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                         APPENDIX A
                              
Statement of Individual Responsibility for Crimes Set Out in
               Counts One, Two, Three and Four

The statements hereinafter set forth following the name of
each individual defendant constitute matters upon which the
prosecution will rely inter alia as establishing the
individual responsibility of the defendant:

GOERING:
The defendant GOERING between 1932-1945 was: a member of the
Nazi Party, Supreme Leader of the SA, General in the SS,
member and President of the Reichstag, Minister of the
Interior of Prussia, Chief of the Prussian Police and
Prussian Secret State Police, Chief of the
Prussian State Council, Trustee of the Four Year Plan, Reich
Minister for Air, Commander in Chief of the Air Force,
President of the Council of Ministers for the Defense of the
Reich, member of the Secret Cabinet Council head of the
Hermann Goering Industrial Combine, and Successor Designate
to Hitler. The defendant GOERING used the foregoing
positions, his personal influence, and his intimate
connection with the Fuehrer in such a manner that: he
promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and
the consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in
Count One of the Indictment; he promoted the military and
economic preparation for war set forth in Count One of the
Indictment; he participated in the planning and preparation
of the Nazi conspirators for Wars of Aggression and Wars in
Violation of International Treaties, Agreements and
Assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the
Indictment; and he authorized, directed and participated in
the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the Indictment,
and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four of
the Indictment, including a wide variety of crimes against
persons and property.

RIBBENTROP:
The defendant RIBBENTROP between 1932-1945 was: a member of
the Nazi Party, a member of the Nazi Reichstag, Advisor to
the Fuehrer on matters of foreign policy, representative of
the Nazi Party for matters of foreign policy, special German
delegate for disarmament questions,
Ambassador extraordinary, Ambassador in London, organizer
and director of Dienststelle Ribbentrop, Reich Minister for
Foreign Affairs, member of the Secret Cabinet Council,
member of the Fuehrer's political staff at
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general headquarters, and General in the SS. The defendant
RIBBENTROP used the foregoing positions, his personal
influence and his intimate connection with the Fuehrer in
such a manner that: he promoted the accession to power of
the Nazi conspirators as set forth in Count One of the
Indictment; he promoted the preparations for war set forth
in Count One of the Indictment; he participated in the
political planning and preparation of the Nazi conspirators
for Wars of Aggression and Wars in Violation of
International Treaties, Agreements and Assurances as set
forth in Counts One and Two of the Indictment; in accordance
with the Fuehrer Principle he executed and assumed
responsibility for the execution of the foreign policy plans
of the Nazi conspirators set forth in Count One of the
Indictment; and he authorized, directed and participated in
the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the Indictment
and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four of
the Indictment, including more particularly the crimes
against persons and property in occupied territories.

HESS:
The defendant HESS between 1921 and 1941 was a member of the
Nazi Party, Deputy to the Fuehrer, Reich Minister without
Portfolio, member of the Reichstag, member of the Council of
Ministers for the Defence of the Reich, member of the Secret
Cabinet Council, Successor Designate to the Fuehrer after
the defendant Goering, a General in the SS and a General in
the SA. The defendant Hess used the foregoing positions, his
personal influence and his intimate connection with the
Fuehrer in such a manner that: he promoted the accession to
power of the Nazi conspirators and the consolidation of
their control over Germany set forth in Count One of the
Indictment; he promoted the military, economic and
psychological preparations for war set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he participated in the political planning
and preparation for Wars of Aggression and Wars in Violation
of International Treaties, Agreements and Assurances set
forth in Counts One and Two of the Indictment: he
participated in the preparation and
planning of foreign policy plans of the Nazi conspirators
set forth in Count One of the Indictment; he authorized,
directed and participated in the War Crimes set forth in
Count Three of the Indictment and the Crimes against
Humanity set forth in Count Four of the Indictment,
including a wide variety of crimes against persons and
property.
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KALTENBRUNNER:
The defendant KALTENBRUNNER between 1932-1945 was: a member
of the Nazi Party, a General in the SS, a member of the
Reichstag, a General of the Police, State Secretary for
Security in Austria in charge of the Austrian Police, Police
Leader of Vienna, Lower and Upper Austria, Head of the Reich
Main Security Office and Chief of the Security Police and
Security Service. The defendant KALTENBRUNNER used the
foregoing positions and his personal influence in such a
manner that: he promoted the consolidation of control over
Austria seized by the Nazi conspirators as set forth in
Count One of the Indictment; and he authorized, directed and
participated in the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of
the Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in
Count Four of the Indictment, including particularly the
Crimes against Humanity involved in the system of concentration
camps.

ROSENBERG:
The defendant ROSENBERG between 1920 and 1945 was: a member
of the Nazi Party, Nazi member of the Reichstag,
Reichsleiter in the Nazi Party for Ideology and Foreign
Policy, the Editor of the Nazi newspaper "Voelkischer
Beobachter", and of the "NS Monatshefte", head of the
Foreign Political Office of the Nazi Party, Special delegate
for the entire Spiritual and Ideological Training of the
Nazi Party, Reich Minister for the Eastern Occupied
Territories, organizer of the "Einsatzstab Rosenberg", a
General in the SS and a General in the SA.
The defendant ROSENBERG used the foregoing positions, his
personal influence and his intimate connection with the
Fuehrer in such a manner that: he developed, disseminated
and exploited the doctrinal techniques of the Nazi
conspirators set forth in Count One of the Indictment; he
promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and
the consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in
Count One of the Indictment; he promoted the psychological
preparations for war set forth in Count One of the
Indictment; he participated in the political planning and
preparation for Wars of Aggression and Wars in Violation of
International Treaties, Agreements and Assurances set forth
in Counts One and Two of the Indictment; and he authorized,
directed and participated in the War Crimes set forth in
Count Three of the Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity 
set forth in Count Four of the Indictment, including a wide variety of
crimes against persons and property.

