dead, 3 wounded and 15 or 16 missing. The incident was reported through regular channels to higher commanding officers. On 4 October 1941, General [ ... ]
On 9 October 1941, the Chief of the Security Police and of the SD reports: "In reprisal for the 21 German soldiers shot to death near Topola a few [ ... ]
be classed as lawful belligerents within the rules herein before announced. We agree, therefore, with the contention of the defendant List that the [ ... ]
that literal compliance was not required. We do not deem it material whether the order was mandatory or directory. In either event, it authorized [ ... ]
reprisal prisoners for each German soldier killed was not warranted under the circumstances shown. Whether the number of innocent persons killed wa [ ... ]
the area of his command. His responsibility is coextensive with his area of command. He is charged with notice of occurrences taking place within [ ... ]
he complacently permitted thousands of innocent people to die before the execution squads of the Wehrmacht and other armed units operating in the te [ ... ]
previously stated in this opinion, the rules of international law must be followed even if it results in the loss of a battle or even a war. Expe [ ... ]
of the Armed Forces with reference to the pacification of Yugoslavia and Greece is shown by the record. That his appeals for more troops far the su [ ... ]
That German prisoners captured by the resistance forces were tortured, mutilated and killed is shown by the evidence. In this connection, we point [ ... ]