LEGAL REFERENCES AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE REICH CABINET
| Document | Description | Vol. | Page |
| Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Article 9. | I | 6 | |
| International Military Tribunal, Indictment Number 1, Section IV (H); Appendix B. | I | 29, 68 | |
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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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| 351-PS | Minutes of First Meeting of Cabinet of Hitler, 30 January 1933. (USA 389) | III | 270 |
| *352-PS | Letter from Dr. Lammers to the Plenipotentiary of Administration, 14 June 1942, concerning the jurisdiction of the Council of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich. (USA 398) | III | 276 |
| 405-PS | Law Concerning Trustees of Labor, 19 May 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 285. | III | 387 |
| *1141-PS | Letter from Dr. Lammers to Members of the Council of Ministers for Defense of the Reich, 17 September 1939. (USA 393) | III | 805 |
| 1388-PS | Law concerning confiscation of Property subversive to People and State, 14 July 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 479. | III | 962 |
| 1389-PS | Law creating Reich Labor Service, 26 June 1935. 1935 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 769. | III | 963 |
| 1393-PS | Law on treacherous attacks against State and Party, and for the Protection of Party Uniforms, 20 December 1934. 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1269. | III | 973 |
| 1395-PS | Law to insure the unity of Party and State, 1 December 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1016. (GB 252) | III | 978 |
| 1396-PS | Law concerning the confiscation of Communist property, 26 May 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 293. | III | 979 |
| 1397-PS | Law for the reestablishment of the Professional Civil Service, 7 April 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 175. | III | 981 |
| 1398-PS | Law to supplement the Law for the restoration of the Professional Civil Service, 20 July 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 518. | III | 986 |
| 1400-PS | Law changing the regulations in regard to public officer, 30 June 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 433. | III | 987 |
| 1401-PS | Law regarding admission to the Bar, 7 April 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 188. | III | 989 |
| 1402-PS | The Homestead Law of 29 September 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 685. | III | 990 |
| *1534-PS | Eltz letter of resignation, 30 January 1937. (USA 402) | IV | 95 |
| *1639-A-PS | Mobilization book for the Civil Administration, 1939 Edition, issued over signature of Keitel. (USA 777) | IV | 143 |
| **1654-PS | Law of 16 March 1935 reintroducing universal military conscription. 1935 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 369. (Referred to but not offered in evidence.) | IV | 163 |
| *1701-PS | Memorandum from Frick to the Reich Minister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery, 9 August 1943, enclosing draft law and memorandum of comment thereon by Rosenberg, 22 December 1943. (USA 392) | IV | 203 |
| 1708-PS | The Program of the NSDAP. National Socialistic Yearbook, 1941, p. 153. (USA 255; USA 324) | IV | 208 |
| 1770-PS | Law concerning factory representative councils and economic organizations, 4 April 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 161. | IV | 343 |
| *1774-PS | Extracts from Organizational Law of the Greater German Reich by Ernst Rudolf Huber. (GB 246) | IV | 349 |
| 1861-PS | Law on the regulation of National labor, 20 January 1934. 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 45. | IV | 497 |
| 1862-PS | Ordinance for execution of Four Year Plan, 18 October 1936. 1936 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 887. | IV | 499 |
| 1915-PS | Decree concerning leadership of Armed Forces, 4 February 1938. 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 111. | IV | 552 |
| 1942-PS | Hess’ participation in legislative process, published in Legal Regulations and Legal Problems of the Movement, by Dr. O. Gauweiler, p. 20. | IV | 584 |
| 1962-PS | Law to change the Penal Code of 28 June 1935. 1935 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 839. | IV | 600 |
| *1997-PS | Decree of the Fuehrer, 17 July 1941, concerning administration of Newly Occupied Eastern Territories. (USA 319) | IV | 634 |
| 2001-PS | Law to remove the Distress of People and State, 24 March 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 141. | IV | 638 |
| 2003-PS | Law concerning the Sovereign Head of the German Reich, 1 August 1934. 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 747. | IV | 639 |
| 2004-PS | Preliminary law for the coordination of Federal States under the Reich, 31 March 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 153. | IV | 640 |
| 2005-PS | Second law integrating the “Laender” with the Reich, 7 April 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 173. | IV | 641 |
| 2006-PS | Law for the reconstruction of the Reich, 30 January 1934. 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 75. | IV | 642 |
| 2008-PS | German Communal Ordinance, 30 January 1935. 1935 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 49. | IV | 643 |
| 2014-PS | Law amending regulations of criminal law and criminal procedure, 24 April 1934. 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 341. | IV | 648 |
