Chapter XXXVIII: Part 3: of the Japanese message quotes Ribbentrop as follows (5)

(2) _Activities in Iran, Afghanistan, and Iraq._ In Iran the APA achieved a high degree of economic penetration, in addition to promoting cultural relations:

“The Bureau’s initiative in developing, with the help of
commercial circles, entirely new methods for the economic
penetration of Iran found expression, in an extraordinarily
favorable way, in reciprocal trade relations.

“Naturally in Germany, too, this initiative at first encountered
a completely negative attitude and resistance on the part of the
competent state authorities, an attitude that had first to be
overcome.

“In the course of a few years the volume of trade with Iran was
multiplied five-fold, and in 1939 Iran’s trade turnover with
Germany had attained first place. Even Soviet Russia, the
competitor who had been biggest and most dreaded previously, had
been eliminated from the running. Concurrently with activation
of commercial relations, the Bureau had also intensified
cultural relations and had, in conjunction with growing
commercial influence and in closest collaboration with the
Iranian Government, created a series of cultural institutions
headed and directed by Germans.” (_007-PS_)

Rosenberg further reports on APA activities in other parts of the world:

“Afghanistan’s neutral position today is largely due to the
Bureau’s activity.”

* * * * * *

“The _Arab question_, too, became part of the work of the
Bureau. In spite of England’s tutelage of _Iraq_ the Bureau
established a series of connections to a number of leading
personalities of the Arab world, smoothing the way for strong
bonds to Germany. In this connection, the growing influence of
the Reich in Iran and Afghanistan did not fail to have
repercussions in Arabia.” (_007-PS_)

In view of the numerous “personal connections” maintained by the Bureau in many different countries, it is not difficult to surmise what Rosenberg meant when he stated at the conclusion of his report:

“The Bureau has carried out the initiating of all politically
feasible projects. With the outbreak of war it [the APA] was
entitled to consider its task as terminated. The exploitation of
the many _personal_ connections in many lands can be resumed
under a different guise.

“(Signed) Rosenberg” (_007-PS_)

(3) _Activities in Rumania._ Annex Two of the report deals with activities in Rumania. Here the APA’s intrigue was more insidious, its interference in the internal affairs of a foreign nation more pronounced. After describing the failure of what Rosenberg terms a “basically sound anti-Semitic tendency”, due to dynastic squabbles and party fights, Rosenberg describes the APA’s influence in the unification of conflicting elements:

“What was lacking was the guiding leadership of a political
personality. After manifold groping trials the Bureau believed
to have found such a personality—the former Minister and poet,
Octavian Goga. It was not difficult to convince this poet,
pervaded by instinctive inspiration, that a Greater Rumania,
though it had to be created in opposition to Vienna, could be
maintained only together with Berlin. Nor was it difficult to
create in him the desire to link the fate of Rumania with the
future of the National-Socialist German Reich in good time. By
bringing continuing influence to bear, the Bureau succeeded in
inducing Octavian Goga as well as Professor Cuza to amalgamate
the parties under their leadership on an Anti-Semitic basis.
Thus they could carry on with united strength the struggle for
Rumania’s renascence internally, and her _Anschluss_ with
Germany externally. Through the Bureau’s initiative both
parties, which had heretofore been known by distinct names, were
merged as the National-Christian Party, under Goga’s leadership
and with Cuza as Honorary President.” (_007-PS, Annex II_)

Rosenberg’s man, Goga, was supported by two “splinter parties” which had not joined the anti-Semitic trend of these two parties. Rosenberg has this to say:

“_Through intermediaries_, the Bureau _maintained constant
contact_ with both tendencies, just as it constantly consulted
with Goga, through Staff Director [Stabsleiter] Schickendanz,
about tactics to be followed.” (_007-PS, Annex II_)

Goga was appointed Prime Minister by the King in December 1937. The influence of Rosenberg’s ideology had achieved a major triumph, for he states:

“_Thus a second government on racial and anti-Semitic
foundations had appeared in Europe, in a country in which such
an event had been considered completely impossible._” (_007-PS,
Annex II_)

Rosenberg’s intrigues made a significant contribution to Nazi preparations for aggressive war, and the benefit to Germany’s position in the Balkans was great. Rosenberg reports that upon Goga’s resignation he left a personal heir in Marshal Antonescu, who was appointed by Goga as Minister of War against the wishes of the King. Of Antonescu Rosenberg says:

“After Goga’s resignation, Antonescu still remained in the
king’s cabinet at Goga’s wish. He also maintained continued
relations with the Iron Guard. Thereby the possibility of
eliminating the king was at hand—and was exploited. Antonescu
today appears in practice as executor of the heritage bequested
to him by Goga, who had led him from political insignificance
into the political arena. Thereby a change to Germany’s liking
had become possible in Rumania.

“(Signed) Rosenberg.” (_007-PS_)

It will be recalled that on 5 September 1940 Antonescu became President of the Rumanian Council of Ministers and immediately suspended the Rumanian constitution. King Carol abdicated on the following day, and Rumania existed as a German satellite throughout the war. Rosenberg’s aims had been achieved.

The substantial contribution which Rosenberg had thus made to Germany’s strategic plans for aggressive war is evident from a brief review of the military action which followed in the wake of his political maneuvers. Shortly after King Carol’s abdication Antonescu “invited” German troops to “protect” the Rumanian oil fields. When Hungary subscribed to the Axis pact a few weeks later, Germany acquired a continuous land bridge to the Black Sea, through Austria, Hungary, and Rumania. When Bulgaria subscribed to the Pact in March 1941, a German thrust southward through Yugoslavia and Greece became feasible, for with Hungary, Rumania, and Bulgaria secure, the entire German eastern flank was safe from attack. A month later, Yugoslavia and Greece were invaded. Only when they were overcome was Germany free to attack the Soviet Union. Seven weeks after the fall of Crete, Germany launched her war on the U.S.S.R. Thus, Rosenberg’s intrigue in Rumania provided a vital link in the chain of the German strategy of aggression.

