[154] Final plea is recorded in mimeographed transcript, 16 July 1947, pp. 10922-10941.
[155] Trial of the Major War Criminals, vol. XVII, pp. 458-494, Nuremberg, 1948.
[156] Complete testimony is recorded in mimeographed transcript, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Feb. 1947, pp. 2301-2661.
[157] Complete testimony is recorded in mimeographed transcript, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Apr. 1947, pp. 6081-6484.
D. Status of Occupied Poland Under International Law
a. Introduction
The defense argued that Poland lost its sovereignty as a result of the complete occupation of Polish territory and the cessation of Polish military resistance in September 1939 and held that in consequence Germany could treat Polish nationals according to German law. An extract from the closing statement of the prosecution on this point appears on page 975. The argument, that international law concerning belligerent occupation was thus not applicable to the treatment of Polish nationals, appears in the extracts from the final plea for defendant Gebhardt on pages 976 to 979.