order to maintain peace. He was for the return of Germany's colonies another world war, Schacht went over to the opposition.
He sabotaged persecuted as a participant in the plot against Hitler.
This is the Actually, Schacht's connection with the Nazi movement begins as early as 1930.
Schacht was drawn to National Socialism and both Hitler and Goering sought Schacht's support.
Indeed the latter, with his vast connections in Germany's industrial and financial spheres, could, like nobody else, render invaluable services to the Nazi movement.
And this he did. PS-457 As early as August 29, 1932, in a letter to Hitler, Schacht assured the latter of his layalty.
These were not mere words, for more than anybody, Defendant Schacht played a decisive port in Hitler's advent to power.
It PS376 industrialists for Hitler to be named Reich Chancellor.
Chancellor of Germany: "Hand over your post to Hitler." US-161 D-203 It was again Schacht who, in 1933, on the eve of the Reichstag elections, US-655 US-767 called the conference of industrialists which created an election fund of Hitler's closest follower, Goebbels, characterizes thus the part played by Schacht and his importance in the creation of Nozi Germany.
On the 21st of November 1932, he wrote down in his diary:
In a talk with Dr. Schacht, I came to the conviction that he fully -262 shares our point of view. He is one of the few who fully agrees with the position of the Fuehrer". 09 defendant Schacht depicted himself his part in the Nazi state:
"I can assure you that all that I do and all that I say is in full would not be approved by the fuehrer.
That is why it is the Fuehrer and not I who is the bearer of economic reason."
played by Schacht in thepreparation of Germany's armaments and conseS-838 The former war minister, von Blomberg, testified that in 1937 the S- development plans of the armed forces were close to completion and that 901 Schacht was one of the most consistent partisans of the Nazi's criminal plans.
In a talk with the United States Ambassador Fuller on the 23rd of September, 1936, Schacht stated that:
"Germany absolutely needs colonies. If it is possible, we will * S-629 acquire them by means of negotiations.
If not, we will seize them." S-450 Speaking in Vienna in March, 1938, Schacht declared: S-632 S-297 "Thank God, this could not prevent the great German people from German thought.
He strengthened it with reinforced armed forces Germany and Austria."
of Nazi Germany's war economy and armed forces. PS-644 This activity of the defendant Schacht is clearly described in the PS-650 numerous laudatory letters which he received from Hitler. PS-397 method of issuing so-called "Mefo bills", by which twelve millions of As was already stated *---* defendant Schacht attempted, at dissension with the Nazi regime.
In reality, Schacht was carrying out a double game.
On one hand, he shielded himself from the connection with oppositional circles.
However, true to himself, he played by him in Hitler's conspiracy and war crimes.
It is the part of the creator of Nazi Germany's war economy and of an An article published in the newspaper "Das Reich" on 13 August 1940, under the heading "Walter Funk - pioneer of the national-socialist thought", read as follows:
USSR-450 "Walter Funk was true to his principles because he was, is and always Trans. 7.V.46, will be a true national socialist, a champion, devoting all his morn.ses. page 51 labors to the victory of the Fuehrer's ideals."
What was meant by "Fuehrer's ideals", we already know only too well.
Funk devoted to these "ideals" 15 years of his life. Trans. Funk declared that he had nothing in common with the SS, but it was 6.V.46 ev.ses. he, Funk, who transformed the vaults of the Reichsbank into PP 57-62 Trans. Funk personally gave orders, after his negotiations with Himmler, to 7.V.46 morn.ses. take into the Reichsbank the golden tooth plates, the glass rims end pp 1-22 The Gruppenfuehrer SS Hoiler was Funk's deputy.
Under Funk's Trans. direction operated Olendorf, this murderer, who has the death of 3.I.46 morn.ses. 90,000 persons on his conscience. p.17 USA-36 Funk, supplementing Schacht's measures, put the whole of Germany's PS-2194 USSR-451 economy at the service of the aggressive Hitlerite plans, and later USA-662 Already in May 1939, Funk, together with his Deputy, Landfried, PS-2409 USA-782 On 23 June 1939, Funk takes part in the conference of the Reich PS-378 USSR-452 Already at that epoch, Funk was not only informed of Germany's im the seizure of new territories.
Such were the "Fuehrer's" great article entitled "Economic and Financial mobilization".I shall mention one mere ducment.
On 25 August 1939, Funk wrote to Hitler:
GB-49 "Fieldmarshal Goering told me that my Fuehrer yesterday evenPS-699 organization of subscription to obligatory donations; this news made me happy."
Funk attached his collaborators to Rosenberg's ministry and to the Economic Staff OST - this predatory organization.
Funk's agents took Transc. Funk was the president of the "Continental Oil Company" which was 7-5-46 morn. created for the exploitation by Germans of the oil fields in the occupied pp. 1-64 launched by Germany against the USSR.
He made a speech on 17 December Goering's office, for the discussion of the most effective measures for the economic plunder of the occupied territories of the USSR', Poland, At this conference, as well as at the conference of the "Central Planning Board", Funk participated in the elaboration of plans for the deportation to slavery of millions of people from the occupied territories.
Hitlerite conspirator, defendant Funk - Hitler's personal adviser on the economic question since 1931, Reich Minister and Plenipotentiary General for Economic questions, President of the Reichbank and member of the Reich Defense Council, during the period of the preparations and the realization of the criminal plan (conspiracy). for the realization of crimes against individuals, in war crimes and crimes against humanity - this guilt has been fully proved and he must bear the responsibility for the evil deeds perpetrated by him. was at the head of the Nazi youth. the Hitlerite youth, von Schirach was - in his capacity of the Reich leader of youth - directly subordinated to Hitler. his efforts to avoid the responsibility for the education of the German youth in the spirit of national socialist ideas, made frequent references to the fact that "Hitlerjugend" was a youth organization independent of the nazi party and the Hitlerite government. possible and relevant to refer to the great Goethe, whose words - "the youth itself educates young people" - were utilized by Schirach with open cynicism.