(4) _Relations with Quisling in Norway._ Rosenberg also played a leading role in the development of fifth-column activities in Norway. He fostered the development of close relations between Germany and Quisling, procured financial backing for Quisling’s activities, and brought him into contact with Raeder and Hitler. Rosenberg kept the Reich informed as to internal developments in Norway through his contacts with Hagelin, Quisling’s deputy, and took an active part in the development of plans for a Quisling coup in Norway. The record is clear that Rosenberg provided the inspiration and the means for the betrayal of Norway by Quisling and Hagelin—treason for which the Norwegian Government has tried, condemned, and executed them. (_007-PS_; _C-64_; _C-65_; _C-66_; _004-PS_; _957-PS_)

D. _ROSENBERG’S PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WAR CRIMES AND
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN THE OCCUPIED EASTERN TERRITORIES._

Rosenberg participated in the conspiracy to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity in the areas of the Occupied East which he administered for over three years. This area included the Baltic States, White Ruthenia and the Ukraine, and the Eastern portion of Poland.

(The mass murder and mistreatment of the Eastern peoples, and the spoliation of their territories is discussed in Chapter X on Forced Labor, Chapter XIII on Germanization and Spoliation, Chapter XI on Concentration Camps, Chapter XII on Persecution of the Jews, Section 5 of Chapter XV on the SS, and Section 6 of Chapter XV on the Gestapo and SD.) Rosenberg bears personal responsibility for these crimes.

Rosenberg may contend that some of these crimes were committed against his wishes. There is, indeed, some evidence that he protested on occasion, not out of humanitarian reasons, but on the ground of political expediency. Rosenberg may also attempt to place the blame for these crimes on other agencies and other defendants. The documents prove, however, that he himself formulated the harsh policies in the execution of which the crimes were committed; that the crimes were committed for the most part by persons and agencies within his jurisdiction and control; that the other agencies which participated in the commission of these crimes were invited by him to cooperate in the administration of the East, although the brutal methods customarily employed by them were common knowledge; and that his Ministry lent full cooperation to their activities despite the criminal methods that were employed.

(1). _Activities as “Commissioner for the Central Control of Questions Connected with the East European Region.”_ Rosenberg was actively participating in the affairs of the East as early as 20 April 1941, two months prior to the German attack upon the Soviet Union. On that date he was designated by Hitler as “Commissioner for the Central Control of Questions connected with the East European Region” (_865-PS_). The initial preparations undertaken by Rosenberg for fulfillment of his new task indicate the extent to which he cooperated in promoting the military plans for aggression. They also show that he understood his task as requiring the assistance of a multitude of Reich agencies and that he invited their cooperation.

Shortly after his appointment by Hitler, Rosenberg conducted a series of conferences with representatives of various Reich agencies (_1039-PS_). Cooperation of the following agencies in the administration of the Eastern Territories was contemplated and solicited by Rosenberg:

OKW
OKH
OKM
Ministry of Economy
Commissioner for the Four Year Plan
Ministry of the Interior
Reich Youth Leadership
German Labor Front
Ministry of Labor
The SS
and the SA—(as well as several others). (_1039-PS_)

These arrangements, it should be noted, were made by Rosenberg in his capacity as Commissioner on Eastern Questions—before the attack on the Soviet Union, before Rosenberg was appointed Minister of the Occupied East, and before there was any Occupied Eastern Territory for Germany to administer.

(_a_) _“Solution” of the Jewish Problem._ Emphasis must be placed on Rosenberg’s basic attitudes regarding his new task, and the directives he knew he would be expected to follow. On 29 April 1941 he stated:

“A general treatment is required for the Jewish problem for
which a temporary solution will have to be determined (forced
labor for the Jews, creation of Ghettos, etc.)” (_1024-PS_)

On 8 May 1941, instructions were prepared for all Reich Commissars in the Occupied Eastern Territories (_1030-PS_). The last paragraph of these instructions reads as follows:

“From the point of view of cultural policy, the German Reich is
in a position to promote and direct national culture and science
in many fields. It will be necessary that in some territories an
uprooting and resettlement of various racial stocks
[_Voelkerschaften_] will have to be effected.” (_1030-PS_)

In his “Instructions for a Reich Commissar in the Baltic Countries and White Russia” (officially referred to together as the “Ostland”), Rosenberg directs that the Ostland be transformed into a part of the Greater German Reich by Germanizing racially possible elements, colonizing Germanic races, and banishing undesirable elements. (_1029-PS_)

In a speech delivered by Rosenberg on 20 June 1941 he stated that the job of feeding Germans was the top of Germany’s claim on the East; that there was no obligation to feed also the Russian peoples; that this was a harsh necessity bare of any feeling; that a very extensive evacuation would be necessary; and that the future would hold many hard years in store for the Russians. (_1058-PS_).

On 22 June 1941 the German armies invaded the U.S.S.R.

(_b_) _Deportation of Prisoners of War for Labor in the Reich._ On 4 July 1941 a representative of the Rosenberg Bureau attended a conference on the subject of mobilization of labor and utilization of Soviet prisoners of war. A memorandum of this conference (_1199-PS_) states that among the participants were representatives of the Commissioner for the Four-Year Plan, of the Reich Labor Ministry, of the Reich Food Ministry, and of the Rosenberg Bureau. The conference proceeded as follows:

“After an introduction by Lt. Col. Dr. Krull, Lt. Col. Breyer of
the P.W. department explained that actually there was in effect
a prohibition by the Fuehrer against bringing Russian P.W.’s
into the Reich for mobilization of labor [_Arbeitseinsatz_]; but
that one might count on this prohibition being relaxed a
little.”

* * * * * *

“The chairman summarized the results of the discussion as
indicating that all the interested bureaus unqualifiedly
advocated and supported the demand for utilization of P.W.’s
because of manpower needs [_Arbeitseinsatz_] in the Reich. The
War Economy and Armament office will approach the Commissioner
for the Four-Year Plan with a request for relaxation of the
restrictive regulations and express to the Chief of Operational
Staff of the Armed Forces its point of view, accordingly.”
(_1199-PS_)

(_c_) _Germanization._ On 16 July 1941, the day before Rosenberg’s appointment as Minister of the Occupied East, he attended a conference at the Fuehrer’s Headquarters. At that time Hitler stated that

“The Crimea has to be evacuated by all foreigners and to be
settled by Germans alone.” (_L-221_)

Hitler further stated that Germany’s objectives in the East were three-fold, first, to dominate it; second, to administer it; third, to exploit it. (_L-221_)

Thus, the character of the administration contemplated for the Occupied East was well established before Rosenberg took office as Minister of the Occupied East. He knew of these plans and was in accord with them. Persecution of the Jews, forced labor of prisoners of war, Germanization and exploitation were basic points of policy at the time he assumed office.

