Assistant Counsel:
Sadie B. Arbuthnot
DEFENDANTS AND DEFENSE COUNSEL
| Defendant | Defense Counsel | Assistant Defense Counsel |
| Altstoetter, Josef | Dr. Hermann Orth | Dr. Ludwig Altstoetter |
| Von Ammon, Wilhelm | Dr. Egon Kubuschok | Dr. Hubertus Janicki |
| Barnickel, Paul | Dr. Edmund Tipp | Rudolf Schmidt |
| Cuhorst, Hermann | Dr. Richard Brieger | Karl Hassfuerther |
| Engert, Karl | Dr. Hanns Marx (to 31 July 1947) | |
| Dr. Heinrich Link (from 31 July 1947) | ||
| Joel, Gunther | Dr. Carl Haensel | Herbert Thiele-Fredersdorf |
| Klemm, Herbert | Dr. Alfred Schilf | Dr. Erhard Heinke |
| Lautz, Ernst | Dr. Heinrich Grube | |
| Mettgenberg, Wolfgang | Dr. Alfred Schilf | Dr. Erhard Heinke |
| Nebelung, Guenther | Dr. Karl Doetzer | Gerda Doetzer |
| Oeschey, Rudolf | Dr. Werner Schubert | Dr. Karl Pribilla |
| Petersen, Hans | Dr. Rudolf Aschenauer | Dr. Otfried Schwarz |
| Rothaug, Oswald | Dr. Rudolf Koessl | Adolf Huettl |
| Rothenberger, Curt | Dr. Erich Wandschneider | Dr. Helmut Bothe |
| Schlegelberger, Franz | Dr. Egon Kubuschok | Dr. Hubertus Janicki |
I. INDICTMENT
The United States of America, by the undersigned Telford Taylor, Chief of Counsel for War Crimes, duly appointed to represent said Government in the prosecution of war criminals, charges that the defendants herein participated in a common design or conspiracy to commit and did commit war crimes and crimes against humanity, as defined in Control Council Law No. 10, duly enacted by the Allied Control Council on 20 December 1945. These crimes included murders, brutalities, cruelties, tortures, atrocities, plunder of private property, and other inhumane acts, as set forth in counts one, two, and three of this indictment. Certain defendants are further charged with membership in criminal organizations, as set forth in count four of this indictment.
The persons accused as guilty of these crimes and accordingly named as defendants in this case are:
Josef Altstoetter—Chief (Ministerialdirektor) of the Civil Law and Procedure Division (Abteilung VI) of the Reich Ministry of Justice; and Oberfuehrer in the SS.
Wilhelm von Ammon—Ministerial Counsellor (Ministerialrat) of the Criminal Legislation and Administration Division (Abteilung IV) of the Reich Ministry of Justice and coordinator of proceedings against foreigners for offenses against Reich occupational forces abroad.
Paul Barnickel—Senior Public Prosecutor (Reichsanwalt) of the People’s Court (Volksgerichtshof); Sturmfuehrer in the SA.