“Subject: Quarters for Soviet prisoners of war.
“At a conference held on 19 September 1941 at the office of the Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Reserve Army (V-6), it was decided that by the construction of several tiers of superimposed wooden bunks in lieu of bedsteads, a RAD”—Reich Labor Service—“barrack for 150 prisoners could be built according to specifications for Soviet prisoners’ permanent barracks to hold 840 prisoners in permanent billets.”
I shall not quote the remainder of this document since I consider this paragraph sufficiently clear in itself.
I request the Tribunal to accept two documents in evidence which are also presented in the original. They testify to the fact that the extermination, in the camp, of Soviet prisoners of war was practiced for political reasons. It was the practice of murder.
I shall first submit, as Exhibit Number USSR-432 (Document Number USSR-432), an order addressed to Camp Number 60. The document is in the original and I request that it be added to the record as evidence. Your Honors will find the paragraph which I wish to quote on Page 155 of the document book.
THE PRESIDENT: The Tribunal will adjourn now.
[A recess was taken.]
MR. COUNSELLOR SMIRNOV: I shall quote one passage only of the document already submitted. The passage which I ask the permission of the Tribunal to read is on Page 155. Point 4 of the order runs as follows:
“Behavior at the shooting or serious wounding of a prisoner of war. (Legal Officer)
“Every case of shooting or serious wounding of a prisoner of war should be reported as a special occurrence. If you are dealing with British, French, Belgian, or American prisoners of war you should also act in accordance with instructions of the OKW, Code Number F-24.”