(2) _Activities as Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories._ On 17 July 1941 Hitler appointed Rosenberg as Reichsminister for the Occupied Eastern Territories, territories which included nearly all the area seized by Germany from the U. S. S. R. (_1997-PS_)

(_a_) _Rosenberg’s complete control over, knowledge of, and responsibility for all non-military German activities and policies in the occupied Eastern Territories._ The organizational structure and chain of responsibility within the Ministry for the Occupied East emphasizes Rosenberg’s responsibility.

A treatise entitled “The Organization of the Administration of the Occupied Eastern Territories” (_1056-PS_) is undated and unsigned, but further information regarding it may be obtained by reference to document _EC-347_, Goering’s “Green Folder.” Part II, subsection of _EC-347_ is entitled,

“Excerpts from the Directives of the Reich Minister for the
Occupied Eastern Territories for the Civilian Administration.
(Brown Folder, Pt. I, pp. 25-30).” (_EC-347_)

The two paragraphs which follow are identical to two paragraphs found in document _1056-PS_. Thus, _1056-PS_ is identified as being a reproduction of Part I of the Brown Folder which was mentioned in the “Green Folder,” and was issued by the Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories.

The directives issued by the Rosenberg Ministry itself (_1056-PS_) prove the extent of Rosenberg’s authority: he was the Supreme civilian authority in the Eastern Territories. There was a continuous chain of command from Rosenberg down to regional administrative officials, extending even to the local prison warden (_1056-PS_). The relationship which existed between the Rosenberg Ministry and other German agencies varied from full control by Rosenberg, to close cooperation with them made mandatory by his directives and by Hitler’s orders. Finally, the various subdivisions of the Ministry, were required to submit period-reports of the situation within their jurisdiction—so that the numerous reports of brutality which Rosenberg received were submitted to him pursuant to his orders. (_1056-PS_)

The treatise on the organization of Rosenberg’s ministry states as follows:

“The newly occupied Eastern Territories are subordinated to the
Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories. By
directions of the Fuehrer he establishes a civil administration
there upon withdrawal of the military administration. He heads
and supervises the entire administration of this area and
represents the sovereignty of the Reich in the occupied Eastern
Territories.”

* * * * * *

“To the Reich Ministry is assigned a deputy of the Reich Leader
SS and Chief of the German Police in the Reich Ministry of the
Interior.” (_1056-PS_)

The responsibility of the Reich Commissars is described as follows:

“In the Reich Commissariats, Reich Commissars are responsible
for the entire civil administration under the supreme authority
of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories.
According to the instructions of the Reich Minister for the
Occupied Eastern Territories the Reich Commissar, as a
functionary of the Reich, heads and supervises, within his
precincts, the entire civil administration. Within the scope of
these instructions he acts on his own responsibility.

“Subordinate offices of the Reich Commissar are:

“General Commissariats,

“Main Commissariats,

“District Commissariats.” (_1056-PS_)

The SS was placed under Rosenberg’s jurisdiction and control:

“The Higher SS- and Police Leader is directly subordinated to
the Reich Commissar. However, the Chief of Staff has the general
right to secure information from him also. His official title
is:

‘The Reich Commissar for the Eastern Territory The Higher
SS- and Police Leader.’

“Great stress is to be placed on close cooperation between him,
the Chief of Staff, and the other Main Department Heads of the
office of the Reich Commissar, particularly with the one for
Policies.” (_1056-PS_)

The scope of Rosenberg’s control over the SS in the Occupied Eastern Territories is revealed in a decree signed by Rosenberg, dated 17 July 1941, and found in the _Verordnungsblatt_ of the Reich Minister for the Occupied East, 1942 #2, pages 7 and 8. This decree provides for the creation of summary courts-martial to punish crimes committed by non-Germans in the East, as determined by the Reich Commissar. The courts are to be presided over by a police officer or an SS leader, who have authority to order the death sentence and confiscation of property, and whose decisions are not subject to appeal. The General Commissar is given the right to reject a summary Courts’ decision. Thus, the determination of the SS is subordinated to the authority of Rosenberg’s Ministry.

The position of the General Commissar is defined as follows in the organizational treatise:

“The General Commissar forms the administrative office of
intermediate appeal. Within his jurisdiction he heads the
administration according to the general directives of the Reich
Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories and the
prescriptions of the Reich Commissar.”

* * * * * *

“The SS- and _Police Leader_ assigned to the General Commissar
is directly subordinated to him; however, the Chief of Staff has
the general right of requiring information from him.”
(_1056-PS_)

Regional Commissars are described as follows:

“The Regional Commissar heads the entire administration of the
lower administrative office in the Circuit District
[_Kreisgebiet_] in accordance with the instructions of the
General Commissar and the superior offices * * *. The leader of
the police unit assigned to him is directly subordinated to
him.” (_1056-PS_)

Main Commissars are described in these terms:

“Upon recommendation by the Reich Commissar the Reich Minister
for the Occupied Eastern Territories appoints Main Commissars
for Main Districts formed by the consolidation of several
Circuit Districts.” (_1056-PS_)

The order of superiority in the service among these various officials is stated as follows:

“The Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories is the
service superior of the Reich Commissar and the officials and
the employees subordinate to them. The Reich Commissar is the
superior of all officials and employees of his office and of the
offices subordinate to him. The General Commissar is the
superior of the officials and employees of his office and of the
officials and employees of the offices of the Main and Regional
Commissars. The Main Commissar and the Regional Commissar are
the superior of the officials and employees of their offices.”
(_1056-PS_)

Thus, there is a continuous chain of command and of accountability from the Reich Minister, Rosenberg, down through each subdivision of the Ministry.

