defendant Kuntze became the commander of the 42 Army Corps. In June 1941, this corps was transferred to East Prussia where it was subordinated to t [ ... ]
He states further that the army commander to whom he was subordinate had specifically directed him to treat commissars as prisoners of war and that [ ... ]
pursued. He denies that excessive and disproportionate reprisals were taken and claims to have had little or no knowledge of the harsh measures tak [ ... ]
under date of 30 November 1941, General Boehme reported to Kuntze as follows: "Shot as hostages (total) 534 (500 of these by Serbian Auxiliary Poli [ ... ]
AFTERNOON SESSION "The Tribunal reconvened at 1330 hours, 19 February 1948) THE MARSHAL: The Tribunal is again in se [ ... ]
are applied from the beginning the less it will become necessary to apply them at a later date. No false sentimentalities. It is preferable that 50 [ ... ]
law previously announced and applied in this opinion to the defendant List. With reference to the alleged mistreatment of Jews and other racial gro [ ... ]
that were subordinate to him. The record does not show that the defendant Kuntze ordered the shooting of Jews or their transfer to a collecting camp [ ... ]
was not without knowledge of the reprisals being taken and the ratios being applied. His claim of a lack of knowledge of the crimes being committed [ ... ]
COURT NO. V, CASE NO. VII. The defendant says that order and security was the objective sought by him in the Southeast and that reprisal measures wer [ ... ]