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For the cases of the 19 main defendants

  -more than 4,000 documents were entered into evidence, almost all
   of them assembled by the Robert Storey's documents unit
  -33 witnesses were called by the prosecution
  -61 witnesses were called by the defence
  -143 witness affidavits were entered by the defence

Regarding the criminal organizations case (SS, SA, SD, Political
Leadership, General Staff, and Gestapo)

  -101 witnesses were called by the prosecution
  -1,809 affidavits were entered by the prosecution
  -6 reports were entered by the prosecution
  -22 witnesses were called by the defense
  -the defence entered affidavits as follows:
     -136,213 for the SS
     -7,000 for the SD
     -10,000 for the SA
     -3,000 for the General Staff
     -2,000 for the Gestapo

- --Robert Woetzel, _The Nuremberg Trials in International Law_
    (New York: Praeger,  1960) pp. 2-3.

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