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FRANK:
The defendant FRANK between 1932-1945 was: a member of the
Nazi Party, a General in the SS, a member of the Reichstag,
Reich Minister without Portfolio, Reich Commissar for the
Coordination of Justice, President of the International
Chamber of Law and Academy of German Law, Chief of the Civil
Administration of Lodz, Supreme Administrative Chief of the
military district of West Prussia, Poznan, Odz and Krakow
and Governor General of the Occupied Polish territories. The
defendant FRANK used the foregoing positions, his personal
influence, and his intimate connection with the Fuehrer in
such a manner that: he promoted the accession to power of
the Nazi conspirators and the consolidation of their control
over Germany set forth in Count One of the Indictment; he
authorized, directed and participated in the War Crimes set
forth in Count Three of the Indictment and the Crimes against
Humanity set forth in Count Four of the Indictment,
including particularly the War Crimes and Crimes against
Humanity involved in the administration of occupied
territories.

BORMAN:
The defendant BORMANN between 1925 and 1945 was: a member of
the Nazi Party, member of the Reichstag, a member of the
Staff of the Supreme Command of the SA, founder and head of
"Hilfskasse der NSDAP", Reichsleiter, Chief of Staff Office
of the Fuehrer's Deputy, head of
the Party Chancery, Secretary of the Fuehrer, member of the
Council of Ministers for the Defence of the Reich, organizer
and head of the Volkssturm, a General in the SS and a
General in the SA. The defendant BORMANN used the foregoing
position, his personal influence and his
intimate connection with the Fuehrer in such a manner that:
he promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators
and the consolidation of their control over Germany set
forth in Count One of the Indictment; he promoted the
preparations for war set forth in Count One-of the
Indictment; and he authorized, directed and participated in
the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the Indictment
and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four of
the Indictment, including a wide variety of crimes against
persons and property.

FRICK:
The defendant FRICK between 1932-1945 was: a member of the
Nazi Party, Reichsleiter, General in the SS, member of the
Reichstag, Reich Minister of the Interior, Prussian Minister of

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the Interior, Reich Director of Elections, General
Plenipotentiary for the Administration of the Reich, head of
the Central Office for the Reunification of Austria and the
German Reich, Director o the Central Office for the
Incorporation of Sudetenland, Memel, Danzig, the eastern
incorporated territories, Eupen, Malmedy, and Moresnot,
Director of the Central Office for the Protectorate of
Bohemia, Moravia, the Government General, Lower Styria,
Upper Carinthia, Norway, Alsace, Lorraine and all other
occupied territories and Reich Protector for Bohemia and
Moravia. The defendant FRICK used the foregoing positions,
his personal influence, and his intimate connection with the
Fuehrer in such a manner that: he promoted the accession to
power of the Nazi conspirators and the consolidation of
their control over Germany set forth in Count One of the
Indictment; he participated in the planning and preparation
of the Nazi conspirators for Wars of Aggression and Wars in
Violation of International Treaties, Agreements and
Assurances set forth in Count One and Two of the Indictment;
and he authorized, directed and participated in the War
Grimes set forth in Count Three of the Indictment and the
Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four of the
Indictment, including more particularly the crimes against
persons and property in occupied territories.

LEY:
The defendant LEY between 1932-1945 was: a member of the
Nazi Party, Reichsleiter, Nazi Party Organization Manager,
member of the Reichstag, leader of the German Labor Front, a
General in the SA, and Joint Organizer of the Central
Inspection for the Care of Foreign Workers. The defendant
LEY used the foregoing positions, his personal influence and
his intimate connection with the Fuehrer in such a manner
that: he promoted the accession to power of the Nazi
conspirators and the consolidation of their control over
Germany as set forth in Count One of the Indictment; he
promoted the preparation for war set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he authorized, directed and participated in
the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the Indictment,
and in the Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four
of the Indictment, including particularly the War Crimes and Crimes against
Humanity relating to the abuse of human beings for labor in
the conduct of the aggressive wars.

SAUCKEL:
The defendant SAUCKEL between 1921 and 1945 was: a mem-

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ber of the Nazi Party, Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of
Thuringia, a member of the
Reichstag, General Plenipotentiary for the Employment of
Labour under the Four Year Plan, Joint Organizer with the
defendant Ley of the Central Inspection for the Care of
Foreign Workers, a General in the SS and a General in the
SA. The defendant SAUCKEL used the foregoing positions and
his personal influence in such a manner that: he promoted
the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators set forth in
Count One of the indictment; he participated in the economic
preparations for Wars of Aggression and Wars in Violation of
Treaties, Agreements and Assurances set forth in Counts One
and Two of the Indictment; he authorized, directed and
participated in the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of
the Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in
Count Four of the Indictment, including particularly the War
Crimes and Crimes against Humanity involved in forcing the
inhabitants of occupied countries to work as slave laborers
in occupied countries and in Germany.

SPEER:
The defendant SPEER between 1932-1945 was: a member of the
Nazi Party, Reichsleiter, member of the Reichstag, Reich
Minister for Armament and Munitions, Chief of the
Organization Todt, General Plenipotentiary for Armaments in
the Office of the Four Year Plan, and Chairman of the
Armaments Council. The defendant SPEER used the foregoing
positions and his personal influence in such a manner that:
he participated in the military and economic planning and
preparation of the Nazi conspirators for Wars of Aggression
and Wars in Violation of International Treaties, Agreements
and Assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the
Indictment; and he authorized, directed and participated in
the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the Indictment
and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four of
the Indictment, including more particularly the abuse and
exploitation of human beings for forced labor in the conduct 
of aggressive war.

FUNK:
The defendant FUNK between 1932-1945 was: a member of the
Nazi Party, Economic Adviser of Hitler, National Socialist
Deputy to the Reichstag, Press Chief of the Reich
Government, State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Public
Enlightenment and Propaganda, Reich Minister of
Economics, Prussian Minister of Economics, President of the
German Reichsbank, Plenipoten-

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tiary for Economy and member of the Ministerial Council for
the Defense of the Reich. The defendant FUNK used the
foregoing positions, his personal influence, and his close
connection with the Fuehrer in such a manner that: he
promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and
the consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in
Count One of the Indictment; he promoted the preparations
for war set forth in Count One of the Indictment; he
participated in the military and economic planning and
preparation of the Nazi conspirators for Wars of Aggression
and Wars in Violation of International Treaties, Agreements
and Assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the
Indictment; and he authorized, directed and participated in
the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the Indictment
and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four of
the Indictment, including more particularly crimes against
persons and property in connection with the economic exploitation of
occupied territories.

