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Document Image NMT 7 Image Prosecution memorandum of law: (point 3) killing of hostages, generally; (point 4) German hostage and reprisal actions; (point 5) plea of superior orders Prosecution's Memorandum of Law concerning the law of hostages and reprisals, and the plea of superior orders. HLSL Item No.: 150005 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK)	Theodore Fenstermacher See more details Theodore Fenstermacher chief prosecutor at Hostages Trials Born: 1918-10-12 (Tamaqua) Died: 2001-11-16 (Cortland) Country of citizenship: United States of America Occupation: lawyer; prosecutor Participant in: Hostages Trial (role: prosecutor) Educated at: Princeton University (academic degree: bachelor's degree; until: 1940-01-01); Yale Law School (until: 1943-01-01)	19 November 1947	Document Image
Document Image NMT 7 Image Prosecution closing argument in Case 7, on the various crimes charged and the defendants individually Closing Statement on behalf of the prosecution HLSL Item No.: 150006 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK)	Theodore Fenstermacher See more details Theodore Fenstermacher chief prosecutor at Hostages Trials Born: 1918-10-12 (Tamaqua) Died: 2001-11-16 (Cortland) Country of citizenship: United States of America Occupation: lawyer; prosecutor Participant in: Hostages Trial (role: prosecutor) Educated at: Princeton University (academic degree: bachelor's degree; until: 1940-01-01); Yale Law School (until: 1943-01-01) Baucum Fulkerson See more details Baucum Fulkerson American lawyer and prosecutor of the second Nuremberg Military Tribunal Born: 1927-12-27 (Little Rock) Occupation: lawyer Participant in: Pohl Trial (role: prosecutor) Significant person: Jack W. Robbins (role: colleague); James M. McHaney (role: colleague); James R. Higgins (role: colleague); Peter W. Walton (role: colleague) Walter H. Rapp See more details Walter H. Rapp Chief of the Evidence Division of the Office Chief of Counsel, Nuremberg Trials Occupation: interviewer; lawyer; prosecutor (period: 1946-01-01 through 1948-01-01) Participant in: Nuremberg trials (role: prosecution) Significant person: Rudolf Kastner (role: acquaintance); Telford Taylor (role: superior) Military rank: lieutenant colonel Residence: New York City (date: 1956-01-01)	03 February 1948	Document Image
Document Image NMT 7 Image Final plea for the defense of Wilhelm List, including List's character, the jurisdiction of the court, the law of war, partisan warfare in Yugoslavia and Greece, reprisal measures, the treatment of civilians, Hitler's orders, the treatment of Jews, and specific events Final Plea Submitted to American Military Tribunal No. V in Nurnberg by Dr. Hans Laternser Attorney-at-Law, Wiesbaden Defense Counsel for Field Marshal Wilhelm List HLSL Item No.: 151511 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK)	Hans Laternser See more details Hans Laternser German lawyer; Nuremberg Trial defense attorney Born: 1908-01-01 (Thionville) Died: 1969-07-21 Country of citizenship: Germany Occupation: lawyer Member of political party: Nazi Party (period: 1933-01-01 through 1945-01-01) Participant in: Hostages Trial (role: criminal defense lawyer) Significant person: Wilhelm List (role: client, criminal defense lawyer) Residence: Wiesbaden	January 1948	Document Image
Document Image NMT 7 Image Opening statement for the defense of Wilhelm List and Maximilian von Weichs, including the law of war, the plea of superior orders, reprisals and hostages, partisan warfare, Italian forces (after Italy's surrender to Allies), destruction of property and camps for civilians, and Balkan conflicts Opening Statement of Dr. Hans Laternser, Attorney-at-Law at Wiesbaden as Defense Counsel for Fieldmarshals List and von Weichs before the American Military Tribunal V in Nuernberg in the proceedings against List and others (Case VII) HLSL Item No.: 151512 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK)	Hans Laternser See more details Hans Laternser German lawyer; Nuremberg Trial defense attorney Born: 1908-01-01 (Thionville) Died: 1969-07-21 Country of citizenship: Germany Occupation: lawyer Member of political party: Nazi Party (period: 1933-01-01 through 1945-01-01) Participant in: Hostages Trial (role: criminal defense lawyer) Significant person: Wilhelm List (role: client, criminal defense lawyer) Residence: Wiesbaden	12 September 1947	Document Image
