“. . . one would have to distinguish between enemy airmen who were suspected of criminal acts of this kind and prepare for their admission in the airmen’s camp at Oberursel, and those who should be turned over to the SD for special treatment when the suspicions were confirmed.”
The Tribunal will certainly remember the description which was given of this “special treatment” by the American prosecution. What is involved is purely and simply the extermination of Allied airmen who had fallen into the hands of the German Army.
On Page 69 the Tribunal may read, under Figure 3, the description and the enumeration of the acts which are to be considered as terrorist acts and as justifying lynching.
“(a) Firing weapons at the civilian population, and gatherings of civilians.
“(b) Firing at German airmen who have bailed out of their aircraft.
“(c) Firing weapons at passenger trains and public conveyances.
“(d) Firing weapons at hospital or hospital trains that are clearly marked with a red cross.”