SCHACHT:
The defendant SCHACHT between 1932-1945 was: a member of the
Nazi Party, a member of the Reichstag, Reich Minister of
Economics, Reich Minister without Portfolio and President of
the German Reichsbank; The defendant SCHACHT used the
foregoing positions, his personal influence, and his
connection with the Fuehrer in such a manner that: he
promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and
the consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in
Count One of the Indictment; he promoted the preparations
for war set forth in Count One of the
Indictment; and he participated in the military and economic
plans and preparation of the Nazi conspirators for Wars of
Aggression, and Wars in Violation of International Treaties,
Agreements and Assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of
the Indictment.

PAPEN:
The defendant PAPEN between 1932-1945 was: a member of the
Nazi Party, a member of the Reichstag, Reich Chancellor,
Vice Chancellor under Hitler, special Plenipotentiary for
the Saar, negotiator of the Concordat with the Vatican,
Ambassador in Vienna and Ambassador in
Turkey. The defendant PAPEN used the foregoing positions,
his personal influence and his close connection with the
Fuehrer in such manner that: he promoted the accession to
power of the Nazi conspirators and participated in the
consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in

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Count One of the Indictment; he promoted the preparations
for war set forth in Count One of the Indictment; and he
participated in the political planning and preparation of
the Nazi conspirators for Wars of Aggression and Wars in
Violation of International Treaties, Agreements and
Assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the
Indictment.

KRUPP:
The defendant KRUPP was between 1932-1945: head of Friedrich
KRUPP A.G., a member of the General Economic Council,
President of the Reich Union of German Industry, and head of
the Group for Mining and Production of Iron and Metals under
the Reich Ministry-of Economics.
The defendant KRUPP used the foregoing positions, his
personal influence, and his connection with the Fuehrer in
such a manner that: he promoted the accession to power of
the Nazi conspirators and the consolidation of their control
over Germany set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he promoted the preparation for war set
forth in Count One of the Indictment; he participated in the
military and economic planning and preparation of the Nazi
conspirators for Wars of Aggression and Wars in violation of
International Treaties, Agreements and Assurances set forth
in Counts One and Two of the Indictment; and he authorized,
directed and participated in the War Crimes set forth in
Count Three of the Indictment and the Crimes against
Humanity set forth in Count Four of the Indictment,
including more particularly the exploitation and- abuse of
human beings for labor in the conduct of aggressive wars.

NEURATH:
The defendant NEURATH between 1932-1945 was: a member of the
Nazi Party, a General in the SS, a member of the Reichstag,
Reich Minister, Reich Minister of Foreign Afl!airs,
President of the Secret Cabinet Council, and Reich Protector
for Bohemia and Moravia. The defendant
NEURATH used the foregoing positions his personal influence,
and his close connection with the Fuehrer in such a manner
that: he promoted the accession to power of the Nazi
conspirators set forth in Count One of the Indictment; he
promoted the preparations for war set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; he participated in the political planning
and preparation of the Nazi conspirators for Wars of
Aggression and Wars in Violation of International Treaties,
Agreements and Assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of
the Indictment; in accordance with
the Fuehrer Principle he

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executed, and assumed responsibility for the execution of
the foreign policy plans of the Nazi conspirators set forth
in Count One of the Indictment; and he authorized, directed
and participated in the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of
the Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in
Count Four of the Indictment, including particularly the
crimes against persons and property in the occupied
territories.

SCHIRACH:
The defendant SCHIRACH between 1924 and 1945 was: a member
of the Nazi Party, a member of the Reichstag, Reich Youth
Leader on the Staff of the SA Supreme Command, Reichsleiter
in the Nazi Party for Youth Education, Leader of Youth of
the German Reich, head of the Hitler
Jugend, Reich Defence Commissioner and Reichstatthalter and
Gauleiter of Vienna. The defendant SCHIRACH used the
foregoing positions, his personal influence and his intimate
connection with the Fuehrer in such a manner that: he
promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and
the consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in
Count One of the Indictment; he promoted the psychological
and educational preparations for war and the militarization
of Nazi dominated organizations set forth in Count One of
the Indictment; and he authorized, directed and participated in the Crimes
against Humanity set forth in Count Four of the Indictment,
including, particularly, anti-Jewish measures.

SEYSS-INQUART:
The defendant SEYSS-INQUART between 1932-1945 was: a member
of the Nazi Party, a General in the SS, State Councillor of
Austria, Minister of the Interior and Security of Austria,
Chancellor of Austria, a member of the Reichstag, a member
of the Reich Cabinet, Reich Minister without Portfolio,
Chief of the Civil Administration in South Poland, Deputy
Governor-General of the Polish Occupied Territory, and Reich
Commissar for the Occupied Netherlands. The defendant SEYSS-
INQUART used the foregoing positions and his personal
influence in such a manner that: he promoted the seizure and
the consolidation of control over Austria
by the Nazi conspirators set forth in Count One of the
Indictment; he participated in the political planning and
preparation of the Nazi conspirators for Wars of Aggression
and Wars in Violation of International Treaties, Agreements
and Assurances se forth in Counts One and Two of the
Indictment; and he authorized, directed and participated in
the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the Indictment
and the Crimes against

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Humanity set forth in Count Four of the Indictment,
including a wide variety of crimes against persons and
property.

STREICHER:
The defendant STREICHER between 1932-1945 was: a member of
the Nazi Party, a member of the Reichstag, a General in the
SA, Gauleiter of Franconia, Editor in Chief of the anti-
Semitic newspaper "Der Stuermer". The defendant STREICHER
used the foregoing positions, his
personal influence, and his close connection with the
Fuehrer in such a manner that: he promoted the accession to
power of the Nazi conspirators and the consolidation of
their control over Germany set forth in Count One of the
Indictment: he authorized, directed and participated in the
Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four of the
Indictment, including particularly the incitement of the
persecution of the Jews set forth in Count One and Count
Four of the
Indictment.