| *2018-PS | Fuehrer’s decree establishing a Ministerial Council for Reich Defense, 30 August 1939. 1939 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1539. (GB 250) | IV | 650 |
| 2022-PS | Law against overcrowding of German schools and Higher Institutions, 25 April 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 225. | IV | 651 |
| 2029-PS | Decree establishing the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, 13 March 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 104. | IV | 652 |
| 2030-PS | Decree concerning the Duties of the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, 30 June 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 449. | IV | 653 |
| 2031-PS | Decree establishing a Secret Cabinet Council, 4 February 1938. 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 112. (GB 217) | IV | 654 |
| 2039-PS | Decree concerning the conditions of employment of Eastern workers, 30 June 1942. 1942 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 419. | IV | 655 |
| 2047-PS | Law for the extension of the law concerning the removal of the distress of People and Reich, 30 January 1937. 1937 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 105. | IV | 660 |
| 2048-PS | Law for the extension of the law concerning the removal of the distress of People and Reich, 30 January 1939. 1939 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 95. | IV | 660 |
| 2057-PS | Law relating to National Emergency Defense Measures of 3 July 1934. 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 529. | IV | 699 |
| 2073-PS | Decree concerning the appointment of a Chief of German Police in the Ministry of the Interior, 17 June 1936. 1936 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 487. | IV | 703 |
| 2075-PS | Decree for appointment of a chief of organization of Germans abroad within the Foreign Office, 30 January 1937. 1937 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 187. | IV | 704 |
| 2076-PS | Decree of the Government concerning formation of Special Courts, 21 March 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, pp. 136-137. | IV | 705 |
| 2078-PS | Decree concerning establishment of Ministry for Science, Education and Popular Culture, 1 May 1934. 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 365. | IV | 706 |
| 2082-PS | Law relating to the Reich Chamber of Culture of 22 September 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 661. | IV | 708 |
| 2083-PS | Editorial control law, 4 October 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 713. | IV | 709 |
| 2089-PS | Decree relating to Reich Air Ministry, 5 May 1933. 1933 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 241. | IV | 719 |
| 2090-PS | Decree relating to coordination of Jurisdiction of Reich and Prussia in relation to church affairs, 16 July 1935. 1935 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1029. | IV | 720 |
| 2091-PS | Decree of the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor appointing a Reich Minister for Armaments and Munitions, 17 April 1940. 1940 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 513. | IV | 720 |
| 2092-PS | Decree of the Fuehrer for concentration of war economy, 2 September 1943. 1943 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 529. | IV | 721 |
| 2093-PS | First Executive Order relating to transfer of forestry and hunting matters to the Reich, 12 July 1934. 1934 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 617. | IV | 723 |
| 2094-PS | Decree of Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor concerning Reich Labor Leader in Reich Ministry ofInterior, 30 January 1937. 1937 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 95. | IV | 723 |
| 2095-PS | Decree of Fuehrer on Establishment of Supreme Reich Authority—“The Reich Labor Leader”, 20 August 1943. 1943 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 495. | IV | 724 |
| 2097-PS | Decree of Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor relating to designation of Chief of Praesidialkanzlei, 1 December 1937. 1937 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1317. | IV | 724 |
| *2098-PS | Decree relating to Status of Supreme Commanders of Army and Navy, 25 February 1938. 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 215. (GB 206) | IV | 725 |
| 2099-PS | Fuehrer decree relating to Chief of Party Chancellery of 29 May 1941. 1941 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 295. | IV | 725 |
| 2100-PS | Decree on position of leader of Party Chancellery, 24 January 1942. 1942 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 35. | IV | 726 |
| 2101-PS | Decree of Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor concerning Inspector General of German Highways administration of 3 April 1941. 1941 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 192. | IV | 727 |
| 2102-PS | Decree of Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor concerning Inspector General for Water and Power, 29 July 1941. 1941 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 467. | IV | 727 |
| 2103-PS | Decree of Fuehrer on Cabinet Legislation, 10 May 1943. 1943 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 295. | IV | 729 |
| *2194-PS | Top secret letter from Ministry for Economy and Labor, Saxony, to Reich Protector in Bohemia and Moravia, enclosing copy of 1938 Secret Defense Law of 4 September 1938. (USA 36) | IV | 843 |
| 2231-PS | Excerpt from von Stutterheim, “Die Reichskanzlei” (1940), pp. 19-34. | IV | 873 |