Furthermore, Rosenberg had authority to legislate for the entire area, and the jurisdiction of his Ministry was exclusive, aside from that of the military. The organizational treatise states:

“The Reich Commissars, General Commissars, Main Commissars and
Regional Commissars (City Commissars) are—aside from the
military agencies—the only Reich authorities
[_Reichsbehoerden_] in the Occupied Eastern Territories. Other
Reich authorities may not be established alongside them. They
handle all questions of administration of the area which is
subordinate to their sovereignty and all affairs which concern
the organization and activity of the administration including
those of the Police in the supervision of the native
[_landeseigenen_] agencies and organizations, and of the
population.

“The Reich Minister governs the occupied Eastern Territories by
order of the Fuehrer. He can make the law for all the
territories.” (_1056-PS_)

The following passage shows that the economic exploitation of the territory was undertaken in fullest cooperation with the Commissioner of the Four-Year Plan:

“The Fuehrer has entrusted Reich Marshal Hermann Goering, as
Commissioner for the Four Year Plan, with the supervision of the
tasks of the war economy in the Occupied Eastern Territories.
The economic inspectorates and economic commands are active
there as his representatives [_Organe_] [see Green Folio]. These
economic inspectorates and economic commands will be
substantially absorbed in the agencies of the civil
administration after the establishment of the civil
administration.” (_1056-PS_)

Careful provision was made for channeling to Rosenberg complete and accurate information as to the situation throughout the territory governed by him:

“The Reich and General Commissars will determine the periods at
which the subordinate agencies are to report regularly about the
general situation without prejudice to the duty to provide
individual reports and special delivery reports (at first, at
short intervals which can be later lengthened). At first the
Reich Commissars will give the Reich Minister for the Occupied
Eastern Territories a comprehensive report on the situation in
brief form twice a month, on the first and fifteenth of each
month. The Reich Minister is to be given a report by the Reich
Commissar immediately about incidents of an especially important
nature. The General Commissars and Regional Commissars must
report directly to the Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern
Territories by the quickest means particularly important
incidents, as, for example, widespread unrest, more important
acts of sabotage and strikes, great natural catastrophes and the
like, and at the same time report them to the next superior
agency.” (_1056-PS_)

The Second Section of this organizational treatise, entitled “Working directives for the Civil Administration,” contains this statement:

“* * * the Hague Rules of Land Warfare which deal with the
administration of a country occupied by a foreign armed power
are not valid.” (_1056-PS_; _EC-347_)

The document continues as follows:

“The handling of cases of sabotage is the concern of the Senior
SS- and Police Leader, of the SS- and Police Leader and/or the
police leaders of the lower echelon. Insofar, however, as
collective measures against the population of a definite region
appear appropriate, the decision about them rests with the
competent Commissar on the proposal of the Police Leader. The
calling of the population for the tasks of guarding can be
ordered by the Regional Commissar.

“The assessment of fines of money or goods, as well as the
ordering of the seizure of hostages and the shooting of
inhabitants of the territory in which the acts of sabotage have
taken place, can only be by the General Commissar, insofar as
the Reich Commissar himself does not intervene.”

* * * * * *

“The District Commissar is responsible for the supervision of
all prisons, insofar as the Reich Commissar does not decree
otherwise.” (_1056-PS_; _EC-347_)

(_b_) _Rosenberg’s Use of His Authority and Power for Criminal Purposes._ The manner in which Rosenberg’s authority and power were wielded is illustrated in other sections of this volume, which show that in the Eastern Territories millions of Jews were exterminated; that millions of slave laborers were pressed into service under indescribable conditions; that the populace was degraded, starved, beaten, and murdered; and that the country was stripped of its resources. However, in order to illustrate the manner in which Rosenberg participated in the criminal activities conducted within his jurisdiction, four examples may be mentioned.

_1. Seizure of Jewish Property._ The first illustration is
contained in the decree signed by Lohse, Reichscommissar for the
Ostland, which is published in the _Verordnungsblatt_ of the
Reichscommissar for the Ostland, 1942, No. 38, pages 158 and
159. This decree provides for the seizure of the entire property
of the Jewish population in the Ostland, including the claims of
Jews against third parties. The seizure was made retroactive to
the day of the occupation of the territory by the German troops.
This sweeping decree was issued and published by Rosenberg’s
immediate subordinate, and it must be assumed that Rosenberg
knew of it and acquiesced in it. The power to enact such a
decree, as previously outlined, arose by virtue of delegation of
that power by Rosenberg to the Reichscommissar.

_2. Extermination of Jews._ The second illustration is the
report of the prison warden of Minsk that 516 German and Russian
Jews had been killed. The warden called attention to the fact
that valuable gold had been lost due to the failure to knock out
the tooth-fillings of the victims before they were done away
with (_R-135_).

_3. Deportations for Forced Labor._ The third illustration is a
letter which Rosenberg wrote to Sauckel on 21 December 1942 in
the following terms:

“I thank you very much for your report on the execution
of the great task given to you, and I am glad to hear
that in carrying out your mission you have always found
the necessary support, even on the part of the civilian
authorities in the occupied Eastern territories. For
myself and the officials under my command this
collaboration was and is self-evident, especially since
both you and I have, with regard to the solution of the
labor problem in the East, represented the same
view-points from the beginning.” (_018-PS_)

As late as 11 July 1944 the Rosenberg Ministry was actively
concerned with the continuation of the forced labor program in
spite of the retreat from the East. A letter from Alfred Meyer,
Rosenberg’s deputy, addressed to Sauckel, dated 11 July 1944
shows that this time it is Rosenberg’s Ministry that is urging
action:

“1. * * * The war employment command
[_Kriegseinsatzkommando_] formerly stationed in Minsk
must continue under all circumstances the calling in of
your white Ruthenian and Russian manpower for military
employment in the Reich. In addition, the command has
the mission to bring young boys of 10-14 years of age to
the Reich.” (_199-PS_)

_4. Economic Exploitation._ The final illustration of
Rosenberg’s criminal responsibility is contained in a secret
letter from Rosenberg to Bormann dated 17 October 1944
(_327-PS_). It furnishes a graphic account of Rosenberg’s
activities in the economic exploitation of the Occupied East.
The first paragraph reads:

