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figh Commaiicl 14.4.48 General Haider marked Hitler as a man of unusual intellect and amazeing gift of comprehention. Ho man with logical thinkingV hut a person with strong sentiments. He made his decisions intuit^ly TO his intellect belongs an outstanding nhantasie. What imnressed me most" Haider continued, " was the fact that he had no moral or ethic reflections.The purpose and the advantage he searched for were inner obligation of him. He was a lonely man who could not find connection to anyone.
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— .1 i • Hi^ Commaui 22.4.48 Witnesses: Georg v* Sodenstern,Prince Adalbert v- Bayern General Kurt Brenneeke.and Rudolf Langbae^/ser. Witness Georg v. Sodenstern was cbief of staff of army group C aiunder t. Leeb. He stated that Loeb twice tried to prevent the western campagne. yirst he wrote a memorandum to the QKff and when this showed no succes^he and the other tree commanders in chie^ Srlsited Keitel und tried to. influence him.
General Kurt Brennecke chief of the general staff of Leeb's array group.from 1940-42.testified, that all reports as to executions were Leeb of commissares Kia feigned. Before ksE asked for hid dismiss^al he said to the witness:"! cannot take the responsibility for god and myself to carry out fur^ther orders of uitler.' Brigadier ^ funeral Rudolf Langhaeuser^ leason officer in Leeb's staff to the CKW testified about the massacre in Kowno. At that time Leeb imadeately gave the order to stopp this" terrible gruelty" ans said: " We cannot remain passive in front of such crimes".Excesses were punished with
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Witness for defendant Otto Sohnlev/ind: Gaptain-llutenant .X' Russel Granfield.and presentation of documents for Schniewi Granfield, former officer in the planning- department of the V; English Navy, testified about the duties ofa Navgrfetaff duriA"^•» ivW. i w *tat war and peace. He described to the tribunal, that a Wavyl Staff IS to prepare offenaivaand defensive^ns for all possi bilities of war. The British Nawal Staff prepared plans for actions to destroy the German navy and to prepare an invasion as well iSx before 1914 as 1939, Tbe witness further pointed r t out that 3 month before the American invasion started, articles: had apeared in press, r(^rding the shipnxng of American forces for a/planned aggression. All these plannlngs belong|l to the. duties of a ^aval Itaff and are in accord with the rules of International lawv witness
furthermore stated* witness'sIn the/oppinion an officer is not authorized to refuse a mili tary aktion because he does not agree with the aims of his
government* At the end of his examination witness admitted that hewas not familiar with the IMT judgAainet, but if it says there an offensive planning is -in contrary with the IMT he worild not agree with it. Hi^-Conmand 4.6.48
Defendant Karl ••Rpques on direct-exaiaination. - •The ao-tivitjr of the sd in t. RoqaeS oppinion was oiy In the speare of politioal qnpervision of suspected eleinsnts. The program to extermine jewish popplatlfin was not known to him. He rttransferred oommunistio fanctionares to the SD, beeause he regarded the sd as a trained troop of police-offioialS.
k: Defendant Kail v.Roques on d^rectrexaminatioh; Croas-exeuiiination ' •'.started at 4:15^' concerning tlie eyecntion of 54*ooo jews in kiey, dn S9tli arid Soth of September 1941, ,Soque3 tdlayBd^i charged he stated that these exehhtipris were carried oat by Einsatzhpiiimiando^^^^ the SD»; At that time Roqnea-was brdered as COiiMander of :the >Crdup y. Roques which fongt at the combat * Kiey at that time yias not in the ^ea of the rear army area spnth* cross-examination: • BIT • Sochwald putlad a document tb the witness^ oh is a letter written by y.RQqUes in ^ptember 1941 tP one of his fPlends# In this lettre HOques told his friend that he hot eyeri haye had time to go,on leaye because since Mardk It was his duty to woph. for preparations for the Russian camaigh* iL'-r-
♦ - K '' Sigh ^Commahd . 5 5 • 48 General Hans Reinfeardt on direct examination. .1938 General Heinhardt from October/to November 194o was commander of ' 4. panzer division. His division took part in the western camndtgnpy and break throw the gtestwril ^^aginot-linie .on 13.Mai 194o. In 194o Reinhardt was ordered with the preperation of the tst±m
»• •"Unternehmen Seeloew4"( action sea-lion) this was the secret name for the aggression on England- He made the preparing tests with submarine tianks and had the central IwaaBiiiag commanding office about army and navy. •"'This action was breaken off by an order of
Hitler. When Reinhardt was Commander of 3.Panzer Group in Russia (1941) he received the Commissar Order. Hq forbid the execution of this order.and whe^e was warned from OK:? to sent reports about killed commissares, Hej_jiardt reported finched numbers.
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SghrainDi was Gonmiander of a company subordinated to one of v.Roques securiity divisions. concerning the SfioaodcHSsszSxSsr Barbarossa juristingtion Order
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V. Roques area. He himself , ocasionaly assudden attack did in not fullfill juristingtion at the\prisoned partisans, but trans ferred them to the batallion.