KEITEL:
The defendant KEITEL between 1938 and 1945 was: Chief of the
High Command of the German Armed Forces, member of the
Secret Cabinet Council, member of the Council of Ministers
for the Defence of the Reich, and Field Marshal. The
defendant KEITEL used the foregoing
positions, his personal influence and his intimate
connection with the Fuehrer in such a manner that: he
promoted the military preparations for war set forth in
Count One of the Indictment; he participated in the
political planning and preparation of the Nazi conspirators
for Wars of Aggression and Wars in Violations of
International Treaties, Agreements and Assurances set forth
in Counts One and Two of the Indictment; he executed and
assumed responsibility for the execution of the plans of the
Nazi conspirators for Wars of Aggression and Wars in
Violation of International Treaties, Agreements and
Assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the
Indictment; he authorized, directed and participated in the
War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the Indictment and
the Crimes against Humanity set forth in Count Four of the
Indictment, including particularly the War Crimes and Crimes
against Humanity involved in the ill treatment of prisoners
of war and of the civilian population of occupied
territories.

JODL:
The defendant JODL between 1932 and 1945 was: Lt. Colonel,
Army Operations Department of the Wehrmacht, Colonel, Chief
of OKW Operations Department, Major-General and Chief of
Staff

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OKW and Colonel-General. The defendant JODL used the
foregoing positions, his personal influence, and his close
connection with the Fuehrer in such a manner that: he
promoted the accession to power of the Nazi conspirators and
the consolidation of their control over Germany set forth in
Count One of the Indictment; he promoted the preparations
for war set forth in Count One of the Indictment; he
participated in the military planning and preparation of the
Nazi conspirators for Wars of Aggression and Wars in
Violation of International Treaties, Agreements
and Assurances set forth in Counts One and Two of the
Indictment; and he authorized, directed and participated in
the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the Indictment
and the Crimes against humanity set forth in Count Four of
the Indictment, including a wide variety of crimes
against persons and property.

RAEDER:
The defendant RAEDER between 1928 and 1945 was: Commander-in-
Chief of the German Navy, Generaladmiral, Grossadmiral,
Admiralinspekteur of the German Navy, and a member of the
Secret Cabinet Council. The defendant RAEDER used the
foregoing positions and his personal influence in such a
manner that: he promoted the preparations for war set forth
in Count One of the Indictment; he participated in the political
planning and preparation of the Nazi conspirators for Wars
of Aggression and Wars in Violation of International
Treaties, Agreements and Assurances set forth in Counts One
and Two of the Indictment; he executed, and assumed
responsibility for the execution of the plans of the Nazi
conspirators for Wars of Aggression and Wars in Violation of
International Treaties, Agreements and Assurances set forth
in Counts One and Two of the Indictment; and he authorized,
directed, and participated in the war crimes set forth in
Count Three of the Indictment, including particularly war
crimes arising out of sea warfare.

DOENITZ:
The defendant DOENITZ between 1932 and 1945 was Commanding
Officer of the Weddigen U-boat flotilla, Commander-in-Chief
of the U-boat arm, Vice-Admiral, Admiral, Grossadmiral and
Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy, Advisor to Hitler,
and Successor to Hitler as head of the German Government.
The defendant DOENITZ used the foregoing positions, his
personal influence, and his intimate connection with the
Fuehrer in such a manner that he promoted the preparations
for war set forth in Count One of the Indictment; he
participated in the military

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planning and preparation of the Nazi conspirators for Wars
of Aggression and Wars in Violation of International
Treaties, Agreements and Assurances set forth in Counts One
and Two of the Indictment; and he authorized, directed and
participated in the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of
the Indictment, including particularly the crimes against
persons and property on the high seas.

FRITZSCHE:
The defendant FRITZSCHE between 1933 and 1945 was: a member
of the Nazi Party, Editor-in-Chief of the official German
news agency, "Deutsche Nachrichten Bureo", Head of the
Wireless News Service and of the Home Press Division of the
Reich Ministry of Propaganda, Ministerialdirektor of the
Reich Ministry of Propaganda, head of the Radio Division of the
Propaganda Department of the Nazi Party, and Plenipotentiary
for the Political Organization of the Greater German Radio.
The defendant FRITZSCHE used the foregoing positions and his
personal influence to disseminate and exploit the principal
doctrines of the Nazi conspirators set forth in Count One of
the Indictment, and to advocate, encourage and incite the
commission of the War Crimes set forth in Count Three of the
Indictment and the Crimes against Humanity set forth in
Count Four of the Indictment including, particularly, anti-
Jewish measures and the ruthless exploitation of occupied

                         APPENDIX B

    Statement of Criminality of Groups and Organizations

The statements hereinafter set forth, following the name of
each Group or Organization named in the Indictment as one
which should be declared criminal, constitute matters upon
which the prosecution will rely inter alia as establishing
the criminality of the Group or Organization:

             DIE REICHSREGIERUNG (REICH CABINET)

"Die Reichsregierung (Reich Cabinet)" referred to in the
Indictment consists of persons who were:

     (i) Members of the ordinary cabinet after 30 January 1933,
     the date on which Hitler became Chancellor of the
     German Republic. The term "ordinary cabinet" as used
     herein means the Reich Ministers, i.e., heads of
     departments of the central government; Reich
     
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     Ministers without portfolio; State ministers acting as
     Reich Ministers; and other officials entitled to take
     part in meetings of this cabinet.
     
     (ii) Members of der Ministerrat fur die
     Reichsverteidigung (Council of Ministers for the
     Defence of the Reich).
     
     (iii) Members of der Geheimer Kabinettsrat (Secret
     Cabinet Council).
     