“In order not to delay the liquidation of companies
under my supervision, I beg to point out that the
companies concerned are not private firms but business
enterprises of the Reich, so that also actions with
regard to them, just as with regard to government
offices, are reserved to the highest authorities of the
Reich. I supervise the following companies * * *.”
(_327-PS_)

There follows a list of nine companies—a trading company, an
agricultural development Company, a supply company, a
pharmaceutical company, and five banking concerns. The mission
of the trading company is stated to be:

“Collection of all agricultural products as well as
commercial marketing and transportation thereof.
(Delivery to armed forces and the Reich.)” (_327-PS_)

The letter continues as follows:

“During this period, the Z.O. (Central Trading
Corporation), together with its subsidiaries, has
collected:

“Grain 9,200,000 tons
Meat and meat products 622,000 tons
Linseed 950,000 tons
Butter 208,000 tons
Sugar 400,000 tons
Fodder 2,500,000 tons
Potatoes 3,200,000 tons
Seeds 141,000 tons
Other agricultural products 1,200,000 tons
and 1,075,000,000 eggs

“The following was required for transportation:

“1,418,000 railroad box cars and 472,000 tons of boat
shipping space.” (_327-PS_)

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LEGAL REFERENCES AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO ALFRED ROSENBERG

│ │ │
Document │ Description │ Vol. │ Page
│ │ │
│Charter of the International Military │ │
│ Tribunal, Article 6. │ I │ 5
│International Military Tribunal, │ │
│ Indictment Number 1, Section IV (H);│ │
│ Appendix A. │ I │ 29, 59
│ ———— │ │
│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. │ │
│ ———— │ │
*001-PS │Memorandum for the Fuehrer signed │ │
│Rosenberg, 18 December 1941, │ │
│concerning Jewish possessions in │ │
│France. (USA 282) │ III │ 1
│ │ │
*003-PS │Report of activity of NSDAP Bureau for│ │
│Foreign Affairs, October 1939. (USA │ │
│603) │ III │ 10
│ │ │
*004-PS │Report submitted by Rosenberg to │ │
│Deputy of the Fuehrer, 15 June 1940, │ │
│on the Political Preparation of the │ │
│Norway Action. (GB 140) │ III │ 19
│ │ │
*007-PS │Report on activities of the Foreign │ │
│Affairs Bureau from 1933 to 1943 │ │
│signed Rosenberg. (GB 84) │ III │ 27
│ │ │
016-PS │Sauckel’s Labor Mobilization Program, │ │
│20 April 1942. (USA 168) │ III │ 46
│ │ │
*017-PS │Letter from Sauckel to │ │
│Reichsministerfor the Occupied Eastern│ │
│Territories, 5 October 1942, │ │
│concerning mobilization of foreign │ │
│labor forces. (USA 180) │ III │ 60
│ │ │
*018-PS │Letter from Rosenberg to Sauckel, 21 │ │
│December 1942, concerning labor in the│ │
│East. (USA 186) │ III │ 61
│ │ │
*019-PS │Letter from Sauckel to Rosenberg, 17 │ │
│March 1943, concerning draft of │ │
│workers from the East. (USA 181) │ III │ 65
│ │ │
*031-PS │Memorandum, 12 June 1944, concerning │ │
│evacuation of youths from the │ │
│territory of Army Group “Center”, and │ │
│interoffice memorandum, Ministry for │ │
│Occupied Eastern Territories, 14 June │ │
│1944. (USA 171) │ III │ 71
│ │ │
*054-PS │Report to Reich Ministry for Occupied │ │
│Eastern Territories, 7 October 1942, │ │
│concerning treatment of Ukrainian │ │
│Specialists. (USA 198) │ III │ 90
│ │ │
*064-PS │Bormann’s letter to Rosenberg, 27 │ │
│September 1940, enclosing letter from │ │
│Gauleiter Florian criticizing churches│ │
│and publications for soldiers. (USA │ │
│359) │ III │ 109
│ │ │
*070-PS │Letter of Deputy Fuehrer to Rosenberg,│ │
│25 April 1941, on substitution of │ │
│National Socialist mottos for morning │ │
│prayers in schools. (USA 349) │ III │ 118
│ │ │
*072-PS │Bormann letter to Rosenberg, 19 April │ │
│1941, concerning confiscation of │ │
│property, especially of art treasures │ │
│in the East. (USA 357) │ III │ 122
│ │ │
084-PS │Interdepartmental report of Ministry │ │
│for Occupied Eastern Territories, 30 │ │
│September 1942, concerning status of │ │
│Eastern laborers. (USA 199) │ III │ 130
│ │ │
*089-PS │Letter from Bormann to Rosenberg, 8 │ │
│March 1940, instructing Amann not to │ │
│issue further newsprint to │ │
│confessional newspapers. (USA 360) │ III │ 147
│ │ │
*098-PS │Bormann’s letter to Rosenberg, 22 │ │
│February 1940, urging creation of │ │
│National Socialist Catechism, etc. to │ │
│provide moral foundation for NS │ │
│religion. (USA 350) │ III │ 152
│ │ │
*101-PS │Letter from Hess’ office signed │ │
│Bormann to Rosenberg, 17 January 1940,│ │
│concerning undesirability of religious│ │
│literature for members of the │ │
│Wehrmacht. (USA 361) │ III │ 160
│ │ │
*122-PS │Bormann’s letter to Rosenberg, 17 │ │
│April 1939, enclosing copy of Minister│ │
│of Education letter, 6 April 1939, on │ │
│elimination of theological faculties │ │
│in various universities. (USA 362) │ III │ 173
│ │ │
*199-PS │Letter from Alfred Meyer to Sauckel, │ │
│11 July 1944, concerning forced labor │ │
│of children. (USA 606) │ III │ 213
│ │ │
*212-PS │Memorandum from Rosenberg file │ │
│concerning instructions for treatment │ │
│of Jews. (USA 272) │ III │ 222
│ │ │
*254-PS │Letter from Raab to Reichsministerfor │ │
│Occupied Eastern Territories, 7 June │ │
│1944, concerning burning of houses in │ │
│Wassilkow district. (USA 188) │ III │ 231
│ │ │
265-PS │Memorandum of oral report by Lyser to │ │
│Rosenberg, 30 June 1943, on situation │ │
│in district Shitomir. (USA 191) │ III │ 234
│ │ │
*290-PS │Letter from Rosenberg Ministry, 12 │ │
│November 1943, concerning burning of │ │
│houses in Mueller’s district. (USA │ │
│189) │ III │ 240
│ │ │
*294-PS │Top secret memorandum signed by │ │
│Brautigam, 25 October 1942, concerning│ │
│conditions in Russia. (USA 185) │ III │ 242
│ │ │
*327-PS │Letter of Rosenberg to Bormann, 17 │ │
│October 1944, concerning liquidation │ │
│of property in Eastern Occupied │ │
│Territories. (USA 338) │ III │ 257
│ │ │
342-PS │Decree, 13 October 1941, concerning │ │
│confiscation of Jewish property. │ III │ 264
│ │ │
*789-PS │Speech of the Fuehrer at a conference,│ │
│23 November 1939, to which all Supreme│ │
│Commanders were ordered. (USA 23) │ III │ 572
│ │ │
*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
│ │ │