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Warlimont called a Goeringshsi charlatan, while Goeiing said Warlimont is thd freemason among the German generals. Also hetwwen Hitler and Warlimont the relation was a very badmatn one. Etmctngxgajoaxal General Walter Warlimont in the s^and. 1933 Warlimont was sdnt to the United States in order to study the mobilisation of the economy. He made speeches before the officers of the war department in Whashlngton and later was comman- ded to an artilleriy regiment in Texas. 1936 Warlimont was Mki*dczy Military Convoy to General Franco In Spain, ^^or this reason he was dia^missed fom the German Wehrmacht. X938 Warlimont became Chief of the departmant National Defense ,( Landesverteidigung) Khis department never prepaE.«ed an offensive plan. The duties of lfeh department National Defense, IVarlimont described as the following: 1. To revise and distribute orders already pronounced orally by Hitler. 2. to summarize the^ operations plans of the army, ;^he air-forces, and the navy. 3.'jrom^these ^ -plans; in the meantime reported to Hitler,^tbaa complete direotivea- . ''x. :• 4. The department was the collecting to subordinated agencies. point Tor^^w supreL leadership corpd. Higli Cominaiid 22 June 48 A»M, Berendant Walter Varlimont on direct examination by Br« Leverloieh. Th.e wilmeas stated: Hitler took cai»e for removemont of ea^h division# Thereby he Confin th© i»©sponsibility of his Commanders in chief^ remarkable# Jitler had the standpoint, that he quite alone had to carr^' the responsibility He wanted his for all o2?ders given by him# 2a«/Commanders in chief only hstd to distribute these orders #ord;^ for word without th© right to them whether they areS fit to be ©x©Cuted or not and whether they are right at all. ghtxyvt|pttjbxxxgEX3gtaxHtt.twy:fcgxgp±iaAgHXK Hitlep refused to give his generals thisrlght to Criticize his orders* as - in hid opinion - he was the only one gbVfff -dhohgd the large sxxrvey about the political and military situation of Germany Skriewe t',. •5«r': tf '\v V ...A-' ; ' .V r'J,', r..--." - Ti-• • '/-•J . ••.•- •'•. '••^. ••• "' -A' • ' V,--t T.-: • v/v-'-> •v-CV'N ^ -i -VV^ •. ' ':•,•'• -l-4^:'" r.r, ,r*••?••' .'j^'••."•"";i5v "^.- ••.''Ti':. 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High-eonimand -23 •6.48 Befendant Walter Warlimont on direct—examination. Warlimont testified about the preparations for the Polish and French campaign. His department National defense in regard to the folish campiagn only had the duties of an editorial staff. It belonged to the routine measured of the Bepartment Hatlonal Befense, wmr to work out operative plans for all possibilities of war. The direetlves thax forthis cams frjaa the single offices, for example from the Navy, from the Air yorcea or from Beineekes ottto&3 for qitestions aixBfejehl^t in regard with IW's. Dr. Leverkushn put aooSm^n^/to^?he'lefendln"f High-Comma ifl 24«5.4S Defendant Walter Warlimont on direct-examination. as to of Defendant testified aclasslr-the eomming about Kxxtse the Commissar Order. In March 1941 Hitler pronounced the order and said: Commis- Qrof sares and men of the GFU are no soldiers, they are criminals^are to be treated as such. Warlimont was orderd to work out an order in regard with Hitler *s oppinion. Warlimont was not inftagreement with this order and tacxigc tried to influence Keitl, by showing him that it seems not to be necessary to issue such an order j Hac hop&ng that an order pronannced orally only msm after a short time would be forgotten. But Hitler ordered him again to Issue this Bxfxx direci tives. In order to moderate Staxixntstat this Hitler order Warldimont decided that only commis3aresx«xtiaxlisxxk®tx\tiESBxxxxxac3E being activ against the German Wehrmacht ar^^ to be shot. Civilian ccmmlssares should be used in the ecconomy. The aditi<6^tn, that during intero- more s gations of commissares «mi nij should be looked at the im»-pression the man gave, than to the mattersof fact, was made bjt Hitler, V/arj- limont stated. High-Gommand 24.6.48 Defendaift V/alter Warlimont on direct-examinatioii. The Commando Order origii^lly was pronounced in additilon with the V/ehrmachts-report of the 7th October 1942# Hitler gave this addition himself .afflt±~The content was the following: Soldiers who fight not like such, but as bandits are to be ruth lessly di^nihilit^ed in the battle. Jodl delivered this Wehmacht- report to Warlimont's department in order to have it given a mili tary formulation. The text he gave the order,Vf^arlimont stated, 2 1 remarkable contributed to moderate the order. One of the reasons \ why^ thes order was issued , *^arlimont described, was that in a^ English handbook,Including the directives for members of CDmmandos was said that each men had the duties of