“Q. Did you ever discuss, by the way, the requirements of Krupp for foreign labor?
“A. It is certain that it was reported to me what Krupp had in foreign workers.
“Q. Did you ever discuss it with any of the members of the Krupp first?
“A. I cannot say that exactly, but during the time of my activities I visited the Krupp factory more than once and it is certain that this was discussed, that is, the lack of manpower.” (3720-PS)
LEGAL REFERENCES AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE SLAVE LABOR PROGRAM, THE ILLEGAL USE OF PRISONERS OF WAR, AND THE SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF SAUCKEL AND SPEER THEREFOR
| Document | Description | Vol. | Page |
| Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Article 6 (b, c). | I | 5 | |
| International Military Tribunal, Indictment Number 1, Sections III; VIII (B, C, H); X; Appendix A. | I | 15, 39, 41, 50, | |
| 3737-PS | Hague Convention of 1907 respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, Annex, Articles 6, 46, 52. | VI | 590, 597, 598 |
| 3738-PS | Geneva Convention of 1929 relative to treatment of Prisoners of War, Articles 2, 3, 6. | VI | 600, 601 |
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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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| *016-PS | Sauckel’s Labor Mobilization Program, 20 April 1942. (USA 168) | III | 46 |
| *017-PS | Letter from Sauckel to Reichminister for the Occupied Eastern Territories, 5 October 1942, concerning mobilization of foreign labor forces. (USA 180) | III | 60 |
| *018-PS | Letter from Rosenberg to Sauckel, 21 December 1942, concerning labor in the East. (USA 186) | III | 61 |
| *019-PS | Letter from Sauckel to Rosenberg, 17 March 1943, concerning draft of workers from the East. (USA 181) | III | 65 |
| *031-PS | Memorandum, 12 June 1944, concerning evacuation of youths from the territory of Army Group “Center”, and interoffice memorandum, Ministry for Occupied Eastern Territories, 14 June 1944. (USA 171) | III | 71 |
| *054-PS | Report to Reich Ministry for Occupied Eastern Territories, 7 October 1942, concerning treatment of Ukrainian Specialists. (USA 198) | III | 90 |
| *084-PS | Interdepartmental report of Ministry for Occupied Eastern Territories, 30 September 1942, concerning status of Eastern laborers. (USA 199) | III | 130 |
| *204-PS | Memorandum of conference, | ||
| 18 February 1944, concerning release of Indigenous Labor for purposes of the Reich. (USA 182) | III | 215 | |
| *254-PS | Letter from Raab to Reichminister for Occupied Eastern Territories, 7 June 1944, concerning burning of houses in Wassilkow district. (USA 188) | III | 231 |
| *265-PS | Memorandum of oral report by Lyser to Rosenberg, 30 June 1943, on situation in district Shitomir. (USA 191) | III | 234 |
| *290-PS | Letter from Rosenberg Ministry, 12 November 1943, concerning burning of houses in Mueller’s district. (USA 189) | III | 240 |
| *294-PS | Top secret memorandum signed by Brautigam, 25 October 1942, concerning conditions in Russia. (USA 185) | III | 242 |
| *407-II-PS | Letter from Sauckel to Hitler, 10 March 1943, concerning difficulty in recruiting of workers in former Soviet territories. (USA 226) | III | 389 |
| *407-V | |||
| and VI-PS | Letter from Sauckel to Hitler, 15 April 1943, concerning labor questions. (USA 209; USA 228) | III | 391 |
| *407-VIII-PS | Telegram from Sauckel to Hitler, 17 May 1943, concerning foreign labor. (USA 210) | III | 394 |
| *407-IX-PS | Letter from Sauckel to Hitler, 3 June 1943, concerning foreign labor situation. (USA 229) | III | 395 |
| *556-2-PS | Order initialled by Keitel, 8 September 1942, for civilians to work on “West Wall”. (USA 194) | III | 443 |
| *556-13-PS | Sauckel note for the files, 5 January 1943. (USA 194) | III | 444 |
| *654-PS | Thierack’s notes, 18 September 1942, on discussion with Himmler concerning delivery of Jews to Himmler for extermination through work. (USA 218) | III | 467 |
