We will present to the Court excerpts from the minutes of some 12 conferences at every one of which Milch was present, starting with the first held in April 1942 and ending with the fifty-eighth held in May 1944. Actually, he was at all but eight conferences, and we use the figure “eight” advisably. We are not sure, he may have been in some of those. There is no question that he was in every one of those meetings which we introduce here. On occasions when Speer was not present Milch presided. We will show he actively participated when the Central Planning Board arrived at decisions with respect to the request, allocation, and use of this labor.

We will show he was active in the formation of the announcement of decisions of the Central Planning Board. We will show the Board exercised jurisdiction in the matter of procurement, allocation, and use of labor. And all of them were prisoners of war and were allocated to the German war effort. Requisition, allocation, and use were the dominating voice. Decisive influence, active participation, forced labor, illegal occupation—these are the words with which we are concerned, and these are the things with which he concerned himself.

Evidence

Prosecution Documents

Doc. No.Pros. Ex. No.Description of DocumentPage
R-12448-BStenographic record of the first conference of the Central Planning Board on 27 April 1942.[447]
R-12448-BLetter of 20 October 1942 transmitting the statutes of the Central Planning Board.[448]
1510-PS58Extracts from decree of 16 September 1943, defining the duties of the Planning Office of the Central Planning Board.[450]
3721-PS41-ATestimony of Fritz Sauckel, 22 September 1945, regarding the jurisdiction of the Central Planning Board.[452]
NI-109863Extracts from affidavit of Fritz Sauckel, 22 September 1946, regarding the jurisdiction of the Central Planning Board.[456]
R-12448-AExtracts from report on the eleventh conference of the Central Planning Board, 22 July 1942.[457]
R-12448-AExtracts from report on the seventeenth conference of the Central Planning Board, 28 October 1942.[459]
R-12448-AExtracts from stenographic minutes of twenty-first conference of Central Planning Board, 30 October 1942.[461]
R-12448-BExtracts from stenographic minutes of the twenty-third conference of the Central Planning Board, 3 November 1942.[465]
R-12448-AExtracts from stenographic minutes of the thirty-third conference of the Central Planning Board, 16 February 1943.[467]
R-12448-AExtracts from stenographic minutes of the thirty-sixth conference of the Central Planning Board, 22 April 1943.[471]
R-12448-AReport of the forty-second conference of the Central Planning Board, 23 June 1943.[475]
R-12448-AExtracts from stenographic minutes of the fifty-third conference of the Central Planning Board, 16 February 1944.[478]
R-12448-BReport on the fifty-third conference of the Central Planning Board, 16 February 1944.[479]
R-12448-AExtracts from stenographic minutes of the fifty-fourth conference of the Central Planning Board, 1 March 1944.[484]
R-12448-DExtracts from the report on the fifty-sixth conference of the Central Planning Board, 4 April 1944.[498]
NOKW-28749Letter from Milch to Sauckel, 8 April 1943, concerning the protection of industry.[499]
R-12448-ASpeer’s minutes of a conference with Hitler on 8 July 1943.[501]
R-12448-AExtract from the report by Saur of the conference with the Fuehrer, 5 March 1944.[502]

Defense Documents

Doc. No.Pros. Ex. No.Description of DocumentPage
R-1245Extract from the stenographic report of the eleventh conference of the Central Planning Board, 22 July 1942.[509]
R-1246Extract from the stenographic minutes of the twenty-second conference of the Central Planning Board, 2 November 1942.[510]
R-1247Extract from the stenographic minutes of the thirty-second conference of the Central Planning Board, 12 February 1943.[510]
R-1248Extract from the stenographic minutes of the thirty-third conference of the Central Planning Board, 16 February 1943.[511]
R-1249Extract from stenographic minutes of the thirty-ninth conference of the Central Planning Board, 23 April 1943.[516]
R-12431Extracts from the stenographic minutes of the fifty-fourth conference of the Central Planning Board, 1 March 1944.[517]

Testimony

Excerpts from the testimony given by defense witness Albert Speer before commission on 19 February 1947[502]

TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT R-124