*957-PS │Rosenberg’s letter to Ribbentrop, 24 │ │
│February 1940. (GB 139) │ III │ 641
│ │ │
1015-B-PS │Report on activities of Special Staff │ │
│for Pictorial Art, October 1940 to │ │
│July 1944. │ III │ 666
│ │ │
*1017-PS │Memorandum entitled “Memorial No. 1 │ │
│regarding USSR”, 2 April 1941, found │ │
│in Rosenberg’s “Russia File”. (USA │ │
│142) │ III │ 674
│ │ │
1024-PS │Memorandum, 29 April 1941, concerning │ │
│organization for handling problems in │ │
│the Eastern Territories. (USA 278) │ III │ 685
│ │ │
*1028-PS │Memorandum from Rosenberg file, 7 May │ │
│1941, concerning instructions for a │ │
│Reichskommissar in the Ukraine. (USA │ │
│273) │ III │ 690
│ │ │
*1029-PS │Paper entitled “Instructions for a │ │
│Reich Commissar in the Baltic States”,│ │
│8 May 1941, found in Rosenberg’s │ │
│“Russia File”. (USA 145) │ III │ 690
│ │ │
*1030-PS │General instructions for all Reich │ │
│Commissars in the Occupied Eastern │ │
│Territories, 8 May 1941, found in │ │
│Rosenberg file. (USA 144) │ III │ 692
│ │ │
*1039-PS │Report concerning preparatory work │ │
│regarding problems in Eastern │ │
│Territories, 28 June 1941, found in │ │
│Rosenberg’s “Russia File”. (USA 146) │ III │ 695
│ │ │
*1056-PS │Directives concerning administration │ │
│of Occupied Eastern Territories (Brown│ │
│Folder). (USA 605) │ III │ 701
│ │ │
*1058-PS │Excerpt from a speech, 20 June 1941, │ │
│by Rosenberg before people most │ │
│intimately concerned with Eastern │ │
│Problem, found in his “Russia File”. │ │
│(USA 147) │ III │ 716
│ │ │
*1104-PS │Memorandum, 21 November 1941, │ │
│enclosing copies of report concerning │ │
│anti-Jewish action in Minsk. (USA 483)│ III │ 783
│ │ │
1188-PS │Decree of Fuehrer concerning economy │ │
│in newly Occupied Eastern Territories,│ │
│20 May 1941, and attached comment. │ III │ 832
│ │ │
1199-PS │Conference memorandum, 4 July 1941, │ │
│concerning utilization of Soviet PW’s │ │
│for forced labor in Reich. (USA 604) │ III │ 840
│ │ │
*1752-PS │Preparation for International │ │
│Anti-Jewish Congress, 15 June 1944. │ │
│(GB 159) │ IV │ 280
│ │ │
*1997-PS │Decree of the Fuehrer, 17 July 1941, │ │
│concerning administration of Newly │ │
│Occupied Eastern Territories. (USA │ │
│319) │ IV │ 634
│ │ │
*2319-PS │Extracts from Organization Book of │ │
│NSDAP, 4th edition, 1937. (USA 602) │ IV │ 1009
│ │ │
*2349-PS │Extracts from “The Myth of 20th │ │
│Century” by Alfred Rosenberg, 1941. │ │
│(USA 352) │ IV │ 1069
│ │ │
*2433-PS │Extracts from “Nature, Foundation and │ │
│Aims of NSDAP” by Rosenberg, 1934. │ │
│(USA 596) │ V │ 93
│ │ │
*2523-PS │Account of conversations between │ │
│Goering and Bunjes. (USA 783) │ V │ 258
│ │ │
*2777-PS │Article: Space Policy by Rosenberg, │ │
│published in National Socialist │ │
│Monthly, May 1932, p. 199. (USA 594) │ V │ 418
│ │ │
*2886-PS │Excerpt from “The Work of Alfred │ │
│Rosenberg”—a bibliography. (USA 591) │ V │ 551
│ │ │
*2889-PS │The Jew Question as World Problem, │ │
│speech by Rosenberg, published in │ │
│Voelkischer Beobachter, Munich │ │
│edition, 29 March 1941. (USA 595) │ V │ 554
│ │ │
2891-PS │Extracts from Rosenberg’s “Myth of the│ │
│20th Century”. │ V │ 558
│ │ │
*3000-PS │Report, from Chief of Main Office III │ │
│with the High Command in Minsk to │ │
│Reicke, 28 June 1943, on experiences │ │
│in political and economic problems in │ │
│the East, particularly White Ruthenia.│ │
│(USA 192) │ V │ 726
│ │ │
3054-PS │“The Nazi Plan”, script of a motion │ │
│picture composed of captured German │ │
│film. (USA 167) │ V │ 801
│ │ │
*3428-PS │Letter from Kube, 31 July 1942, │ │
│concerning combatting of Partisans and│ │
│action against Jews in White Ruthenia.│ │
│(USA 827) │ VI │ 131
│ │ │
*3528-PS │Extract concerning NSDAP community │ │
│schools, from The Third Reich, 1934. │ │
│(USA 599) │ VI │ 213
│ │ │
*3529-PS │Extract concerning Adolf Hitler │ │
│Schools, from Documents of German │ │
│Politics. (USA 365) │ VI │ 214
│ │ │
*3530-PS │Extract containing biographical data │ │
│of Alfred Rosenberg, from The German │ │
│Leader Lexicon, 1934-35. (USA 593) │ VI │ 214
│ │ │
*3531-PS │Extract from the National Socialist │ │
│Yearbook, 1938, concerning Rosenberg’s│ │
│office for ideological training. (USA │ │
│597) │ VI │ 215
│ │ │
*3532-PS │Extract from The Educational Letter, │ │
│March 1934, concerning importance of │ │
│ideological training. (USA 598) │ VI │ 216
│ │ │
*3552-PS │Education in the Ordensburg, from The │ │
│Third Reich. (USA 577) │ VI │ 240
│ │ │
*3553-PS │Extract from The Myth of the 20th │ │
│Century. (USA 352) │ VI │ 240
│ │ │
*3554-PS │Extracts from The Myth of the 20th │ │
│Century, published in Book News, No. │ │
│11, November 1942. (USA 601) │ VI │ 242
│ │ │
*3557-PS │Extracts from Dates in History of │ │
│NSDAP, 1939, pp. 4-5. (USA 592). │ VI │ 243
│ │ │
3559-PS │Award of German National Prize, from │ │
│Alfred Rosenberg’s The Man and His │ │
│Work. (USA 600) │ VI │ 243
│ │ │
3766-PS │Report prepared by the German Army in │ │
│France 1942 concerning removal of │ │
│French art objects through the German │ │
│Embassy and the Einsatzstab Rosenberg │ │
│in France. │ VI │ 646
│ │ │
*3780-PS │Record of Fuehrer’s conference with │ │
│Oshima, 27 May 1944, concerning │ │
│Japanese treatment of American terror │ │
│pilots. (GB 293) │ VI │ 655
│ │ │
*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
│ │ │
*EC-347 │Directives for operation of the │ │
│Economy in Occupied Eastern │ │
│Territories. (USA 320) │ VII │ 421
│ │ │
*L-188 │Report of 8 August 1944, on │ │
│confiscation up to 31 July 1944. (USA │ │
│386) │ VII │ 1022
│ │ │
*L-221 │Bormann report on conference of 16 │ │
│July 1941, concerning treatment of │ │
│Eastern populations and territories. │ │
│(USA 317) │ VII │ 1086
│ │ │
*M-153 │Year Book of the Ausland (Foreign) │ │
│Organization of the NSDAP for 1942. │ │
│(GB 284) │ VIII │ 48
│ │ │
*M-156 │Year Book of the Ausland (Foreign) │ │
│Organization of the NSDAP for 1942. │ │
│(GB 284) │ VIII │ 49
│ │ │
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
│ │ │
*Chart No. 1 │National Socialist German Workers’ │ │
│Party. (2903-PS; USA 2) │ VIII │ 770
│ │ │
*Chart No. 17 │Foreign Organization of the NSDAP. │
│(2354-PS; USA 430) │ End of VIII