arfpotential gangster? The were supposed to work with rubber- glaves and to blateken their faces dhsSHfflg in the night. Members of those commandos were transferred to the 3D. because they were no soldiers. What theie happened with them Warli- mont did not know. High)eoimnana 25.6.48 Defendant Walter Warlimont on direct-examination. Dr. LeTerkuehn put documents to the witness, whichfall were in re. gard with the Commando Order. Kainly showing what units received the order aM how it was carried out. High-Command 25.6.48 Defendant Walter Varlimont on direct-examination. Warlimont testified as to documents shown to him by Dr. Leverkuehn. He stated that most of the orders, he is charged with, not were issued ±2. by his own initiative, but he only had to work out direc-. them tives from Hitler, Heitl or Jodl and to' distribute/to the individuaJ. in regard to Partisans units and offices. The main tendency he gave the orderj^/ Warlimont / pointed out, was to liberate the Russian population from the parti sans. It was never his intention ti) exterminate the population. Hlgh-Gommand 28«6.48 DefeiK^laltfe Walter Warlimont on direct-examination^ The difference concerning the opinion aiAffliaAxgugflagg of the OKW and the police about orders, Warlimont discribed on the following example: Hitler had ordered to take measured against the enemy-flyers n who were charged with jfetec attacking people on the road, passegers Therefore trains and hospitals•/Kiitl ordered to imprison such man immddeate' ly and to. transferr them to an interrogation-can?)* Haltenbrunner the Oomman der in chief of the German Police ordered the German population to kil^. these air-man* High-Command 28-6.48 Defendant Walter Warlimont on direct-and cross-examination. Warlimont was at the haedquarter during the attempt of Hitler's life on the 20th Juh^" 1944. He himself was wounded. Aslced for his Although opinion about the attempt,-Warlimont testified: ^acaacteadcsasa: he have been willing to place his would texahScecxtocxEeHiHSiecxhxa oath behind the necesseties of the German people, he never regarded mxirder as to be legal. » I am convinced^ Warlimont stated,"that a murder of Hitler nei- the- _ ther would 1"*™- have brougt/demokraty nor the peace". Sender a civil-war would have started, became the youth and the 3S were /nationalsocialisticeducated with ideals. There was no man who cuuLd^ ^take-i the position on the top of the Reich and save the desperate situation in Germany. Therefore Warlimont reggirded the atten$t on Hitler*s life as^hoTi^tless action. Onuxi oroas-examination Mr. Bapp presentedordereda docnment to V/arlimont wich show that the German press tactemftaEd to make the German people belie-ffe that nonffltaat war would talce Doctment was signed by Warlimont. The witness replied that/order was directed against the foreign press which intended to charge Germany with agressive in tentions. He, ""arlimont did not know about such intentions, but if they would have existed, an officer in Ws position never would have been informed abot this. Hlgh-Goimnand 29•6.48 Defendant Walter Warlimont on cross-examination by MR. ^app. Durfng his testimony Warlimont stated that Germany never before was so nnprepared for war,than before the beginning of the last existed wq^rld war. Thereno plan against any country^ » Each cam paign of this war was improvised**. Warlimont f\j$rther testified that Hitler always regarded the gene ralstaff of the Army as to be dangerous for the evolution of the Hationalsozialistic State. His plan was to eliminate this »* foreign corporation®. Goering this plan supportdd too, because he was not satisfied with the position of Commander in Chief of the Air- forces and tried to became Commander in Chief of the Wehrmacht.(Armed they Forces) Also Hdmmler agreed with this aims and so ±i succeededxta in eliminating the COT, by approaching the ^rious supreme commando« after the Polish campaign <^ixaos. First/Jodl sueceded in making the Okw an authority. Hi^-Oommand 29.6.48 Defendant Walter Warliiaont on cross-examination. About the Gommlsseup order Warlimont testified the following: He never thougt that an order, given by his commander in chief could be criminal. In his opinion commissares were no soldiers, and they to be were/treated as political prisonei^s. ISfevertfheless he tried to prevent the execution of this order, because he regarded the order as to be ingjroper. 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He' had to adinitt that CJarman ai?? forces by order of Hitler attacked :^tlsh ci^lian roada> that aa a ropfisai measure for kte bombings carman town s» With the order of Hiinmler, to hinder the .Geirman poiice of measuxes against GermanspooplQ,. who^illed Aili ed flyers, W^ never was in connection# ^ " Hig h - Comma nd 2.7.48 Defendant V/alter V/arlimo^t on re-direct-examination. He only discussed matters he had referred to already. Presentation of documents for the defendant V/alter Warlimont, Opening statement for the defendant SSaiiaxxM Herman Heinecke. ' r.' i * f* • y I. V' •" Nn.