. (_508-PS_; _509-PS_)

Three specific instances were mentioned by the G-3 of the C in C, Norway, where captured members of sabotage units were executed after interrogations which resulted in valuable intelligence. These occurred at Gloafjord, Drontheim, and at Stavanger. (_512-PS_)

On 23 June 1944 C in C West requested instructions re-defining the scope of the commando order. In view of the extensive landings in Normandy, it had become difficult to decide which paratroops should be considered sabotage troops under the terms of the order, and which should be considered as engaged in normal combat operations. The question was answered by an order of 25 June 1944, one copy of which was signed by Keitel, reaffirming the full force of the original order. (_531-PS_; _551-PS_)

When allied fliers were forced to land in Germany, they were sometimes killed by the civilian population. The police had orders not to protect the fliers, nor to punish civilians for lynching them. A proposal was considered to order the shooting without court-martial of enemy airmen who had been forced down after engaging in specified “acts of terror.” It is not certain that the order was ever issued, but it is certain that Keitel and Jodl knew of the lynchings, did nothing to prevent them and in fact considered giving them official justification.

(_See also “F” at the end of Section 4 of this Chapter on Keitel, where the joint responsibility of Keitel and Jodl for the lynching of Allied airmen is discussed._)

* * * * *

LEGAL REFERENCES AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO ALFRED JODL

6. ERNST KALTENBRUNNER

A. _KALTENBRUNNER ENTERED THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST MOVEMENT IN ITS EARLY
STAGES, AND SUPPORTED IT, AND WAS A LEADER IN IT UNTIL THE END._

Ernst Kaltenbrunner was born on 4 October 1903 at Ried on Inn (near Braunau) Austria. He spent his youth in Hitler’s native district. Later he moved to Linz, where he attended the State _Realgymnasium_. He studied law and obtained a law degree in 1926. He spent the first year as apprentice lawyer at Linze-on-Danube and then worked as a lawyer-candidate, first at Salzburg and after 1928 at Linz (_2938-PS_).

Kaltenbrunner joined the Nazi Party and the SS in Austria in 1932. Prior to 1933 he was the District speaker (_Gauredner_) and legal counsellor (_Rechtsberater_) of the SS division (_Abschnitt_) VIII. After 1933 he was the fuehrer of regiment (_Standarte_) 37 and later of the SS division VIII (_2892-PS_).

In January 1934 Kaltenbrunner was jailed by the Dollfuss government on account of his Nazi views, and sent with other leading National Socialists into the concentration camp Kaisersteinbruch. He is said to have started and led a hunger strike of the prisoners and thereby to have forced the government to dismiss 490 National Socialist prisoners. In the following year he was jailed again because of suspicion of High Treason and committed to the military court at Wels (Upper Danube). After an investigation of many months the accusation of High Treason was dropped, but he was condemned to six months’ imprisonment for conspiracy. His right to practice law was suspended because of his Nazi activities (_2938-PS_).

After the Spring of 1935 Kaltenbrunner was the leader of the Austrian SS. In the magazine of the SIPO and SD, issue of 15 May 1943, it is stated:

“It redounds to his credit that in this important position he
succeeded through energetic leadership in maintaining the unity
of the Austrian SS, which he had built up, in spite of all
persecution, and succeeded in committing it successfully at the
right moment. After the annexation, in which the SS was a
decisive factor, he was appointed State Secretary for Security
Matters on 11 March 1938 in the new National-Socialist cabinet
of Seyss-Inquart. A few hours later he was able to report to
Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler, who had landed at Aspern, the
Vienna airport, on 12 March 1938, 3 a. m., as the first National
Socialist leader, that the Movement had achieved a complete
victory and that ‘The SS is in formation and awaiting further
orders.’” (_2938-PS_)

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