This doctrine was incorporated into laws which established the NSDAP as “the only political party in Germany” and declared the NSDAP “The bearer of the German state-idea” and “indissolubly linked to the state.” (1388-A-PS; 1395-PS)
(c) The Nazi Party leadership was entitled to destroy all opponents. Reference is made generally to Sections2 and 3 on the Acquisition and Consolidation of Political Control of Germany for proof of this allegation.
LEGAL REFERENCES AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO COMMON OBJECTIVES, METHODS, AND DOCTRINES OF THE CONSPIRACY
| Document | Description | Vol. | Page |
| Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Article 6, especially 6 (a). | I | 5 | |
| International Military Tribunal, Indictment Number 1, Sections IV (B, C). | I | 16, 17 | |
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| 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. | |||
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| 1388-A-PS | Law against the establishment of Parties, 14 July 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 479. | III | 962 |
| *1395-PS | Law to insure the unity of Party and State, 1 December 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1016. (GB 252) | III | 978 |
| *1708-PS | The Program of the NSDAP. National Socialistic Yearbook, 1941, p. 153. (USA 255; USA 324). | IV | 208 |
| *1814-PS | The Organization of the NSDAP and its affiliated associations, from Organization book of the NSDAP, editions of 1936, 1938, 1940 and 1943, pp. 86-88. (USA 328) | IV | 411 |
| *1893-PS | Extracts from Organization Book of the NSDAP, 1943 edition. (USA 323) | IV | 529 |
| 2373-PS | Extracts from German Publications. | IV | 1106 |
| 2405-PS | Extracts from German Publications. | V | 79 |
| *2426-PS | Extracts from Speeches, by Hess. (GB 253) | V | 90 |
| *2433-PS | Extracts from “Nature, Foundation and Aims of NSDAP” by Rosenberg, 1934. (USA 596) | V | 93 |
| 2512-PS | Hitler’s Testimony Before the Court for High Treason, published in Frankfurter Zeitung, 26 September 1931. | V | 246 |
| 2541-PS | Extracts from German Publications. | V | 285 |
| 2584-PS | Hitler’s speech concluding the Reichsparteitag, 3 September 1933. The First Reichstag of the United German Nation, 1933. | V | 311 |
| 2760-A-PS | Extract from Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, 41st edition, 1933. | V | 407 |
| 2771-PS | U. S. State Department, National Socialism, published by U. S. Government Printing Office, 1943. | V | 417 |
| 2772-PS | Speech of Hitler, published in Documents of German Politics, Vol. IV, Part I, p. 37. | V | 417 |
| 2773-PS | Speech of Hitler, published in Documents of German Politics, Vol. VII, 1939, pp. 466-7. | V | 417 |
| 2774-PS | Extract from Organization Book of the NSDAP, 1937, 4th Edition, p. 86. | V | 418 |
| *2775-PS | Hitler’s speech, published in Nurnberg Party Congress, 1934. (USA 330) | V | 418 |
| *2777-PS | Article: Space Policy by Rosenberg, published in National Socialist Monthly, May 1932, p. 199. (USA 594). | V | 418 |
| 2780-PS | Extract from Constitution and Administration in the Third Reich, by Paul Schmidt, Berlin, 1937. | V | 419 |
| *3863-PS | Extracts from Operations in the Third Reich by Lammers. (GB 320) | VI | 786 |
2. ACQUISITION OF TOTALITARIAN POLITICAL CONTROL
A. First Steps in Acquiring Control of State Machinery.
(1) The Nazi conspirators first sought control of State machinery by force. The Munich Putsch of 1923, aimed at the overthrow of the Weimar Republic by direct action, failed. On 8 November 1923 the so-called Munich Putsch occurred. During the evening, von Kahr, State Commissioner General of Bavaria, was speaking at the Buergerbraeukeller in Munich. Hitler and other Nazi leaders appeared, supported by the Sturmabteilungen (Storm Troops) and other fighting groups. Hitler fired a shot and announced that a Nationalist Revolution setting up a dictatorship had taken place. There followed a conference after which von Kahr, von Lossow, and Colonel of Police von Seisser, announced they would cooperate with Hitler and that a “Provisional National Government” was established, as follows:
| Reich Chancellor | Adolf Hitler |
| Leader of the National Army | Gen. von Ludendorff |
| Reich Minister of War | von Lossow |
| Reich Minister of Police | von Seisser |
| Reich Finance Minister | Feder |
It was also announced that Kahr would be State Administrator for Bavaria, Poehner would be Bavarian Prime Minister, and Frick would be Munich Police President. Kahr, Lossow and Seisser then departed. During the night the latter group alerted the police, brought troops to Munich, and announced that their consent to the Putsch had been obtained by force. On the afternoon of the next day, Hitler, Ludendorff, and their supporters attempted to march into the center of Munich. At the Feldherrnhalle the procession met a patrol of police, shots were exchanged, and men on both sides were killed. Hermann Goering was wounded, the Putsch was broken up, the Party and its organization were declared illegal, and its leaders, including Hitler, Frick, and Streicher were arrested. Rosenberg, together with Amann and Drexler, tried to keep the Party together after it had been forbidden. Hitler and others later were tried for high treason. At the trial Hitler admitted his participation in the foregoing attempt to seize control of the State by force. He was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment. (2532-PS; 2404-PS)