34. The defendant Joel is guilty of membership in an organization declared to be criminal by the International Military Tribunal in Case 1, in that the said defendant was a member of DER SICHERHEITSDIENST DES REICHSFUEHRER SS (commonly known as the “SD”) after 1 September 1939.
Such memberships are in violation of paragraph 1 (d), article II of Control Council Law No. 10.
Wherefore, this indictment is filed with the Secretary General of the Military Tribunals and the charges herein made against the above-named defendants are hereby presented to the Military Tribunals.
Acting on Behalf of the United States of America
- Telford Taylor
- Brigadier General, U. S. Army
- Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
Nuernberg, 4 January 1947
II. ARRAIGNMENT
Extracts from the official transcript of Military Tribunal III in the matter of the United States of America vs. Josef Altstoetter, et al., defendants, sitting at Nuernberg, Germany, on 17 February 1947, 0930, Justice Carrington T. Marshall, presiding.[7]
The Marshal: Persons in the courtroom will please find their seats.
The Honorable, the Judges of Military Tribunal III.