Under the Fuehrer, these persons functioning in the
foregoing capacities and in association as a group,
possessed and exercised legislative, executive,
administrative and political powers and
functions of a very high order in the system of German
government. Accordingly, they are charged with
responsibility for the policies adopted and put into effect
by the government including those which comprehended and
involved the commission of the crimes referred to in-
Counts, One, Two, Three and Four of the Indictment.

DAS KORPS DER POLITISCHEN LEITER DER NATIONAISOZIALISTISCHEN
DEUTSCHEN ARBEITERPARTEI (LEADERSHIP CORPS OF THE NAZI PARTY

"Das Korps der Politischen Leiter der
Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei (Leadership
Corps of the Nazi Party)" referred to in the Indictment
consists of persons who were at any time, according to
common Nazi terminology, "Politischer Leiter" (Political
Leaders) of any grade or rank.

The Politischen Leiter comprised the leaders of the various
functional offices of the Party (for example, the
Reichsleitung, or Party Reich Directorate, and the
Gauleitung, or Party Gau Directorate), as well as the
territorial leaders of the Party (for example, the
Gauleiter).

The Politischen Leiter were a distinctive and elite group
within the Nazi Party proper and as such were vested with
special prerogatives. They were organized according to the
leadership principle and were charged with planning,
developing and imposing upon their followers the policies of
the Nazi Party. Thus the territorial leaders among them were
called Hoheitstraeger, or bearers of sovereignty, and were
entitled to call upon and utilize the various Party
formations when necessary for the execution of Party policies.

Reference is hereby made to the allegations in Count One of
the Indictment showing that the Nazi Party was the central
core of the common plan or conspiracy therein set forth.
The.Politischen Leiter, as a major power within the Nazi
Party proper, and functioning in the capacities above 
described and in associ-

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ation as a group, joined in the common plan or conspiracy,
and accordingly share responsibility for the crimes set
forth in Counts One, Two, Three and Four of the Indictment.

The prosecution expressly reserves the right to request, at
any time before sentence is pronounced, that Politischer
Leiter of subordinate grades or ranks or of other types or
classes, to be specified by the prosecution, be excepted
from further proceedings in this Case No. 1, but without
prejudice to other proceedings or actions against them.

  DIE SCHUTZSTAFFELN DER NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHEN DEUTSCHEN
   ARBEITERPARTEI (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE SS) INCLUDING DIE
        SICHERHEITSDIENST (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE SD)

"Die Schutzstaffeln der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen
Arbeiterpartei (commonly known as the SS) including Die
Sicherheitsdienst (commonly known as the SD)" referred to in
the Indictment consists of the entire corps of the SS and all
offices, departments, services, agencies, branches,
formations, organizations and groups of which it was at any
time comprised or which were at any time integrated in it,
including but not limited to, the Allgemeine SS, the Waffen
SS, the SS Totenkopf Verbaende, SS Polizei Regimente and the
Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsfuehrers-SS (commonly known as
the SD).

The SS, originally established by Hitler in 1925 as an elite
section of the SA to furnish a protective guard for the
Fuehrer and Nazi Party leaders, became an independent
formation of the Nazi Party in 1934 under the leadership of
the Reichsfuehrer-SS, Heinrich Himmler. It was
composed of voluntary members, selected in accordance with
Nazi biological, racial and political theories, completely
indoctrinated in Nazi ideology and pledged to uncompromising
obedience to the Fuehrer. After the accession of the Nazi
conspirators to power, it developed many departments,
agencies, formations and branches and extended its influence
and control over numerous fields of governmental and Party
activity. Through Heinrich Himmler, as Reichsfuehrer-SS and
Chief of the German Police, agencies and units of the SS and
of the Reich were joined in operation to form a unified
repressive police force. The Sicherheitsdienst des
Reichsfuehrers-SS (commonly known as the SD), a department
of the SS, was developed into a vast espionage and counter-
intelligence system which operated in conjunction with the
Gestapo and criminal police in detecting, suppressing and
eliminating tendencies, groups and individuals deemed
hostile or potentially hostile to the Nazi Party, its
leaders, principles and objectives, and eventually was

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combined with the Gestapo and criminal police in a single
security police department, the Reich Main Security Office.

Other branches of the SS developed into an armed force and
served in the wars of aggression referred to in Counts One
and Two of the Indictment. Through other departments and
branches the SS controlled the administration of
concentration camps and the execution of Nazi racial,
biological and resettlement policies. Through its numerous
functions and activities it served as the instrument for
insuring the domination of Nazi ideology and protecting and
extending the Nazi regime over Germany and occupied
territories. It thus participated in and is responsible for
the crimes referred to in Counts One, Two, Three and Four of
the Indictment.

  DIE GEHEIME STAATSPOLIZEI (SECRET STATE POLICE, COMMONLY
                   KNOWN AS THE GESTAPO)

"Die Geheime Staatspolizei (Secret State Police, commonly
known as the Gestapo) " referred to in the Indictment
consists of the headquarters, departments, offices, branches
and all the forces and personnel of the Geheime
Staatspolizei organized or existing at any time after
30 January 1933, including the Geheime Staatspolizei of Prussia
and equivalent secret or political police forces of the
Reich and the components thereof.

The Gestapo was created by the Nazi conspirators immediately
after their accession to power, first in Prussia by the
defendant GOERING and shortly thereafter in all other states
in the Reich.

These separate secret and political police forces were
developed into a centralized, uniform organization operating
through a central headquarters and through a network of
regional offices in Germany and in occupied territories. Its
officials and operatives were selected on the basis of
unconditional acceptance of Nazi ideology, were largely
drawn from members of the SS, and were trained in SS and SD
schools. It acted to suppress and eliminate tendencies,
groups and individuals deemed hostile or potentially hostile
to the Nazi Party, its leaders, principles and objectives,
and to repress resistance and potential resistance to German
control in occupied territories. In performing these
functions it operated free from legal control, taking any
measures it deemed necessary for the accomplishment of its
missions.

Through its purposes, activities and the means it used, it
participated in and is responsible for the commission of the
crimes set forth in Counts One, Two, Three and Four of the
Indictment.

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 DIE STURMABTEILUNGEN DER NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHEN DEUTSCHEN
          ARBEITERPARTEI (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE SA)

"Die Sturmabteilungen der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen
Arbeiterpartei (commonly known as the SA)" referred to in
the Indictment was a formation f the Nazi Party under the immediate
jurisdiction of the Fuehrer, organized on military lines,
whose membership was composed of volunteers serving as
political soldiers of the Party. It was one of the earliest
formations of the Nazi Party and the original guardian of
the National Socialist movement. Founded in 1921 as a
voluntary militant formation, it was developed by the Nazi
conspirators before their accession to power into a vast
private army and utilized for the purpose of creating
disorder, and terrorizing and eliminating political
opponents. It continued to serve as an instrument for the
physical, ideological and military training of Party members
and as a reserve for the German armed forces. After the
launching of the wars of aggression, referred to in Counts One 
and Two of the Indictment, the SA not only operated as an organization for
military training but provided auxiliary police and security
forces in occupied territories, guarded prisoner-of-war
camps and concentration camps and supervised and controlled
persons forced to labour in Germany and occupied territories.

Through its purposes and activities and the means it used,
it participated in and is responsible for the commission of
the crimes set forth in Counts One, Two, Three and Four of
the Indictment.

  GENERAL STAFF AND HIGH COMMAND OF THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES

The "General Staff and High Command of the German Armed
Forces" referred to in the Indictment consist of those
individuals who between February 1938 and May 1945 were the
highest commanders of the Wehrmacht the Army, the Navy, and
the Air Forces. The individuals comprising this group are
the persons who held the following appointments:

Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine (Commander in Chief of the Navy)

Chef (and, formerly, Chef des Stabes) der Seekriegsleitung
(Chief of Naval War Staff)

Oberbefehlshaber de Heeres (Commander in Chief of the Army)

Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres (Chief of the General
Staff of the Army)

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Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe (Commander in Chief of the
Air Force)

Chef des Generalstabes der Luftwaffe (Chief of the General
Staff of the Air Force)

Chef des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht (Chief of the High
Command of the Armed Forces)

Chef des Fuehrungstabes des Oerkommandos der Wehrmacht (Chief
of the Operations Staff of the High Command of the Armed
Forces)

Stellvertretender Chef des Fuehrungstabes des Oberkommandos
der Wehrmacht (Deputy Chief of the Operations Staff of the
High Command of the Armed Forces)

Commanders-in-Chief in the field, with the status of
Oberbefehlshaber, of the Wehrmacht, Navy, Army, Air Force.

Functioning in such capacities and in association as a group
at the highest level in the German Armed Forces
Organization, these persons had a major responsibility for
the planning, preparation, initiation and waging of illegal
wars as set forth in Counts One and Two of the
Indictment and for the War Crimes and Crimes against
Humanity involved in the execution of the common plan or
conspiracy set forth in Counts Three and Four of the Indictment.

                         APPENDIX C
                              
   Charges and Particulars of Violations of International
                    Treaties, Agreements
  and Assurances Caused by the Defendants in the Course of
         Planning, Preparing and Initiating the Wars

                              I
CHARGE: Violation of the Convention for the Pacific
Settlement of International Disputes signed at The Hague, 29
July 1899.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany did, by force and arms, on the
dates specified in Column 1, invade the territory of the
sovereigns specified in Column 2, respectively, without
first having attempted to settle its disputes with said
sovereigns by pacific means.

6 April 1941   Kingdom of Greece
6 April 1941   Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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                             II
CHARGE: Violation of the Convention for the Pacific
Settlement of International Disputes signed at The Hague, 18
October 1907.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany did, on or about the dates
specified in Column 1, by force of arms invade the territory
of the sovereigns specified in Column 2, respectively,
without having first attempted to settle its dispute with
said sovereigns by pacific means.

1 September 1939    Republic of Poland
9 April 1940        Kingdom of Norway
9 April 1940        Kingdom of Denmark
10 May 1940         Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
10 May 1940         Kingdom of Belgium
10 May 1940         Kingdom of the Netherlands
22 June 1941        Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

                             III
CHARGE: Violation of Hague Convention III Relative to the
Opening of Hostilities, signed 18 October 1907.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany did, on or about the dates
specified in Column 1, commence hostilities against the
countries specified in Column 2, respectively, without
previous warning in the form of a reasoned declaration of
war or an ultimatum with conditional declaration of war.

1 September 1939    Republic of Poland
9 April 1940        Kingdom of Norway
9 April 1940        Kingdom of Denmark
10 May 1940         Kingdom of Belgium
10 May 1940         Kingdom of the Netherlands
10 May 1940         Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
22 June 1941        Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

                             IV
CHARGE: Violation of Hague Convention V Respecting the
Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Person in Case of
War on Land, signed 18 October 1907.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany did, on or about the dates
specified in Column 1, by force and arms of its military
forces, cross into, invade, and occupy the territories of
the sovereigns

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specified in Column 2, respectively, then and thereby
violating the neutrality of said sovereigns.

9 April 1940        Kingdom of Norway
9 April 1940        Kingdom of Denmark
10 May 1940         Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
10 May 1940         Kingdom of Belgium
10 May 1940         Kingdom of the Netherlands
22 June 1941        Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

                              V
CHARGE: Violation of the Treaty of Peace between the Allied
and Associated Powers and Germany, signed at Versailles, 28
June 1919, known as the Versailles Treaty.

PARTICULARS: (1) In that Germany did, on and after 7 March
1936, maintain and assemble armed forces and maintain and
construct military fortifications in the demilitarized zone
of the Rhineland in violation of the provisions of Articles
42 to 44 of the Treaty of Versailles.

(2) In that Germany did, on or about 13 March 1938, annex
Austria into the German Reich in violation of the provisions
of Article 80 of the Treaty of Versailles.

(3) In that Germany did, on or about 22 March 1939,
incorporate the district of Memel into the German Reich in
violation of the provisions of Article 99 of the Treaty of
Versailles.

(4) In that Germany did, on or about 1 September 1939,
incorporate the Free City of Danzig into the German Reich in
violation of the provisions of Article 100 of the Treaty of
Versailles.