| *1063-D-PS | Mueller’s order, 17 December 1942, concerning prisoners qualified for work to be sent to concentration camps. (USA 219) | III | 778 |
| *1130-PS | Note, 11 April 1943, and report of speech by Koch in Kiev on 5 March 1943, concerning treatment of civilian population in Ukraine. (USA 169) | III | 797 |
| *1206-PS | Notes of Goering’s remarks at the Air Ministry, 7 November 1941, concerning employment of laborers in war industries. (USA 215) | III | 841 |
| *1292-PS | Memorandum of conference with Hitler, 4 January 1944, concerning allocation of labor, 1944. (USA 225) | III | 866 |
| *1352-PS | Reports concerning the confiscation of Polish agricultural properties, 16 and 29 May 1940, signed Kusche. (USA 176) | III | 916 |
| *1375-PS | Letter from Frank to Goering, 25 January 1940. (USA 172) | III | 925 |
| 1381-PS | Secret report of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories on Political and Economic Situation in these Territories, December 1942. | III | 932 |
| *1435-PS | Speech of Speer to Gauleiters, 24 February 1942. (USA 216) | IV | 16 |
| *1526-PS | Letter from Ukrainian Main Committee to Frank, February 1943. (USA 178) | IV | 79 |
| *1584-I-PS | Teletype from Goering to Himmler, 14 February 1944, concerning formation of 7th Airforce Group squadron for special purposes. (USA 221) | IV | 117 |
| *1666-PS | Decree appointing Sauckel General Plenipotentiary for Manpower, 21 March 1942 and decree of Goering conferring certain powers on Sauckel, 27 March 1942. 1942 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, pp. 179-180. (USA 208) | IV | 182 |
| *1702-PS | Report on evacuation of Kasatin November-December 1943. (USA 193) | IV | 205 |
| *1726-PS | Statement of Netherlands Government in view of Prosecution and punishment of the German Nazi War Criminals. (USA 195) | IV | 227 |
| *1742-PS | Directives to Army Commands from Goering, 26 October 1942, concerning combatting of partisan activities. (USA 789) | IV | 262 |
| *1903-PS | Decree of Fuehrer on execution of decree concerning Deputy General for mobilization of labor. Decrees, Regulations, Announcements, Vol. II, p. 510. (USA 206) | IV | 546 |
| *1913-PS | Agreement between Plenipotentiary General for Arbeitseinsatz and German Labor Front concerning care of non-German workers. 1943 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 588. (USA 227) | IV | 547 |
| *1919-PS | Himmler’s speech to SS Gruppenfuehrers, 4 October 1943. (USA 170) | IV | 558 |
| *2220-PS | Lammers report to Himmler, 12 April 1943, concerning the situation in the Government General. (USA 175) | IV | 855 |
| *2233-A-PS | Frank Diary, Abteilungsleitersitzungen, 1939-1940. Minutes of conferences, December and May 1940. (USA 173) | IV | 883 |
| *2233-B-PS | Frank Diary. Tagebuch. 1940. Part I. January-March. (USA 174) | IV | 885 |
| *2241-PS | Sauckel Order, 20 July 1942, concerning employment of foreign labor forces in Germany. (USA 200) | IV | 923 |
| *2280-PS | Letter from Reichs Commissar for Ostland, 3 May 1943, concerning recruiting of manpower in Baltic Countries for Reich territories. (USA 183) | IV | 969 |
| *2520-PS | Affidavit of Edward L. Deuss, 1 November 1945, concerning approximate number of foreigners put to work for German War Effort in Old Reich. (USA 197) | V | 257 |
| *2974-PS | Statement by Fritz Sauckel concerning positions held. (USA 15) | V | 680 |
| *2980-PS | Statement of Albert Speer, concerning positions held. (USA 18) | V | 685 |
| *3000-PS | Report, from Chief of Main Office III with the High Command in Minsk to Reicke, 28 June 1943, on experiences in political and economic problems in the East, particularly White Ruthenia. (USA 192) | V | 726 |
| *3003-PS | Report of Lt. Haupt concerning the situation of war economy in Netherlands. (USA 196) | V | 726 |
| *3005-PS | Letter from Reich Labor Ministry to Presidents of Regional Labor Offices, 26 August 1941, concerning use of Russian PWs. (USA 213) | V | 727 |
| *3010-PS | Secret organization order from Economic Inspection South, 17 August 1943, concerning recruitment of Workers for the Reich. (USA 184) | V | 728 |