8. HANS FRANK

A. _FRANK HELD A POSITION OF LEADERSHIP IN THE NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHE
DEUTSCHE ARBEITERPARTEI (NSDAP) AND IN THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT._

Frank held the following positions in the NSDAP and the German Government:

(1) Member of NSDAP, 1928-1945.

(2) Member of the Reichstag, 1930-1945.

(3) Reich Minister Without Portfolio, 1934-1945.

(4) Reich Commissar for the Coordination of the State Administration of Justice and for Reformation of the Law (_Reichskommisar fuer die Gleichschaltung der Justiz in der Landern und fuer Erneuerung der Rechtsordnung_), April 1933-December 1934, in the Ministry of Justice.

(5) President, International Chamber of Law, 1941-42.

(6) President, Academy of German Law (_Praesident der Akademie fuer Deutsches Recht_), 1933-1942.

(7) Governor-General of the Occupied Polish Territories (_General Gouverneur fuer die besetzten polnischen Gebiete_), October 1939-1945.

(8) Bavarian State Minister of Justice, March 1933-December 1934.

(9) Reichsleiter of NSDAP, 1933-1942.

(10) Leader of the National Socialist Lawyers League (_Bund Nationalsozialistischer deutscher Juristen_), 1933-1942.

(11) Editor or author of the following between 1930 and 1942:

(_a_) “_Deutsches Recht_” (Magazine of National Socialist Jurist League)

(_b_) Magazine of the Academy of German Law.

(_c_) National Socialist Handbook for Law and Legislation. (_2979-PS_)

B. _FRANK PROMOTED THE SEIZURE OF POWER BY THE NAZI CONSPIRATORS. AS THE LEADING NAZI JURIST, HE FURTHERED THE REALIZATION OF THE CONSPIRATORS’ PROGRAM IN THE FIELD OF LAW._

Frank himself described his role in the Nazi struggle for power in the following words in August 1942:

“I have since 1920 continually dedicated my work to the NSDAP. *
* * As National Socialist I was a participant in the events of
November 1923, for which I received the _Blutorden_. After the
resurrection of the movement in the year 1925, my real greater
activity in the movement began, which made me, first gradually,
later almost exclusively, the legal advisor of the Fuehrer and
of the Reich leadership of the NSDAP. I thus was the
representative of legal interests of the growing Third Reich in
a legal ideological as well as practical legal way. * * * The
culmination of this work I see in the big Leipzig Army Trial in
which I succeeded in having the Fuehrer admitted to the famous
oath of legality, a circumstance which gave the Movement the
legal grounds to expand generously. The Fuehrer indeed
recognized this achievement and in 1926 made me leader of the
National Socialist Lawyers League; in 1929 Reich Leader of the
Reich Legal Office of the NSDAP; in 1933 Bavarian Minister of
Justice; in the same year Reich Commissioner of Justice; in 1934
President of the Academy of German Law founded by me; in
December 1934 Reich Minister Without Portfolio; and in 1939 I
was finally appointed to Governor General for the occupied
Polish territories.