-. <• ./• -••.v .wV. \ fji' • HD'klV iA . ' ,'- .1. •\ • % '-v • : * r Stgh-Oommand 6.7:#48 ©^feaiaat Rei^P^ ^ ^ . 1 Sr., Strrholt- s questions aboufc t lis position iai > . . / wiitn -.; ••• ^/ ...... •••• .o•'"•'?••"-•''; ••••'^ V'- 6t the AW4/in thei OSST^ arid ^s aatliOrity as dbief ,o"f '"1'Ji.f'" f-' '• '• - ' "'j • Vi7»4B ':. V ^^ a ifel^Thja il &A^TlAn'VA .©JJ.' .' i .. h^citBf d±t not; iint^nfedi %0Oq^ e '0&§0- •:>:• •:. m s>a ffis^ria 1 r eqp ma ^aipan tliat •iv. •0 i -- : /I-1 "'} \1^.,- ^ t- • t>ef@^ejxt S^tBsEfc' B6ine^sk^;-'Qii; r-;- 'V'•^"• m ^ eMemlmi orders j;BeIneclse de^c^l^ei' iiEe Ifi^idenfe or war^ ifadsto, iti ;,• Diopfpi i|e pT j #&a^ $0 -^ W^s epSf^as gi"9!^0iil #0 Jito' Kelt!i?0gard0d?i;he ppde^ as 4^ ^eggiBT'qt fan^d 1jM03?er6 bjpdorad trO, ro.tit^ec .1;^ .^ts ip 1OQS0 ^ tixat titey 0pTjLL'4 i>b,€ tkelr Iiaiidk iatp the pokets* pwlii^ dP dDispefeiiitoii hte asstired' h^ ahpu'fe; "bhe'^ihumOur^iAie ^t}3, aocepted tMs Wheti Mtier .hbd^^ O^he lax e^c^iO br ilia brdepV iiS put |^0 BiSs ia iron eha#^^^ aucceded in modexatiii® tke orde^ Stef By Ms Orde| f bvfea^ the f ettePS dp ing the meal and the? bIs^^ and ,hy -the order was. fapgptten and at iaat Heineoke annM the order# v •^ fepmnlQjaja'- ^ •':';;:!' ' " .••,.: • -:/'^y. ---'4: •"V>);l:I.'-v '.•, "•.•'/V^,'.• -•'• •^ >•'-' ;^''• * -.'•. 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" •'^ ,•• .• a "The conditions of the W's.isM iidserable«:Haiidlpse» stated, provocea by the ^ physical and psychical e2haiBtiqh>'» I never saw a more mi^ serable, train of meh*** The mortality of, the IWBs dec^ised becadse : the h^p^^ttter am typhtis an spotted ffever* ^ndloser aceented, farther' more that he mither reaei^ed nor issued an brder w^ against . : j ' 1 ' - * j '0-. ' * • the Geneve Convention. He always tried to act in agreemnt witnail > conventions...... ,•. •• • !•.• ,• '1/ 5;, i-,/ • •'n'. ••'''• •'• , ''" I• ,v - " • '• • "^-y ,'V •'•• tit? .,48' 1-^ ^epara^ion BusslQu, • W'./}''''i ^; :V pr4^©ii^a of^ dai^e^PUS 1;^ ^, it-' • •' .1- :'^^€ltf'-c)rft3l>iter^ of.%ar;;ej»cm'epiaSi!it«s,.' .-I •_ -r^-1 Mm iM mm. m4 ^^ ^ ^ lit waa^fiPirnpPk^ ^9^ ,tit^ .t^e. a ::- ''/^urgeiioy^gradaV :'_ ' •• (/ - ' ':••• •. ••• ; . ^ .. ' > •••; Z': '• ! •/ • -;"••- . :••' vV ^ . •.•:•,•. • -.; ^ ;• , . .,•. , ,J;; /;';D0f:ena^n:t; le^i^aaolt' "dl^^t'^xainin .(V:..-V ^ 'i. •• • I •. 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( bOcy 1932); .ifitvReiiieokB/test^^'i^^ that the ohly: axplhtiation^^h^^ has• is » that ;this ,caiaix M under, the: bomtnand of the Vfaffen i^.r a ./ . only .i^or iir»a t^en prison % uu^-te, Of the, Waffen fg. y. i r y- yyi U t , . 1,,- • .• r lym ,/i ',1/ •', ,.5;.i'v - ' ' ', yy,:i .V-.' .•V *i\ "•'••••••,SIS -• : ^ ' iV'.lV ..ft'/pi '•• •••'••• \'.u /• rvi. • •" dSiiy '•yy **' •' ,• 't ' 'J - '•" : ^•'• .."'j .' •" ' -i n''"-- -'J' ' f '' ' ' . ' ''• •' *• ^ ' 11 ^ -*_ ';-.•- ', ;'|''<^..i-, ^ ...' '*•• , '• J >• y,'-.-'y(i ; ^ :/"'ilt.. 'i:y .. jb^e.; %eati!a^ flie ;3e^ff -forced to wear \ ''i: • ••'y>y Sba'^df^ta?^ ati#eSed ig. ;f^(pj^ese ^ "V"';,:: Z'- ' stfreB ; o•-tyffyanr^^ otii^ftt/ln tttOjCjiiT^ • •M ^•! IL.-- •••••••'.'•/ ^Witness Adolf WesthOff,' Gteneral ani Jnspecter of the I#*s.with; the .•.li' ':fl • '= "•••' j.-:-- ' '"• .-- i..,' '-. 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XegaOkJ in Oigf'jie d t p: disbuss, dil neEwr legal" -. / r ^($0^es tid :0# the; ;tilre0Vi>ai^ Weh • JPintSd ''pf^ tiist •hSvihS'^l'' :tc^^^gi^bp^dsr| ^:ih'-'t^d'.^air0dtib.nv--^^^ -; final sehterhees/a^hd' .Officers Hitler reserted-i^ aslph ppuft mafshalljdp^t pi^ tbe GW - Belph cpi^t was; ^.gehprdi; -in obhtrast 'to" the ..^residents 6^ • •' \ othdr-©pujjgs" hi; |)Lad..nb^,ta^ : S---V '"'bby!-":' > ' *' V '' '/• ,;: -Lehtniafeh- pix 4it^Qt'A^ ^;,, The •geLTe som^;; B^hpi^e afiPa^fe.;: a^inft ;^'v •'. .' V- •• •-' -V''^ •>'''• ^l|zid?iBg^lagairieil; :^ia^ . tiB- ,Mii±tica• fp5? a ^Triauaal has! put the ' oiipi^ pWiehia^^i' Pfl' a •0apta|a -tt3.3,eh twP. poiiBh ^ ' hB^haA haah clrui^i the JadgeiEBn^ V' -Captaih''to. ^1^e-:fj^pht : >:P!?Qa^ad^the'.T3?ih^^ the the titpqp^^: ;: With to;-the; piw iSeMiiLh sqiaiets 4a ' :; efatPd the M the ;Pfahee;^ -p^iBhittlAeiitp^ the^'-thoh^t'^^,J;v ;thht the teij^t he v^y ^^eat f eci^^ ^^9^ h / :;'VpP|^hhai^^ .#|ihhi|^:j'qne^ ;4|se';fhia;i^e- eriti^ hy Hitie^i who : qghih. pif' th^ ^q^htphf that ^he hah pye^lopKea ^the psy^Plogie- hf, , v^he-'trpopv •/•:• :'.r:.v---^.'- ••.-... •;• ..