[296] General Warlimont was convicted for his participation in the “Terror Flier” program in the High Command Case, United States vs. Wilhelm von Leeb, et al., Case 12, volumes X and XI. Extracts from his testimony on this question are reproduced in section VII C 5, volume X, this series.
[297] Kaltenbrunner was appointed chief of the Security Police and SD and head of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) on 30 January 1943. He was sentenced to death by the International Military Tribunal. See Trial of the Major War Criminals, op. cit., volume I, page 365.
[298] Karl Ritter was ambassador for special assignments in the German Foreign Office from 1939–1945, and liaison officer between von Ribbentrop, the Foreign Minister, and Keitel, the Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces (OKW). Ritter was a defendant in the Ministries Case, United States vs. Ernst von Weizsaecker, et al., Case 11, volumes XII-XIV, this series.
[299] “Special treatment by the SD” generally meant killing of the persons in question by the Security Service. This subject is extensively treated in the High Command Case, United States vs. Wilhelm von Leeb, et al., Case 12, volumes X and XI, this series.
[300] Concerning the scope of the physical distribution of this circular, see the discussion in the judgment of the IMT concerning “The Leadership Corps of the Nazi Party.” Under the heading “Structure and component parts,” the IMT stated that “The Kreisleiter were the lowest members of the Party hierarchy who were full-time paid employees” (Trial of the Major War Criminals, op. cit., vol. I, p. 257).
[301] Helmuth Friedrichs, Chief of the Division II, the party-political division, of the Nazi Party Chancellery.
[302] The circular letter, Document NG-364, Prosecution Exhibit 108, is reproduced above in this section.
[303] Complete testimony is recorded in the mimeographed transcript, 22 September 1947, pages 9302–9315.
[304] The actual directive of Thierack was not found or introduced in evidence. However, see Thierack’s handwritten note on Document 635-PS, Prosecution Exhibit 109, reproduced immediately above.
[305] Ludwig Kluettgen was tried and sentenced to death by a General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany, 11 and 12 August 1947. His execution was carried out on 29 October 1948.