“So I was, am and will remain the representative jurist of the
struggle period of National Socialism. * * *

“I profess myself now, and always, as a National Socialist and a
faithful follower of the Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, whom I have now
served since 1919.” (_2233-X-PS_)

Frank’s Diary, from which this quotation is taken, to which frequent reference is made in this section, is the official journal, kept at Frank’s direction, of his administration in the General Government. It consists of 38 volumes in which are recorded the official texts of speeches, transcripts of conferences, minutes of cabinet sessions, etc. The volumes are divided into several concurrent series (_Tagebuch, Abteilungsleitersitzungen_ etc.) which cover the several aspects of the official business of the administration.

As the “representative jurist of the struggle period of National Socialism” and in the various juridical capacities listed in the preceding section, Frank was between 1933 and 1939 the most prominent policy-maker in the field of German legal theory.

In 1934 Frank founded the Academy of German Law, of which he was president until 1942. The statute defining the functions of the Academy conferred on it wide power to coordinate juridical policies:

“It is the task of the Academy for German Law to further the
rejuvenation of the Law in Germany. Closely connected with the
agencies competent for legislation, it shall further the
realization of the National Socialist Program in the realm of
Law. This task shall be carried out through well-fixed
scientific methods.

“The Academy’s task shall cover primarily:

“1. The composition, the initiation, judging and preparing of
drafts of law.

“2. The collaboration in rejuvenating and unifying the training
in jurisprudence and political science.

“3. The editing and supporting of scientific publications.

“4. The financial assistance for research and work in specific
fields of Law and Political Economy.

“5. The organization of scientific meetings and the organization
of courses.

“6. The cultivation of connections to similar institutions in
foreign countries”. (_1391-PS_)

What Frank as policy-maker in the field of law conceived as his task he explained in a radio address on 20 March 1934:

“The first task was that of establishing a unified German State.
It was an outstanding historical and juristic—political
accomplishment on the part of our Fuehrer that he reached boldly
into the development of history and thereby eliminated the
sovereignty of the various German states. . . .

“The second fundamental law of the Hitler Reich is racial
legislation. The National Socialists were the first ones in the
entire history of human law to elevate the concept of race to
the status of a legal term. The German nation, unified racially
and nationally, will in the future be legally protected against
any further disintegration of the German race stock. . . .

“The sixth fundamental law was the legal elimination of those
political organizations which within the state, during the
period of the reconstruction of the people and the Reich, were
once able to place their selfish aims ahead of the common good
of the nation. This elimination has taken place entirely
legally. It is not the coming to the fore of despotic tendencies
but it was the necessary legal consequence of a clear political
result, of the 14 years’ struggle of the NSDAP.

“In accordance with these unified legal aims in all spheres,
particular efforts have for months now been made as regards the
work of the great reform of the entire field of German law. * *
*” (_2536-PS_)

Frank concluded his remarks by pointing out that the outward forms of legality could be preserved in building the Nazi state:

“As a leader of the German Jurists I am convinced that together
with all strata of the German people, we shall be able to
construct the legal state of Adolf Hitler in every respect and
to such an extent that no one in the world will at any time be
able to attack this legal state as regards its laws”.
(_2536-PS_)

In his speech at the Congress of the Reich Group of University Professors of the National Socialist Jurists’ League on 3 October 1936, Frank explained the necessity for excluding Jews from the legal field:

“* * * this topic embraces all that which in our opinion will
contribute to establishing National Socialism in the field of
jurisprudence, thus eliminating any alien racial spirit
therefrom. * * *

“We National Socialists have started with anti-Semitism in our
fight to free the German people, to re-establish a German Reich
and to build our entire German spiritual, cultural and social
life on the indestructible foundation of our race. We started a
gigantic battle in 1919 * * * It took all the self-confidence of
German manhood to withstand and to triumph—in this fight to
substitute the German spirit for Jewish corruption over the
concerted attacks of powerful world groups of which Jewry is a
representative.

“Particularly we National Socialist Jurists have a mission of
our own to accomplish in this battle. We construct German law on
the foundations of old and vital elements of the German people.
* * *

“It is so obvious that it hardly needs mentioning that any
participation whatsoever of the Jew in German law—be it in a
creative, interpretative, educational or critical capacity—is
impossible. The elimination of the Jews from German
jurisprudence is in no way due to hatred or envy but to the
understanding that the influence of the Jew on German life is
essentially a pernicious and harmful one and that in the
interests of the German people and to protect its future an
unequivocal boundary must be drawn between us and the Jews.”
(_2536-PS_)

As the leading Nazi jurist, Frank accepted and promoted the system of concentration camps and of arrest without warrant. In an article on “Legislation and Judiciary in the Third Reich” published in the Journal of the Academy of German Law in 1936, Frank explained:

“To the world we are blamed again and again because of the
concentration camps. We are asked, ‘Why do you arrest without a
warrant of arrest?’ I say, put yourselves into the position of
our nation. Don’t forget that the very great and still untouched
world of Bolshevism cannot forget that we have made final
victory for them impossible in Europe, right here on German
soil.” (_2533-PS_)

Just as the other conspirators mobilized the military, economic, and diplomatic resources of Germany for war, Frank, in the field of legal policy, geared the German juridical machine for a war of aggression, which, as he explained in 1942 to the NSDAP District _Standortsfuehrung_ Galicia at a mass meeting in Lemberg, had for its purpose:

“* * * to expand the living space for our people in a natural
manner”. (_2233-S-PS_)

Frank was proud of this accomplishment. In a speech before the Academy of German Law in November 1939, he stated:

“Today we are proud to have formulated our legal principles from
the very beginning in such a way that they need not be changed
in the case of war. For the rule, that right is that which is
useful to the nation, and wrong is that which harms it, which
stood at the beginning of our legal work, and which established
this collective term of nation as the only standard of value of
the law—this rule dominates also the law of these times.”
(_3445-PS_)

C. _THROUGH USE OF HIS OFFICE AS GOVERNOR GENERAL, FRANK PARTICIPATED IN THE CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN THE TERRITORY OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT OF POLAND._

Certain of the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Nazi conspirators, and in particular by Frank in the General Government of Poland are discussed in Chapter X on the Slave Labor Program, Chapter XI on Concentration Camps, Chapter XII on Persecution of the Jews, and