• ^• ''•••'' .; ,V • At the ' the Hitler ii\ras yety.uaaatisfled with the ; mahnet; the iii;iitaty TMhahais wptheh ^^Oaoe th^ next war 1 ehall^leaYe the i^aiitary Courts Ah tSwjiBWiyat home* : ;;;;j|f|;\; .^, ;;^vr{}-v. .;.^,i-:;;• -YvMM" M-MM a;:'i'''j|I-: -,,.''"'Y(' •''^•'.'M '•••j'i'j '•,' •'( "'V j'-,*' •• ••'•.?"V'"'. v.'*""''- • '• • "'"' •'•i'-'-.'' '•' > ',. •'•» j • "• ,'/••/•••' !;•••': '. !• /:'/ ,i. " '.; ... ,' •"'a; "< /'V • > .Le^aznans afcMit, ,0f •plx0: J Order • !^tler ib i5?ibtiiigfSon^ bf^ ; •>'' •••••.:•': • '• •r.^y ?• -••«• ''isY le'gaX:advib^a-'^ ^ s^Qdided^^^ & office jurats* ^ • fie tried tdi discuss tfid jtoattsc ^itii •:^tier fiiMsb^ ''' llim', feedatsae ^ Hersiiotald i^^ gManrwa an;^ay did not agrbe -'• _' ^• .," :*•••• ^ ^'•" fiater only le^ai (^tails wesJS disd^^ed. ! " 1 ^ • r' - *® . ' ' '^,I 1 " • -* •- '-"**''' ' ,< ^ , u.,, 7.*2'-' '_ ,• ^ / '••;' f /,;; ••,^ ^^••'v-^' / |A- vi r V- 'kV •^U '' ' *• . 'k ; :' .•, . r ' *f: t r • ':if" ;• :k. 'The it ^aitd W ^derHitier -3'> i- ^itijt^,.-.-pf"1 kab6t]Si^^ qr ftirth®^? ^ AJIubofcel^ i^jSLgyey n to GeinniMi' :;j.' ',t •/• leeti^lbk ® srai tfdl^nish the op^^pr 7; ^i'^' •; ^ :/ ' , /. (•' -•.. (• :• ••Anr'^t/V--.-" •V^ '> ' i^:: '•"^ ' •• . ... ;^.. ' •-••.. •'• V?- — I]- - ;..' , ^ ^-v. .• -• •; -r?" ••• ."• < '. •..'•"••'. V.-- •' •'/ ' : ., -..•-_. ..^, ^ V /• r- •:•"••:. ' v..: ^.• , f . -.r.ivu.: ., vv ; 7 msfrhii^a •:affa|^>-_- '. ' ..•••- '' fV^ , • /: Accprdirig: %d .his• h^, tpeii'. j on i'^arph , . > ' ". I^V put)|LiP#ipns ;^vjia4'-^ .Irppaga^ ".il -' -. .in^schlus^i,, Lgtpr :dn.^-i.%j^wr, :as,-1^ -*; ;; sxsatB^ iShissplihi "via,, -a" *?•..- •.; >/ ' 5' ,.'•' ..•'® ••• . -r : •' , ••' - V ".. /K""••-^. i. .• /•- •• -V. . -• r •! -•• V,%j 44' :| t • ft ... : r 4:ft:.i n'f •'•' I;; 20.7.46 I ^^'1 tr- Pfefe^t oiyp;"LepfflaTin &%:als«ot l!ft _• •., . .. LelMam tGstil^iad al5!^^ dalialiais • 11 ,:;t go'iiG ning tHe , ^-il ft; - s '- ;•• r ' •. • •4 ft4 j :• : fiefpndartf?. Rudolf im on V- ^ . •sAhotii Mia IbidwlMgo Qbncernin^ CQm20ntrMion-<2^]Dn^;^^ tbat lio d id. not knc^; agyiiMng: at^otrt tMngs ^Kwrotfriw^^^ to Mm after the end of tJie wari In 1938 fee-viMted a Daokau l^t ke sawr notliin^ wMck op^d k& liiake suspicfbsv al^ut fbomers ohly, ea^ng tde^t tker# tbQk SGsne excesses in the .« campsV ^ehmam sficid# After Ms infdn^ justice bi the. •V ;•/, •••' ,^ "kad v ., ••••• • ;•••• • •..- mac^t and the ^g/ohjebted against tMs•, ( N.'/l m -M '':'M of. siok Dr< examl^t^d Ms Wo MtnessiSs at -tfitMgs fot- Judge of ;-Me -ASiiy au^nee 19,43 per ^i^taess, testified.' that IteimaaafS Offlee .was 4 feseFTOtr politleal phjeotlonahie |>or!^s;; SO, gsMPsle ^ polltioally reasons* But otay on general was se.ntenoed to death Mfgre :;|fc»s(tho/4oth;of••''•' ^^-^thesO forn^i^^nepalOheratahlrichtef the^rc •.•'I DH4 Shriitian #,reihepf. yv°,l^^ •QLe wit.^as oao, O^er- l"'' .y '- of the %(flciehh4rs ei^ HO wli^afew his position beoaWe of OoMfhsts-Mttf^^^ of %eklenhupg and went to the i^g^ department of thO^jt topoea, *• which always ho»w had ap anpoiitieal al3aracJft0 P.« ; ,^ \ • SanmlesaP-OpdeP: Onco LehiMnn t»nted to iisottsa the Order with Seitl, hut he was sent hehk Mth t^, .W « ThatSs nothing you are ooiapetent fop,« ^e iiie^t iwd Fog deopeev idih yiitn^ neyer pee^rded as to he issued to t0rpQp^(0popoXatib^^ "It wa# tiie fl»%* of Keitli teaofelecigo ^tkef or not Ms adirlae was carried otit"^ iia£c^!l albppt ptl^»S attlOiids gainst tJae mma&om m ttat iNitl strong eBoasb, W ±memx io ft#fqe* ina ^ TTlirlftra llierefPgs iio looked for !eh^ Ck>erlng*s help, and tried to ^ad a stipis^rt in him for the I^l^nn's akmiwaa to keep the Wehrma^-^jtalsti^^ free of ail fofelgn Infiuetidede ^^Fof this alni he worked and fought^ witheas flhisheds oh; def-Q.i^ian t' S6l •EatjbM'r^^ ..PQ.cir'^^arJ^'.of'" ttie.'i^:*.^-ialwa|ih3;:>•?!:<; ;: pdfs;i^l#;:^|L^ ..p^^ fpiF li^btaxltf 4^": not'-ic^tioe;^ tiba, ii®'.:«^ t^id get ri^ of t& :w!doj[^a^mie-liid: p4fof -&iit b&lit •' • to ;•: .'--^-^-Xt . .:7;-: ;'-\ 7,^:..^ / •;-';7 ,: -v^. \J;"- --^' '7'-r. Tpiftd ^Dkkbf|i|b|>p3ti^ lii:3:'ii^s3ieb,, ^t^lb^wlt;i^ss• .eajS*^"" -; ';> ^ 'v^' • •• .^^ . -^7 •,>?'; .• -'i. ' K 'h'./' ' v. i;. •' r'^^--- " •'7 '7 ,t4dt;.|^^4% 3|aitf0:. Mad" ^po^irVv ab^ "baHd^ di^a^bbjae^ •;,. •'• • fenata' ®Oliveptton .Ma:^ pbap-ipiaM# .:; ;.,-r:, -; ';"'r'' V/'" 7•>';; ., ; -^e Wn1;U£>n' .-©f''iSP b;ii^.'n^ •-:• t4®? ??.^ 4!^?' si :-^44 i#. '^iV.¥-pWai?ii5r'..-p^^ -B'&d* ;C6ininiin^t-.^f. t'to "ptis pf .. ^ -I- -, :*^:- nelrer^ -ag^iost' tbis,., • • wai!^;e'7b% as. a' • •-%. .4 ' •• •ji" V^ r t" ' > > i' .• -» < -i. t •;! .'• 'Jj' •* : . '• • '" '. y '"'n. ' A- ^fv-' v'" - t ' Viv J-7: ir/;rf ^ -,.; .. • n' ;.V . -. .. •;, ' •• ^ • . • ..••.-.•-L s". •,.'