Document Image NMT 7 Image Newspaper article on General Eisenhower's statement prohibiting the execution of POWs as a reprisal measure, noting that civilian hostages might be executed Excerpt from the "Neue Zuercher Zeitung" of 1 December 1944 . . . No shooting of hostages in Strassbourg. Eisenhower orders respecting of Geneva Convention. HLSL Item No.: 151686 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK)	Neue Zuercher Zeitung Neue Zuercher Zeitung Additional details not yet available.	01 December 1944	Document Image
Document Image NMT 7 Image Newspaper article concerning General Leclerc's warning that German hostages would be executed if snipers killed French soldiers in Strasbourg The Time . . . Statement from Supreme Headquarters[.] From our Special Correspondent HLSL Item No.: 151688 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK) Exhibit Code: List 77	Times, The Times, The Additional details not yet available.	03 December 1944	Document Image
Document Image NMT 7 Image Extract from a statement in the trial of Albert Kesselring, on the legality of executing a hostage Trial of Albert Kesselring at Tribunale di Giustizia, Venice[.]Summing Up by Judge Advocate General 3 May 1947 HLSL Item No.: 151704 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK)	Military Court for the Trial of War Criminals Military Court for the Trial of War Criminals Additional details not yet available. C. L. Stirling C. L. Stirling Additional details not yet available.	03 May 1947	Document Image
Document Image NMT 7 Image Affidavit concerning General LeClerc's order authorizing reprisal killings of Germans in 1944, and General Devers's disapproval of it Affidavit HLSL Item No.: 151705 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK) Exhibit Code: List 141	Dwight D. Eisenhower See more details Dwight D. Eisenhower president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 Born: 1890-10-14 (Denison) Died: 1969-03-28 (Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington, D.C.) (reason for preferred rank: most precise value) Country of citizenship: United States of America Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician; statesperson Member of political party: Republican Party Member of: American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-12-01; role: affiant) Military rank: General of the Army	01 December 1947	Document Image
Document Image NMT 7 Image Affidavit concerning General LeClerc's order authorizing reprisal killings in Strasbourg, and the orders of US commanders (Devers and Robert Young) reversing the policy Affidavit HLSL Item No.: 151706 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK) Exhibit Code: List 142	David G. Barr See more details David Goodwin Barr American Army Major General Born: 1895-01-01 Died: 1970-01-01 Occupation: military officer (military branch: United States Army; military rank: major general) Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-11-28; role: affiant) VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/21890676	28 November 1947	Document Image
Document Image NMT 7 Image Affidavit concerning General LeClerc's order authorizing reprisal killings in Strasbourg, and steps taken (by Devers, Barr, and Young) to reverse it Affidavit HLSL Item No.: 151709 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK) Exhibit Code: List 145	Jacob L. Devers See more details Jacob L. Devers United States Army general (1887-1979) Born: 1887-09-08 (York) Died: 1979-10-15 (Washington, D.C.) Country of citizenship: United States of America Occupation: basketball coach Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-12-04; role: affiant) Military rank: General of the Army Military branch: United States Army Employer: United States Military Academy	04 December 1947	Document Image
Document Image NMT 7 Image Extract from the Berlin government gazette, with the mayor's decree for reprisal killings in the case of sabotage or attacks in occupied Berlin Extract from Ordinance Gazette . . . [second page:] To the People of Berlin! HLSL Item No.: 151723 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK) Exhibit Code: Rendulic 14	Arthur Werner See more details Arthur Werner German politician (1877-1967) Born: 1877-04-15 (Berlin) Died: 1967-07-27 (Berlin) Country of citizenship: Germany Occupation: engineer; politician Member of political party: Nazi Party Position held: Governing Mayor of Berlin; mayor Educated at: Frederick William University; Technical University of Berlin VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/74907968	31 May 1945	Document Image