(5) In that Germany did, on or about 16 March 1939,
incorporate the provinces of Bohemia and Moravia, formerly
part of Czechoslovakia, into the German Reich in violation
of the provisions of Article 81 of the Treaty of Versailles.

(6) In that Germany did, at various times in March 1935 and
thereafter, repudiate various parts of Part V, Military,
Naval and Air Clauses of the Treaty of Versailles, by
creating an air force, by use of compulsory military
service, by increasing the size of the army beyond treaty
limits, and by increasing the size of the navy beyond treaty
limits.

                             VI
CHARGE: Violation of the Treaty between the United States
and Germany Restoring Friendly Relations, signed at Berlin,
25 August 1921.

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PARTICULARS: In that Germany did, at various times in March
1935 and thereafter, repudiate various parts of Part V,
Military, Naval and Air Clauses of the Treaty Between the
United States and Germany Restoring Friendly Relations by
creating an air force, by use of compulsory military
service, by increasing the size of the army beyond treaty
limits, and by increasing the size of the navy beyond treaty
limits.

                             VII
CHARGE: Violation of the Treaty of Mutual Guarantee between
Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Italy, done at
Locarno, 16 October 1925.

PARTICULARS: (1) In that Germany did, on or about 7 March
1936, unlawfully send armed forces into the Rhineland
demilitarized zone of Germany, in violation of Article 1 of
the Treaty of Mutual Guarantee.

(2) In that Germany did, on or about March 1936, and
thereafter, unlawfully maintain armed forces in the
Rhineland demilitarized zone of Germany, in violation of
Article 1 of the Treaty of Mutual Guarantees.

(3) In that Germany did, on or about 7 March 1936, and
thereafter, unlawfully construct and maintain fortifications
in the Rhineland demilitarized zone of Germany, in violation
of Article 1 of the Treaty of Mutual Guarantee.

(4) In that Germany did, on or about 10 May 1940, unlawfully
attack  and invade Belgium, in violation of Article 2 of the
Treaty of Mutual Guarantee.

(5) In that Germany did, on or about 10 May 1940, unlawfully
attack and invade Belgium, without first having attempted to
settle its dispute with Belgium by peaceful means in
violation of Article 3 of the Treaty of Mutual Guarantee.


                            VIII
CHARGE: Violation of the Arbitration Treaty between Germany
and Czechoslovakia, done at Locarno, 16 October 1925.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany did, on or about 15 March 1939,
unlawfully by duress and threats of military might force
Czechoslovakia to deliver the destiny of Czechoslovakia and
its inhabitants into the hands of the Fuehrer and
Reichschancellor of Germany without having attempted to
settle its dispute with Czechoslovakia by peaceful means.

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                             IX
CHARGE: Violation of the Arbitration Convention between
Germany and Belgium, done at Locarno, 16 October 1925.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany did, on or about 10 May 1940,
unlawfully attack and invade Belgium without first having
attempted to settle its dispute with Belgium by peaceful
means.

                              X
CHARGE: Violation of the Arbitration Treaty between Germany
and Poland, done at Locarno, 16 October 1925.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany did, on or about 1 September
1939, unlawfully attack and invade Poland without first
having attempted to settle its dispute with Poland by
peaceful means.

                             XI
CHARGE: Violation of Convention of Arbitration and
Conciliation entered into between Germany and the
Netherlands on 20 May 1926.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany, without warning and
notwithstanding its solemn covenant to settle by peaceful
means all disputes of any nature whatever which might arise
between it and the Netherlands which were not capable of
settlement by diplomacy and which had not been referred by
mutual agreement to the Permanent Court of International
Justice, did, on or about 10 May 1940, with a Military
force, attack, invade, and occupy the Netherlands, thereby
violating its neutrality and territorial integrity and
destroying its sovereign independence.

                             XII
CHARGE: Violation of Convention of Arbitration and
Conciliation entered into between Germany and Denmark on 2
June 1926.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany, without warning, and
notwithstanding its solemn covenant to settle by peaceful
means all disputes of any nature whatever which might arise
between it and Denmark which were not capable of settlement
by diplomacy and which had not been referred by
mutual agreement to the Permanent Court of International
Justice, did, on or about 9 April 1940, with a Military
Force, attack, invade, and occupy Denmark, thereby violating
its neutrality and territorial integrity and destroying its
sovereign independence.

                            XIII
CHARGE: Violation of Treaty between Germany and other Powers
providing for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of
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National Policy, signed at Paris 27 August 1928, known as
the Kellogg-Briand Pact.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany did, on or about the dates
specified in Column 1, with a military force, attack the
sovereigns specified in Column 2, respectively, and resort
to war against such sovereigns, in violation of its solemn
declaration condemning recourse to war for the solution of
international controversies, its solemn renunciation of war
as an instrument of national policy in its relations with
such sovereigns, and its solemn covenant that settlement or
solution of all disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or
origin arising between it and such sovereigns should never
be sought except by pacific means.

Column 1            Column 2

1 September 1939    Republic of Poland
9 April 1940        Kingdom of Norway
9 April 1940        Kingdom of Denmark
10 May 1940         Kingdom of Belgium
10 May 1940         Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
10 May 1940         Kingdom of the Netherlands
6 April 1941        Kingdom of Greece
6 April 1941        Kingdom of Yugoslavia
22 June 1941        Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
11 December 1941    United States of America

                             XIV
CHARGE: Violation of Treaty of Arbitration and Conciliation
entered into between Germany and Luxembourg on 11 September 1929.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany, without warning, and
notwithstanding its solemn covenant to settle by peaceful
means all disputes which might arise between it and
Luxembourg which were not capable of settlement by
diplomacy, did, on or about 10 May 1940, with a military
force, attack, invade, and occupy Luxembourg, thereby
violating its neutrality and territorial integrity and
destroying its sovereign independence.

                             XV
CHARGE: Violation of the Declaration of Non-Aggression
entered into between Germany and Poland on 26 January 1934.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany proceeding to the application
of force for the purpose of reaching a decision did, on or
about 1 September 1939, at various places along the German
Polish frontier employ military forces to attack, invade and
commit other acts of aggression against Poland.

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                             XVI
CHARGE: Violation of German Assurance given on 21 May 1935
that the Inviolability and Integrity of the Federal State of
Austria would be Recognized.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany did, on or about 12 March 1938,
at various points and places along the German-Austrian
frontier, with a military force and in violation of its
solemn declaration and assurance, invade and annex to
Germany the territory of the Federal State of Austria.

                            XVII
CHARGE: Violation of Austro-German Agreement of 11 July 1936.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany during the period from 12
November 1938 to 13 March 1938 did by duress and various
aggressive acts, including the use of military force, cause
the Federal State of Austria to yield up its sovereignty to
the German State in violation of Germany's agreement to
recognize the full sovereignty of the Federal State of
Austria.

                            XVIII
CHARGE: Violation of German Assurances given on 30 January
1937, 28 April 1939, 26 August 1939 and 6 October 1939 to
respect the Neutrality and Territorial Inviolability of the
Netherlands.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany, without warning, and without
recourse to peaceful means of settling any considered
differences did, on or about 10 May 1940, with a military
force and in violation of its solemn assurances, invade,
occupy, and attempt to subjugate the sovereign
territory of the Netherlands.

                             XIX
CHARGE: Violation of German Assurances given on 30 January
1937, 13 October 1937, 28 April 1939, 26 August 1939 and 6
October 1939 to Respect the Neutrality and Territorial
Integrity and Inviolability of Belgium.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany, without warning, did on or
about 10 May 1940, with a military force and in violation of
its solemn assurances and declarations, attack, invade, and
occupy the sovereign territory of Belgium.

                             XX
CHARGE: Violation of Assurances given on 11 March 1938 and
26 September 1938 to Czechoslovakia.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany, on or about 15 March

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1939 did, by establishing a Protectorate of Bohemia and
Moravia under duress and by the threat of force, violate-the
assurance given on 11 March 1938 to respect the territorial
integrity of the Czechoslovak Republic and the assurance
given on 26 September 1938 that, if the so-called Sudeten
territories were ceded to Germany, no further German
territorial claims on Czechoslovakia would be made.

                             XXI
CHARGE: Violation of the Munich Agreement and Annexes of 29
September 1938.

PARTICULARS: (1) In that Germany on or about 15 March 1939,
did by duress and the threat of military intervention force
the Republic of Czechoslovakia to deliver the destiny of the
Czech people and country into the hands of the Fuehrer of
the German Reich.

(2) In that Germany refused and failed to join in an
international guarantee of the new boundaries of the
Czechoslovakia state as provided for in Annex No. 1 to the
Munich Agreement.

                            XXII
CHARGE: Violation of the Solemn Assurance of Germany given
on 3 September 1939,
28 April 1939 and 6 October 1939 that they would not violate
the Independence or Sovereignty of the Kingdom of Norway.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany, without warning did, on or
about 9 April 1940, with its military and naval forces
attack, invade and commit other acts of aggression against
the Kingdom of Norway.

                            XXIII
CHARGE: Violation of German Assurances given on 28 April
1939 and 26 August 1939 to Respect the Neutrality and
Territorial Inviolability of Luxembourg.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany, without warning, and without
recourse to peaceful means of settling any considered
differences, did, on or about 10 May 1940, with a military
force and in violation of the solemn assurances, invade,
occupy, and absorb into Germany the sovereign
territory of Luxembourg.

                              
CHARGE: Violation of the Treaty of Non-Aggression between
Germany an Denmark signed at Berlin 31 May 1939.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany, without prior warning did, on
or about 9 April 1940, with its military forces attack,

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invade and commit other acts of aggression against the
Kingdom of Denmark.

                             XXV
CHARGE: Violation of Treaty of Non-Aggression entered into
between Germany and USSR on 23 August 1939

PARTICULARS: (1) In that Germany did, on or about 22 June
1941, employ military forces to attack and commit acts of
aggression against the USSR

(2) In that Germany without warning or recourse to a
friendly exchange of views or arbitration did, on or about
22 June 1941, employ military forces to attack and commit
acts of aggression against the USSR

                            XXVI
CHARGE: Violation of German Assurance given on 6 October
1939 to Respect the Neutrality and Territorial Integrity of
Yugoslavia.

PARTICULARS: In that Germany, without prior warning did, on
or about 6 April 1941, with its military forces attack,
invade and commit other acts of aggression against the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

         STATEMENT OF RESERVATION TO THE INDICTMENT

Upon the signing of the Indictment in Berlin on 6 October
1945, Justice Jackson, on behalf of the United States, filed
the following statement of reservation with the Tribunal and
with the Chief Prosecutors of France, Great Britain, and
Soviet Russia:

Berlin 6 October 1945

M. Francois de Menthon,
Sir Hartley Shawcross,
General R. A. Rudenko.

In the Indictment of German War Criminals signed today,
reference is made to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and certain
other territories as being within the area of the USSR. This
language is proposed by Russia and is accepted to avoid the
delay which would be occasioned by insistence on an
alteration in the text. The Indictment is signed subject to
this reservation and understanding.

I have no authority either to admit or to challenge, on
behalf of the
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United States of America, Soviet claims to sovereignty over
such territories. Nothing, therefore, in this Indictment is
to be construed as a recognition by the United States of
such sovereignty or as indicating any attitude, either on
the part of the United States or on the part of the
undersigned, toward any claim to recognition of such
sovereignty.

                                     Respectfully submitted,
                                  [signed] Robert H. Jackson
                                           ROBERT H. JACKSON
                      Chief of Counsel for the United States

To the Clerk or Recording Officer,
International Military Tribunal:

The representative of the United States has found it
necessary to make certain reservations as to the possible
bearing of certain language in the Indictment upon political
questions which are considered to be irrelevant to the
proceedings before this Tribunal. However, it is considered
appropriate to disclose such reservations that they may not
be unknown to the Tribunal in the event they should at any
time be considered relevant. For that purpose, the foregoing
copy is filed.

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