•• •'-7',4s J' V'- 26.7.48 . ..j' •-•••'- ' -. ^vr: , % 1' i-,. •" .:;; me- frbce^ure ^ 3^44 sliced;vt^ . |»4;scifi we&i#aeiMi ^ :•; 0#. tl^ ati4 -sp; fee: astliaWlisii^d' ^ so Qaiisa "EhrengeSlciiisfeof •» {? (jfettffe Wfefe^^)' ^iefe.asi^^a;that t£ie !,PsQpia3-^c6tfe?t7':y, r ' It -•"• " -I*;: . • :<• V • r'V;'- T'" , 2^•7*44 DeJisndj^^ I- Wm WeatremvliLfflaA epi^ thi •in the^ ^esfeaden) v ;n?Iie t to' prders-'1 ri.agip^iheni; wit.li ttie (Jenel^ CoOTention., . the witd ttieei to treat IW*s IDce.cr^ Vary .art0n, ^he; was, ofder0^1' 16 tlte ^au-4;ead0in ordef to &eaf hi s oom^laints • ;^0^ rejproaGh0(i^^^ to fair* I t should . not happen liiat 40fB^h ;iiio in the sains ohi^ch 11]^ Hussian sbidi^ sai,^Vand^ idmited tha ohufch for thei* When he h^ to the M** worlclhg fbf her> he yei^ furios . Se fpfther^ testifled that tha; i^asiah:OT*h dhouM feeeive the leaves of rapes for addittohai nbuMhhinen^ this.- leaves always were described as to , -• ~ . ' ; Wouldn't '• e ' be nutritive» he did not IcdOw# "X like thern^ iiid, X guss it must have heen a thebtist Of -htgi^Mtaiiyppaa- the* very crudest kind J who figured i^hat out" , the witness testified* .. . •.' ':••' !• ' 'I'j •• v'.v/; Befenaattt fwlo W^l^ftaana. bij/a rPf Iff tke ,foil0«ing' wabi pi^fibunoebejTiase:"^^^^ to^M wltBeabaa tue^oaaa af^'the' apt :aPP^M^ ^ ' .3 a.ida.aa «ataPiai^for for, Dr.^a1;0riisor ia, ^ ;/ v Krasa, waamsirtloaea that ths i^riiish: intenft tp try .the ^ • I» «».<.t the.. 'f,.t. . t...l,o^ ;••: could charge the witnesses* ,.- /. MM 27«7.48 m peif ^5;dpiif erp$S €irep1> , , | .and ^Lelima^ f di* ^dfehdarf nti i ; Judgp •-ytfifefirj3;6mim ,iii .pf fTanep. , '^;., t In Letmaiin^ and i'bg f feil d^sacoissed .a^aln.. jLehmanti'- said t|iat Vae; ;fifde?, Ijaeatisa^ fa- gard-pd^ t-da' 'ineasure;;ja^^ ,aaB;J4'|;ainat-;; ' •';:1^-,ppr.piiduf prlliilaefa were kepi; isolata. de. ',dl4 not '- •regafS.',as- det- pt der.- was':,. • in -ngfie#fliedit ^witji. iSip.':- '? ;• ^- ''• v^;^ '•Vi/itpesTa..;,^Pf^. ijehjaanni . B^ttleMerY ^ a^ite. i^de '^i^t.^and •'' Fpg pec!iriee\f fia siaid '^it t '6$ ,tde; Q^dsf wa&|> ta asitadiisii a cpun^ - | V:^.-"; •M•••.;:-y;"\-':: •;: wiJM.. fa^ard^ti^^tj|i'^'|^eiid4.^,fasistande/ m te#pi:#:sa, jas pps^ie>/ln I^anoe. iliaretv^ tdree re- f sistanoe*moyements-. The moat acti*ve of tdem was, tde Gommunisti0 group./ ••niliionai'/ v'• ,v • •• -v ., m: : m, ' '•'" Ide/igrpup: b.epa|ae abtiyf a long t ime latif- itill In 1941 ipta. sabotage ' 'i took p%ace,. carried, cpb fey tbesesudd^ j^a^taPkes I^bm ' M. '.• .'• \ -atliapkes',V' •• ••" :^ ;•••' /l''/- 'Z'^'Z, -• / ^ .V'' • '•• sejiantn^ witness feme®efe or i three executione ^f reprieai for those A : 'y^M r'f High-^pmmaiKi ,V\-'. •; V/itness for -"eliniann on direct-exam'ination.Dr• Hans Boet-fcicher• In August 1S44 the witness received an order, the so called Terrorist Decree, In which it v/as demanded to transfer^ terrorists to the TO jna: pas s SD/ ^eath sentences wm should be alloived the SD only, "^he witness tunaiiciXsctc immediately reported- to 'lehmann and asked him for help. "Iguess it is Lehraann's merrit that kx the order asHiy was executed V MJ ; in connection with gruelties o>^ly." ,•. y In connection with the NightySnd Fog 0ecree the v/itness stated that the trans fer;f to Germany of peoiie, beeing imprisoned because W)V ? Of activity against the German Government was softer than to shoot them immediately, what would happend if they had remained in -France. 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'"i^ X: ^ }•/' -1'.' ••^' :'••.,;^-i ^f•••7 •• ^:7-.-i-V- ^77".'- •'r•. 1:7'vr..'•: •' ••X^"^•'"^''X'XX y ~^''• X^X-- •i-'X'-XX-X-X XXfy-^X-'••-X" X''y-X ,... .j , . , , , . , ^ ..,7"7' :.'J''' "••' 7.^ :X • ,x •••' -• yx /' ' •,!"'; /, '••" (' ',• I,! • • ••'f '•'• "7 ••' •', ,• • " "X- •"'; .. .' • - -' • ij-' "• • n.'".. y^-V' • ' if* V-;- •• ^'•- •J Higii-Comman(a " .; '' " 2.8,4:8 Dr. Lalre^nser presented one docuiuent book tms: including documents for •i.i' ail defendants. this^all defense-counsels rested their cases, with exception of the nredentation of some docum-ntsbooks and the examination of. two or. three witnesses. Beginning of aebuttle: ♦ First witness against defendant V/arli-ont: Wolfgang Torwald. former .Commander of the Atr-Gau VIl(Muenchen) His rang was Oeneralleutnant. V/itnes3 testfied in connection v/Sith document NOIC;/ 3o6o 3unl,6 which contains the Terror-flyer Order. V/itness testified that he received the order in winter 1944/45 and that there was no doubt that this order was an OKlT-order. He didn't, carry out this order because he M was against his military fSelings, witness said. He gave order to-the * 4. ^ .. I.tsf t V'.v DOTu his •: oj--cvd C eut i •" n of given to v'*^.rKU<"r, ajTplifh^:' 0I Tor t t-t ^Ij0-i;©i.