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The Trial of German Major War Criminals

Sitting at Nuremberg, Germany
April 16 to May 1, 1946


NOTE: Statements by Defence witnesses contained in preceding parts of this publication, which were made in examination by Counsel for the defendants mentioned below, are included in this Table of Contents only if considered of particular relevance.

A list showing the names of all other witnesses, preceding as well as subsequent, and the respective page numbers will appear in that part of the publication which covers the end of the Defence phase.

  • Session 109, April 16, 1946 (Part 1 of 10)

    The case for ROSENBERG (concluded): Oral evidence of defendant Rosenberg, given on 16. and 17.4.46 (Day 109 and 110): on Attitude to Church, Einsatzstab Rosenberg, Its seizure of Jewish property in France, Its activities in the Baltic States and Poland; His scope and activities as Minister for the Eastern Occupied Territories, Forced labour, Friction with Reich Commissioner Koch; Treatment of prisoners of war, Concentration camps, Jews.
    Examined on 16. and 17.4.46 by Counsel for other defendants (Days 109 & 110).

  • Session 110, April 17, 1946 (Part 1 of 13)

    Witnesses:
    Oral evidence given on 17.4.46 (Day 110): by Hans Joachim Riecke, Head of Food and Agriculture Division in defendant's Ministry on: Scope of various offices for Eastern administration, Defendant's agrarian policy in the Baltic States, His attitude to Eastern peoples.
    Oral evidence given in Part 11 By Dr. Hans H. Lammers: on: Scope of various offices for Eastern administration; His attitude to Eastern peoples.
    Examined by Counsel for other defendants

  • Session 111, April 18, 1946 (Part 1 of 10)

    The case for FRANK.
    Oral evidence of defendant Frank: On Positions in Party and State, Admission of guilt, His responsibilities as Governor-General of occupied Poland:
    Extent and limitations of his position, Annihilation of Jews, Maidanek concentration camp, Warsaw Ghetto, Repression of Resistance movement, A.B. (Extraordinary Pacification) action, Warsaw uprising of 1944, Forced Labour; Attitude to Church, to Poland's cultural life, Art treasures.
    Witnesses:
    Oral evidence given on 18.4.46 (Day 111): by Rudolf Bilfinger, Legal expert in R.S.H.A. On: Limitations of Governor General's position, especially by S.S. and Police. Oral evidence given on 18.4.46 (Day 111): by Dr. Kurt von Burgsdorf, Governor of Cracow district. On: Limitations of Governor General's position, especially by S.S. and Police; Maidanek concentration camp; Defendant's attitude to Poles and Ukrainians.

  • Session 112, April 23, 1946 (Part 1 of 10)

    Oral evidence given on 23.4.46 (Day 112): By Dr. Joseph Buehler, State Secretary to Government General. On: Limitations of Governor General's position, especially by S.S. and Police; Jewish policy; Maidanek concentration camp; Defendant's attitude to Poles and Ukrainians; A.B.(Extraordinary Pacification) action; Warsaw uprising of 1944; Labour recruitment. Oral evidence given in Part 11: By Dr. Hans H. Lammers. On: Limitations of Governor General's position, especially by S.S. and Police; Jewish policy; Defendant's attitude to Poles and Ukrainians; A.B. (Extraordinary Pacification) action; Warsaw uprising of 1944. Examined by Counsel for other defendants

  • Session 113, April 24, 1946 (Part 1 of 9)

    Submission of documents, mainly extracts from defendant's diary

    The case for FRICK. Submission of documents. Oral evidence given on 24, 25, and 26.4.46 (Days 113, 114, 115) by Dr. Hans Bernd Gisevius, Civil servant, Anti-Nazi. On: Defendant's positions and their limitations as Reich Minister of the Interior: Separation of Police - Goering's and Himmler's role; Concentration camps; Roehm purge. Oral evidence given in Part 11 By Dr. Hans H. Lammers. On: Defendant's positions and their limitations as Reich Minister of the Interior: Separation of Police-Goering's and Himmler's role; Concentration camps; Killing of incurably insane persons. as General Plenipotentiary for Reich administration; as Reich Protector for Bohemia and Moravia. Examined by Counsel for other defendants. The case for Streicher. Oral evidence of defendant Streicher, given on 26. and 29.4.46 (Day 115, 116): On: Details of his career, First meeting with Hitler, Hitler Putsch, Anti-Jewish Boycott of 1.4.33, Nuremberg laws of 1935, Destruction of Nuremberg synagogue, Pogrom of November, 1938, Defendant's disfavour with the Party, His views on solution of Jewish question, Aryanisation of Jewish property. Oral evidence given on 29.4.46 (Day 116) By F. Herrwerth, Defendant's chauffeur: On: Defendant's disapproval of November '38 pogrom; Disfavour with the Party.

  • Session 114, April 27, 1946 (Part 1 of 10)

  • Session 115, April 28, 1946 (Part 1 of 8)

  • Session 116, April 29, 1946 (Part 1 of 12)

    Oral evidence given on 29.4.46 (Day 116): By A. Streicher, Defendant's wife: On: Disfavour with the Party; His views on solution of Jewish question.

  • Session 117, April 30, 1946 (Part 1 of 10)

    Oral evidence given on 30.4.46 (Day 117) By Dr. Strobel, Lawyer: On Defendant's disapproval of November '38 pogrom. Oral evidence given on 30.4.46 (Day 117) By E. Hiemer, Editor-in-Chief of "Der Sturmer": On: Decline of influence since 1933; His views on solution of Jewish question. Oral evidence given on 30.4.46 (Day 117) By P. Wurzbacher, SA Fuehrer in Nuremberg: On his views on solution of Jewish question. Examined by Counsel for other defendants. Submission of documents.

    The case for SCHACHT. Oral evidence of defendant Schacht, given on 30.4.46 and 1.5.46 (Days 117 & 118): on Career up to 1930, First meeting with Hitler, Activities before Nazi seizure of power, Reasons for defendant's entry into Cabinet, Relations to leading Nazis, Appraisal of Party programme and "Mein Kampf", Attitude to Leadership Principle, to master race doctrine, to the Jewish question, to living space idea, Change of his opinion about Hitler; Versailles Treaty, His efforts for its peaceful modification, Hitler's warlike intentions, Austria's Anschluss, Incorporation of Sudetenland; Defendant's economic policy, Motives for and methods of financing rearmament, His struggle for release from his posts.

  • Session 118, May 1, 1946 (Part 1 of 10)


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