| *2261-PS | Directive from Blomberg to Supreme Commanders of Army, Navy and Air Forces, 24 June 1935; accompanied by copy of Reich Defense Law of 21 May 1935 and copy of Decision of Reich Cabinet of 12 May 1935 on the Council for defense of the Reich. (USA 24) | IV | 934 |
| *2307-PS | Law concerning reunion of Austria with German Reich, 13 March 1938. 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 237. (GB 133) | IV | 997 |
| 2355-PS | Second Law relating to right to vote for Reichstag, 18 March 1938. 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 258. | IV | 1098 |
| *2380-PS | Articles from National Socialist Yearbook, 1935. (USA 396). | V | 6 |
| *2473-PS | Extracts from National Socialist Yearbook, 1943, showing party positions of other Cabinet members in 1943. (USA 324) | V | 226 |
| 2550-PS | Law on modification of rules of general criminal procedure, 16 September 1939. 1939 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, p. 1841. | V | 293 |
| *2608-PS | Frick’s lecture, 7 March 1940, on “The Administration in Wartime”. (USA 714) | V | 327 |
| 2746-PS | Decree concerning organization of Criminal Jurisdiction against Poles and Jews in Incorporated Territories, 4 December 1941. 1941 Reichsgesetzblatt, Part I, pp. 759-761. | V | 386 |
| 2847-PS | Extracts from Reichs Ministerialblatt, 1933, regarding Cabinet change in the Common Business Order of Reich Ministries, para. 57c, the Circulation of Drafts. | V | 509 |
| 2848-PS | File memorandum from files of Council of Ministers, initialled L. | V | 510 |
| 2849-PS | Extract from The Third Reich, Vol. 4, p. 81. | V | 511 |
| *2852-PS | Minutes of meetings of Council of Ministers for Reich Defense. (USA 395) | V | 512 |
| 2957-PS | Extract from German Civil Servants Calendar, 1940, p. 111. | V | 663 |
| *2959-PS | The Reich Minister, published in New Formation of Justice and Economy, p. 66. (USA 399) | V | 664 |
| *2960-PS | The Reich Ministry of Interior, published in Publications on the State Structure. (USA 406) | V | 668 |
| 2961-PS | Regulations for the leadership of the German People, 1940, p. 62. | V | 668 |
| *2964-PS | Memorial meeting of the Reich Cabinet, published in Voelkischer Beobachter, Munich edition, 1 February 1937. (USA 401) | V | 672 |
| 2970-PS | Extracts concerning The New Construction of the State from New Formation of Law and Economy. | V | 677 |
| *2986-PS | Affidavit of the defendant, Wilhelm Frick, 19 November 1945. (USA 409) | V | 688 |
| *2999-PS | Affidavit of Hans Heinrich Lammers, 22 November 1945. (USA 391) | V | 725 |
| 3787-PS | Report of the Second Meeting of the Reich Defense Council, 25 June 1939. (USA 782) | VI | 718 |
| *3863-PS | Extracts from Operations in the Third Reich by Lammers. (GB 320) | VI | 786 |
| *D-138 | Decree of 27 July 1934, providing for participation of Fuehrer’s deputy in the drafting of all legislation. (USA 403) | VI | 1055 |
| *D-139 | Letter from Hess to Goebbels, 9 October 1934, concerning participation in legislation of the Reich. (USA 404) | VI | 1056 |
| *D-140 | Letter from Lammers to Reich Ministers, 12 April 1938. (USA 405) | VI | 1057 |
| *EC-177 | Minutes of second session of Working Committee of the Reich Defense held on 26 April 1933. (USA 390) | VII | 328 |
| *EC-407 | Minutes of Twelfth Meeting of Reichs Defense Council, 14 May 1936. (GB 247) | VII | 462 |
| **Chart No. 6 | Reich Cabinet and Subsidiaries. (Enlargement displayed to Tribunal.) | VIII | 775 |
| *Chart No. 18 | Organization of the Reich Government. (2905-PS; USA 3) | End of VIII | |
4. THE STURMABTEILUNG (SA)
The Sturmabteilung, or SA, is the organization which the world remembers as the “Brown Shirts” or Storm Troops—the gangsters of the early days of Nazi terrorism. Since it was the first of the organizations created by the Nazis as instruments to effectuate their illegal objectives, the SA occupied a place of peculiar importance in the scheme of the conspirators. Unlike some of the other organizations, the functions of the SA were not fixed or static. The SA was an agency adapted to many designs and purposes, and its role in the conspiracy changed from time to time various phases toward the final objective—abrogation of the Versailles Treaty and acquisition of the territory of other peoples and nations. If the conspiracy is likened to a pattern, with its various parts fitting together like the pieces of a jig-saw puzzle, the piece representing the SA would be found to constitute the essential link in the pattern.
The SA participated in the conspiracy as a distinct and separate unit, having a legal character of its own. An ordinance passed in March, 1935, provided that the SA and certain other agencies were thereafter to be considered “components” of the Nazi Party (1725-PS). This ordinance further provided, in Article 5, that:
“* * * The affiliated organizations can possess their own legal character.” (1725-PS)
Similarly, the 1943 Organization Book of the Nazi Party which characterizes the SA as an “entity,” declares:
“The Fuehrer prescribes the law of conduct; he commands its use. The Chief of Staff represents the SA as a complete entity on the mandate of the Fuehrer.” (3220-PS)
While the SA was composed of many individual members, they acted as a unit. They were closely bound together by many common factors, including uniform membership standards and disciplinary regulations; a common and distinctive uniform; common aims and objectives; common activities, duties, and responsibilities; and a fanatical adherence to the ideologies conceived by the Nazis. Although membership in the SA was voluntary, the SA man was expected to withdraw if