-:^aTi6' -fu 1^4:9Lusex^a- ohrufoii t-P ra omiuiiSju^i^-A© ei^g^aoe* aug ye KhsA GrpoKip *" snr^: usaqi. pX %ipa- t^erpxsssGpp' cprrp pA .ppe ^TrQfrijatapa'Tx rsep P®aqx geijDxeg "e2:scCT4:xoiia Msxe Gai.i.xd ojEp X9fiJ9f c($"q oS'ITAQ^* -Di- csplealaq' 4:0 4;p:ta ^eapgrntwaa. peae/rse M&i'e hportp pp£f^ • ''iiioto• jTax»jS tjj rTPff/7 oocnoapgou pX eemwu fiiooba- ^PT^ •PTib0( inue Td-fXi so mu . !j9Me ojg* lie KBtx jr^veq^'fu xpe rT^^pj^sfxixau idMn • Hi.gh--C ^ ^ omma no. 3.3.48 Procecution was not allowed to introduce tlie vJitness Eduard Alperovvizo. The court ruled that his testimony would he kummulativ evidence. Fis statement given before the tribunal yesterday will be stricken from the record. Affiant Horst Sech for defendant Reinhardt was cross-e3:aminated_ by Mr. Rapp. He was the TS. I e-officer in the 269 Infantry-division which was subordinated to General Reinhardt. One of the witness's duty was to keep the war-diary. For the year 1941/42 5o commissares shot appear in the diary. Witness aaid, that this number is com posed of commissares Who were shot during the wax f i^t and others who were finched only, because ^eneral "einhardt had forbidden to shout axjc oommissares• AfiSr this documents for defendant Hoth were presented Hi^-Comnaad 3.8.4:8 Rebuttle witnesses; Dr.Hans ".^^rueclite and Hemec Blumen/stick. > • ,. • Dr. Hans Fruechte, assistant physlcan in the Dtilag 16o, subordinated to the rear army g oup south. His testimony was directed against defendant Y.^oques, and was to show that prisoners of war were diot because of ^ being unable to march. V^itness testified that commissares were shot immediately Tihen they came to the camp, ^ut mainly they were executed by the army already. TO jews the same happened, after being separated from thfi. other HZ/'s in the camp." iSvery officer in the German Wehrmacht was informed about thid" witness pointed out. He himself had_to sepa- rate s who oeemed to be unable to march to another camp in the rear atea. As he learned later/this soldiers were shot by the SD Hemec Blumenstick was with the Red Army since 41 and was captxired by the Germans in 1942. and brought to the Dulag 16o. There jews a rd s hot were separated/and he- witness is a jew too- only escaned the same fate, because he passed himself off for being d of Hussian natio nality. Then the -^ussian group had to march t® from Horol-'feere the camp was- to Krememtschuk.** Ths-^/ay was coverd with the bodies of shot humains, who were unable "o marcb" described the witness. Of 12-15000 P//'s on this way about lo % v/ere shot and "out r on the street with faces turned to the eath. ^ 4:.8.48 Rebut"tie-witness Otto Brautlgam. Witness was leason-officer from tbe Rosenberg-lffLnistry to tbe OKW* His testimony is to rebut Warlimont*s and Reineclce^s statemAnts. ^Tbe Jewish qiBstion was frequently discussed by the officers in tbe OKH, witness said. Oberst Tippelslcircb, an officer in Waxlimont*s staff tpld Bibe witness that be could do nothing against tbe executions of jews, because ibis was tbe duty of tbe SS only. With this Witness, jproseoution wanted to rebut Warlimont's testimony that be never beard of executions of jews or other people. In connection with Reineclce witness testified tbe following: Durind a disscussion between tbe OKW and representatives of the in September 41 eBast-Ministry /the witness bad to announce tbe reproaches of tbe East-Ministry with regard to tbe shouting of iw*s who belonged to tbe races from tbe East- This was against tbe politics of the East-Ministry because these people were enemies of tbe communistic party and tbe Germans wanted to use them as such. Reineclce replied, that be just . bad received directives to treat Russian PW's aac in tbe striclctest way. About Reineoke*s person witness testified, tbat all officers witb tbe OKW were shocked about tbe gruel politic toward tbe Eastern -neonle. ^before tbe bigbest Webnnacbt-officefsy I was disappointed tb been? tbat~befB^ an army officer -gj vmh. ^ ki him ^ franlcl-u- «3'no'k:e ^ of -tbe liquidation of PW*s in tbe campsV Witness said. H3.ell—Comma, nd. 4=-S-4:S Re'btrb-fcle^ -wi-tness O-fc-fco OtLlondarf on dix-ac-t-escanrLna-fcion. 11; was 1;lie dxiisy of -tlae Sxnsa1;ze^'«J-PP®"bo saotxre -fell© reax: airn^ area;x3iS to imprison and to sliou.t dangerons persons inciu-ding jews in connection witli tli© iP'u.elirer—Orde r • A-Xi of -t-:"hese gmppen were su-ljordinated to ttie Commander in Gliief of tlie secxxri-fcy— polio© and tb.e 3D and to tlie Commander in cldief pf_ tide armies » TO Iceep ttie connection "between ttte ^insatzgmp pen and tlie am^ en leason—officer was ordered- He tiad to IlmIkm- forward ttLe orders of tde army ani to reoort -aTDOvxt tlie measures of tlie "Sinsat • 3o ttie army was informed abont all duties of tlie Sinaatzgm ""pen including i;h.e extermination of Jews. Tli© army also di d gave orders to Icill persons. Xn one case-~tlie army demanded again and again "to execute mjoaat i^nsane persons, otilendor^^efnsed - Xn tlie case of -ttie execution in Sinferropol "before ctiristmas 19-^1 OtLlendorf liad no argnments , as lie dsaid, to refnse tli© execution of "tlie order gi n by tlie army. Til© ^my was informed earlier of mas s—exec\itions of jews, tuan "W"© 'were, Olilendorf fnrtlier state^—® tlie ©xecntion wlaicli laad talc^ n place in Gzernowic was ordered T^y "blie army and carried on-fc of one of my units. But no"body reported to m© a"bovit tliis liappenings •because a -fc ttiis time X was in Rxmania.'' /•? V/ Woeliler aslced Olilendorf to come to Beresoyica, ^w and fliere lie lield against " xacxsatacsajcxia Him -acfciEitJciweXxaaaKfcscS tHat H© Had not carried out His maron orders-and tHat His commando Had left Czernowic a long time la-ter tHan it was orddred- OHlondorf said tHat He could not leave Caernovrio because tHo army Had transferred Him so muoH jews for e*©ou-fcion- THe duties of tHe XJinsatzgruppen «Y hbry^n"fc 1 ^f» icg were tHe same wi-fcH all armie s . Defense waved tHe rigHt of oross—examination - Higli-Commaad 5.3,48 Witness for defendant Reinhardt testified to the commissar- Order and that he v;as not carried out, because General Reinhardt had forbidden the execution, •nhe affiant Karl Ritter gave the Affidavit Doc. 1:70.53 in book 6 for the defendant Warlimont. In cross-examination he made his statements in connections with this document._ ^ , presentation of document books 1,3,3,4, and 5 including rebuttle evidence against all defendants- } ' I'' vr-. i. ) Hi^-Command S.8.48 Otto Ohiendorf testifjj^ing as witness for the defense. Paiil Herman chief of staff of the 16th army witness for the defense in order to rebut Ohlendorfs statemnet given on Wednesday this week. As witness for the defense Ohiendorf testified that he himself never informed the army about the duties of the Binsatzgruppen, including the program of the exterminating through the Jews.Whejlfther Wohler totfss heard about those measures ky other channels, Ohiendorf could not say. On cross examination by Mc. Hochwald witness said, that during a discussion with Woehler, Woehler seemed to be very well in formed about the Commissar Order. The Jewish qtjestion waw not discussed during this conference. Witness VdiUl Herman, Major Oeneral and GhiSr of staff in the 16th army under the command of Army Group North. ^ /to After the sta^ment of the witness the SD in way was syb- ^ -f " ordinated to the army. The members of the SD neither couldae^ be promouted nor punished by the army. The received the food and marching orders rai by the army only. Hi^-Commatfl lo,8.48 V. prooecution finished presentation of its closing-statement• Dr. Laternser red first 28 pages of his plea( from page 15 onward) Higtr-Goramand 11.8.48 presentation Sax of the final argument for the defendant Kuechlsc f Dr. Behling) Hlgh-Gommand 11•8.48 presentation tlie Final Arguments for the defendants Kuechler (Dr. Behling), Ho 1ii(Dr.Mueller - ®orgow),and V.Roques( Dr.Tipp) I L; /i^ Hi^-Command 12.8.48 presentation to the final Arguments for the defendants Hollith. tSixxiSKiiKzicit Dr. Pritsch), Rperrle(and SalmuthlDr.Gollnik) an d Dr.Meckel for Bchniewind. Defense-counsel for schniewind stated that In his final speech that German measures against "Nforway were not in contrary to InternationalLaw, because Qerraany succeded only a fww minutes before the arrival of Allied troops, who were ordered to oc- cuoy Norway. "Svidence material v/ill show the truth of t hdis statemen t. After Dr. MeckelFinal Speeched for the defendants Woehler( (Dr.RaiBchenbach) ,\Varlimont(Dr.Leverkeuhn) ,and Dr. surholt for Reinecke. w Hi^-Goimna 13d. 13.8.48 Defendant v. Leeb made the final speech on behalf of all defendants. " I believe that we will not be looked bE upon as presuirSious in upholding our opinion that the 'CJerman officers was respec ted beyond the boundaries of his ovm country. V/e have fullfilled_ our duty as soldiers withenual loyality under the Gemnan "Smporer , during the first woerld v/ar and under the under the dictatorship of Hiiley Third Reich. However, in the Third Reich/v/e found ouerselves faced witha developemont which was in contrast to our principles and nature. It is not true to say that we as officers changed - "the dem^andsmade of ug beoame different. We did si± everything i^ our oower to dissuade Hitler from his bellicose plansand we not prepared to belief® that the leading generals of any other state would have refused their services in the samS situation. In regard to Hitler's insti>uotions, which went against our human and soldierly feelings, wa were never merely his to l^ without • a will fif our own. We instructions aS far y. brirgr as possible • NO blame attaches 'the Wehrrjacht for anything that may have happ^ ned on Hussian soil beyon ®"var yet had to fiS^"t Unde ^ such a load and dT'