A Collection of Documentary Evidence and Guide Materials Prepared by the American and British Prosecuting Staffs for Presentation before the International Military Tribunal at Nurnberg, Germany, in the case of

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, and THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

—against—

HERMANN WILHELM GOERING, RUDOLF HESS, JOACHIM von RIBBENTROP, ROBERT LEY, WILHELM KEITEL, ERNST KALTENBRUNNER, ALFRED ROSENBERG, HANS FRANK, WILHELM FRICK, JULIUS STREICHER, WALTER FUNK, HJALMAR SCHACHT, GUSTAV KRUPP von BOHLEN und HALBACH, KARL DOENITZ, ERICH RAEDER, BALDUR von SCHIRACH, FRITZ SAUCKEL, ALFRED JODL, MARTIN BORMANN, FRANZ von PAPEN, ARTUR SEYSS-INQUART, ALBERT SPEER, CONSTANTIN von NEURATH, and HANS FRITZSCHE, Individually and as Members of Any of the Following Groups or Organizations to which They Respectively Belonged, Namely: DIE REICHS­REGIERUNG (REICH CABINET); DAS KORPS DER POLITISCHEN LEITER DER NATIONAL­SOZIAL­ISTISCHEN DEUTSCHEN ARBEITER­PARTEI (LEADERSHIP CORPS OF THE NAZI PARTY); DIE SCHUTZ­STAFFELN DER NATIONAL­SOZIAL­ISTISCHEN DEUTSCHEN ARBEITER­PARTEI (commonly known as the “SS”) and including DIE SICHER­HEITSDIENST (commonly known as the “SD”); DIE GEHEIME STAATS­POLIZEI (SECRET STATE POLICE, commonly known as the “GESTAPO”); DIE STURMAB­TEILUNGEN DER N.S.D.A.P. (commonly known as the “SA”) and the GENERAL STAFF and HIGH COMMAND of the GERMAN ARMED FORCES all as defined in Appendix B of the Indictment,

Defendants.

CONTENTS

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Chapter XV.Criminality of Groups and Organizations[1]
1.The Law Under Which Nazi Organizations are Accused of Being Criminal[1]
2.The Nazi Party Leadership Corps[23]
3.The Reich Cabinet[91]
4.The Sturmabteilung (SA)[133]
5.The Schutzstaffeln (SS)[173]
6.The Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD)[248]
7.The General Staff and High Command of the Armed Forces[316]
XVI.Individual Responsibility of Defendants[416]
1.Hermann Wilhelm Goering[417]
2.Rudolf Hess[466]
3.Joachim von Ribbentrop[489]
4.Wilhelm Keitel[528]
5.Alfred Jodl[565]
6.Ernst Kaltenbrunner[575]
7.Alfred Rosenberg[593]
8.Hans Frank[624]
9.Wilhelm Frick[653]
10.Julius Streicher[689]
11.Walter Funk[715]
12.Hjalmar Schacht[738]
13.Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach[774]
14.Karl Doenitz[815]
15.Erich Raeder[849]
16.Baldur von Schirach[877]
17.Martin Bormann[896]
18.Franz von Papen[915]
19.Artur Seyss-Inquart[956]
20.Constantin von Neurath[1014]
21.Hans Fritzsche[1035]
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA[1055]
1.Principal Officials of the Reich Government[1055]
2.Principal Officials of the Nazi Party[1062]
3.Heads of the Armed Forces[1063]
4.Index of Individuals[1064]
CODE NAMES AND WORDS USED BY THE GERMAN HIGH COMMAND FOR OPERATIONS AND MEASURES DURING THE WAR[1078]
DATA CONCERNING CAPTURE OF DEFENDANTS[1083]
GLOSSARY OF COMMON GERMAN AND NAZI TITLES, DESIGNATIONS, AND TERMS, WITH THEIR OFFICIAL ABBREVIATIONS[1084]
TABLE OF COMMISSIONED RANKS IN THE GERMAN ARMY, NAVY, AND SS WITH THEIR EQUIVALENTS IN THE AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES[1099]

Chapter XV
CRIMINALITY OF GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS