Chapter VII: Section 128: of the Criminal Code of 1871 is especially pertinent. It (3)

“We are the master race * * * I will squeeze the last drop out
of the country . . . the people must work, work and work. We are
a master race * * * the lowest German worker is racially and
biologically a thousand times more valuable than the people
here.” (_1130-PS_)

A letter from RSHA (Reich Security Main Office) to police chiefs, dated 5 November 1942, recites an agreement between the Reich Fuehrer SS and the Reich Minister of Justice, approved by Hitler, providing that ordinary criminal procedure was no longer to be applied to Poles and members of the Eastern populations (_L-316_). The agreement provided that such people, including Jews and Gypsies, should henceforth be turned over to the police. The principles applicable to a determination of the punishment of German offenders, including appraisal of the motives of the offender, were not to be applied to foreign offenders. The letter stated:

“* * * the offense committed by a person of foreign extraction
is not to be regarded from the view of legal retribution by way
of justice, but from the point of view of preventing dangers
through police action. From this it follows that the criminal
procedure against persons of foreign extraction must be
transferred from Justice to the Police. The preceding statements
serve for personal information. There are no objections if the
_Gauleiter_ are informed in the usual form should the need arise
* * *.” (_L-316_)

With respect to the evacuation, deportation, and Germanization of the civilian population of the incorporated eastern territories, Reichsfuehrer SS Himmler, in his capacity as Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood, issued several decrees requiring the deportation to Germany of all Germans from such territories who had renounced their nationality during the existence of the Polish State (_R-112_). These decrees directed that persons affected by the provisions thereof who failed to comply were to be sent to concentration camps. After deportation to Germany, such persons were to be closely supervised by NSDAP “Counsellors” and secret police to insure their Germanization. Certain of the decrees directing such deportation are addressed, _inter alia_, to the “_Gauleiter_” and the “Reich Governors in the Reich _Gaue_.” (_R-112_)

In a conference with _Reichsleiter_ Rosenberg, Hitler emphasized that he “wished to have the Crimea cleaned out,” and Rosenberg stated that he had given much consideration to renaming the towns in the Crimea in order to invest the area with a German character. (_1517-PS_)

In a speech to a gathering of persons intimately concerned with the Eastern problem on 20 June 1941, _Reichsleiter_ Rosenberg stated that the southern Russian territories and the northern Caucasus would have to provide food for the German people:

“We see absolutely no obligation on our part to feed also the
Russian people with the products of that surplus territory. We
know that this is a harsh necessity, bare of any feelings * *
*.” (_1058-PS_)

Rosenberg stated that, as a consequence of the above policy, extensive evacuations of Russians from that Area would have to take place. (_1058-PS_)

_Gauleiter_ Wagner of the German-occupied Areas of Alsace prepared plans and took measures leading to the expulsion and deportation of certain groups within the Alsatian civil population. His plans called for the forcible expulsion of certain categories of so-called undesirable persons, as a means of punishment and compulsory Germanization. The _Gauleiter_ supervised deportation measures in Alsace from July to December 1940, in the course of which 105,000 persons were either expelled or prevented from returning. A memorandum, dated 4 August 1942, of a meeting of high SS and police officials, convened to receive the reports and plans of the _Gauleiter_ relating to the Alsatian evacuations, states that the persons deported were mainly—

“Jews, Gypsies and other foreign racial elements, criminals,
asocial and incurably insane persons, as well as Frenchmen and
Francophiles.” (_R-114_)

According to the memorandum, the _Gauleiter_ stated that the Fuehrer had given him permission “to cleanse Alsace of all foreign, sick, or unreliable elements,” and emphasized the political necessity of further deportation. The memorandum further records that the SS and police officials present at the above conference approved the _Gauleiter’s_ proposals for further evacuation. (_R-114_)

A second memorandum, dated 17 August 1942, relating to a conference called by SS-Gruppenfuehrer Kaul, held at the _Gauleiter_ office at Karlsruhe for the purpose of considering the deportation of Alsatians into Germany, states that the _Gauleiter_ had reported to the Fuehrer with respect to the proposed evacuation of Alsatians. It is further stated that the Fuehrer verbally declared that “asocial and criminal persons” were to be expelled. The _Gauleiter_ stated at the above conference that the action leading to such evacuation had already begun. The _Gauleiter_ further declared that he intended to offset the loss of population as far as possible by transplantation of people from Baden, “thus creating a uniform race mixture.” (_R-114_)

A memorandum by _Reichsleiter_ Bormann of a conference called by Hitler at his headquarters on 16 July 1941 (_L-221_), states, in part, as follows with respect to the maintenance of order in the occupied Eastern areas:

“The Crimea has to be evacuated by all foreigners and to be
settled by Germans only * * *. We have now to face the task of
cutting up the giant cake according to our needs in order to be
able first, to dominate it, second, to administer it, and third,
to exploit it. The Russians have now ordered partisan warfare
behind our front. This partisan war * * * has some advantage for
us; it enables us to eradicate everyone who opposes us. * * *
Our iron principle is and has to remain: we must never permit
anybody but the Germans to carry arms * * *.” (_L-221_)

According to the above memorandum, the foregoing conference was attended by _Reichsleiter_ Rosenberg, Reich Minister Lammers, Field Marshal Keitel, Reich Marshal Goering, and Bormann, and lasted about 20 hours. The memorandum states that discussion occurred with respect to the annexation by Germany of various parts of conquered Europe. The memorandum also states that a long discussion took place with respect to the qualifications of _Gauleiter_ Lohse, who was proposed by Rosenberg at the conference as governor of the Baltic country. Discussion also occurred with respect to the qualifications of other _Gauleiter_ and commissioners for the administration of various areas of occupied Russia. Goering stated that he intended to appoint _Gauleiter_ Terboven for the “exploitation of the Kola Peninsula: the Fuehrer agrees.” With respect to the security of the German administration in the eastern areas, the memorandum states:

“This giant area would have to be pacified as quickly as
possible; the best solution was to shoot anybody who looked
sideways * * * Field Marshal Keitel emphasizes the inhabitants
themselves ought to be made responsible for their things because
it was, of course, impossible to put a sentry in front of every
shed or railway station. The inhabitants had to understand that
anybody who did not perform their duties properly would be shot,
and that they would be held responsible for each offense.”
(_L-221_)

(_d_) _Subversion of Christian Church and Persecution of the Clergy._ The evidence relating to the systematic effort of the conspirators to eliminate the Christian churches in Germany is discussed in Section 6 of