| *3012-PS | Order signed Christiansen, 19 March 1943, to all group leaders of Security Service, and record of telephone conversation signed by Stapj, 11 March 1943. (USA 190) | V | 731 |
| *3040-PS | Secret order of Reichsfuehrer SS, 20 February 1942, concerning commitment of manpower from the East. (USA 207) | V | 744 |
| *3044-PS | Sauckel Order Number 4, 7 May 1942, published in Decrees, Regulations, Announcements. (USA 206) | V | 756 |
| 3044-A-PS | Sauckel Order Number 10, 22 August 1942, published in Decrees, Regulations, Announcements. | V | 764 |
| 3044-B-PS | Instructions concerning Eastern Household workers, published in Decrees, Regulations, Announcements. | V | 765 |
| 3057-PS | Statement of Fritz Sauckel, 5 September 1945. | V | 853 |
| **3719-PS | Testimony of Alfred Rosenberg, 6 October 1945. (USA 187) (Referred to but not offered in evidence.) | VI | 436 |
| *3720-PS | Testimony of Albert Speer, 18 October 1945. (USA 220) | VI | 438 |
| *3721-PS | Testimony of Fritz Sauckel, 22 September 1945. (USA 230) | VI | 458 |
| *3722-PS | Testimony of Fritz Sauckel, 5 October 1945. (USA 224) | VI | 459 |
| *3787-PS | Report of the Second Meeting of the Reich Defense Council, 25 June 1939. (USA 782) | VI | 718 |
| *3819-PS | Letter from Sauckel to Fuehrer, 17 March 1944; letter from Speer to Fuehrer, 5 April 1944; and Minutes of conference on 11 July 1944 concerning Labor Problem. (GB 306) | VI | 760 |
| *D-288 | Affidavit of Dr. Wilhelm Jaeger, 15 October 1945. (USA 202) | VII | 2 |
| D-305 | Affidavit of Heinrich Buschhauer, 5 October 1945. | VII | 13 |
| *D-316 | Memorandum to Mr. Hupe, 14 March 1942, concerning employment of Russians. (USA 201) | VII | 20 |
| *EC-68 | Confidential letter from Minister of Finance and Economy, Baden, containing directives on treatment of Polish Farmworkers, 6 March 1941. (USA 205) | VII | 260 |
| *EC-194 | Secret memorandum of Keitel concerning use of prisoners of war in the war industry, 31 October 1941. (USA 214) | VII | 336 |
| *L-61 | Express letter from Sauckel to Presidents of Landes Employment Offices, 26 November 1942, concerning employment of Jews and exchange of Jews in essential employment against Polish labor. (USA 177) | VII | 816 |
| *L-79 | Minutes of conference, 23 May 1939, “Indoctrination on the political situation and future aims”. (USA 27) | VII | 847 |
| *L-191 | “The Exploitation of Foreign Labor by Germany” (International Labor Office Study). (USA 231) | VII | 1026 |
| *R-103 | Letter from Polish Main Committee to General Government of Poland on situation of Polish workers in the Reich, 17 May 1944. (USA 204) | VIII | 104 |
| *R-124 | Speer’s conference minutes of Central Planning Board, 1942-44, concerning labor supply. (USA 179) | VIII | 146 |
| *R-129 | Letter and enclosure from Pohl to Himmler, 30 April 1942, concerning concentration camps. (USA 217) | VIII | 198 |
| Statement XII | Political Testament of Robert Ley written in Nurnberg Prison, October 1945. | VIII | 742 |
| Statement XIII | Outline of Defense of Dr. Robert Ley, written in Nurnberg Prison, 24 October 1945. | VIII | 751 |
Chapter XI
CONCENTRATION CAMPS
The Concentration Camp, used against the people of Germany and allied nationals, was one of the fundamental institutions of the Nazi regime. It was a pillar of the system of terror by which the Nazis consolidated their power over Germany. It was a primary weapon in the battle against the Jews, against the Christian church, against labor, against those who wanted peace, against opposition or non-conformity of any kind. It involved the systematic use of terror to achieve the cohesion within Germany which was necessary for the execution of the conspirators’ plans for aggression. It was the final link in a chain of terror and repression which involved the SS and the Gestapo and which resulted in the apprehension of victims and their confinement without trial, often without charges, generally with no indication of the length of their detention.