Goethe, was, of course, right when he said that "the youth itself educates the young people". But he meant the healthy youth full of value, joyful youth, and not youth corrupted with the obscur antism of the Hitlerism, described clearly by the words of Hitler addressed to Rauschning:
"We shall educate youth before which the whole world shall tremble -
USSR-378 (p. 252) rough, exacting, cruel youth. That is what I want. Out youth must be in the possession of all these qualities.
It must be without pity before suffering.
It must be without weakness or softness. I want to see a glint of the wild animal in its eye."
youth in the spirit of Hitler's ashes, modelling them after the image of "Hitlerjugend" and the OKW, as represented by the brought up in "Hitler jugend" during the war.
The Soviet prosecution has presented to the Tribunal under #USSR-6 about the inhuman execution by the members of the "Hitler jugend" of USSR-455 In her wirtten deposition of 16 May 1946 an also in her answers to Conclusive testimony about the actions of the members of the "Hitler jugend" in the cadre of the German armed forces were given by a GerUSSR-454 of the "Hitler jugend" since 1938 and who at the age of 18, was Describing his participation in numerous crimes Hert Knitel, declared:
"In the locality of Lishaisk our company set on fire in June 1943 a house together with all the people who were in it.
.. All those eyes.
.."
USSR-193 Schirach himself did not, of course, shoot, did not set on fire but USSR-36 USSR-357 he armed the German youty, morally corrupted, it and prepared it But the activity during the war of the "Hitler jugend" and the defen The Hitlerjugend" took an active part in the preparation of the war Yugoslovia; the official reports of the Polish and Yugoslav Gevern ments testify to this fact.
The Organization "Hitlerjugend" took an 31039-PS; it participated also in the deportation to slavery from # 1031-PS.
cription of the moral aspect of von Schirach. Faithfull to the Hitleri THE PRESIDENT:
The Tribunal will adjourn now.
(The Tribunal adjourned until Tuesday, 30 July, at 1000 hours.)
GENERAL RUDENKO: Gentlemen of the Tribunal: deporting civilians: men, women and children for forced labor into Germany, was one of the most important in the chain of heinous crimes committed by the germane-fascist usurpers. Fritz Sauckel. help out admit that during the war about 10 million enslaved laborers originating from both occupied territories and from the ranks of prisoners of war, were utilized in German industrial undertakings and also partly for German agricultural labor. industry of Hitlerite Germany of millions of workers from the occupied territories, Sauckel denied the criminal character of this action, affirming that the recruiting of labor was allegedly carried out on a voluntary basis. honest patriots of the Soviet Union, of Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland, Franc and Holland, who, devoted to their country, were forcibly sent for labor into Hitlerite Germany. general for the utilization of manpower as merely consisting of coordinating and controlling other government labor organizations are futile. As the Plenipotentiary general for labor employment, Sauckel was invested by Hitler with supreme and all-encompassing powers, and was, in his activity, directly and personally subordinate to Goering.
Germany labor from occupied territories. to the Tribunal and which irrefutably establishes the criminal character of the methods of mass deportation into slavery of the population of occupied territories as well as the role of the defendant Sauckel in organizing these crimes. How far these crimes extended is shown in the operation carried out by the German military and civil authorities, and ciphered under the name "Seno" which provided for the forced deportation of Ukrainian girls destined by Hitler for Germanisation. complied with the demands of the Geneva and Hague Conventions concerning utilization of labor of prisoners of war. However his own instructions fully expose his lies. Soviet war prisoners for the war industry in Germany and never made any difference between them and the civilian labor forces. deported for slavery lived, are testified to by the numerous documents submitted as evidence. were kept in camps behind barbed wire and were obliged to wear special identifying badges.
The witness Dr. Wilhelm Eger summoned to the Tribunal by counsel for the defense was obliged to give an awful picture of the conditions under which the enslaved workers at Krupp's works lived. ridiculous because trying to excuse Sauckel, he manifestly overdid it by informing the Tribunal that he allegedly saw foreign workers walking and enjoying themselves in the Prater in Vienna. Saporozhie, Simferopol, Minsk, Riga and in June of the sane year - Prague, Cracow and again Kiev, Saporozhie and Melitopol in order to force the deportation of lab expressed his gratitude for the successful mobilization of labor forces, to the Reichskommissar of the Ukraine Koch, known for the drastically cruel measures which he applied with regard to the Ukrainian population.
highly appreciated in Hitlerite Germany. Reichskommissars for the occupied territories:
"I do not wish to praise Gauleiter Sauckel. He does not need it.
it would be easy indeed to fulfil the tasks imposed upon you....." to the 50 anniversary of Sauckel it was said:
"True to his political task, he pursues his responsible course with unyielding consistency and steadfastness, with a fanatical belief.
As spiritual strength from the Fuehrer's trust in him."
consider the tears shed by the millions of people who languished in German slavery, of the thousands of people tortured in inhuman conditions in the workers camps - they will consider this and will judge accordingly.
General of Poland. He held this post till May 1940.
the *l*rs for the exte*--* of amny thousands of people, for the Transc.
On 17 November, 1939, Seyss-Inquart addressed the chiefs of the admi16-1-46 ev.
sess. nistration and departments of the Warsaw Government. He mentioned p. 24 General Government "its leading principle must he -the interests of the German Reich.
By means of a severe and unrelenting administration usurped the German territory."
transcript fuehrer Schmidt on the same question in the following way :"The re pp.
33-34 they may prosper only within these limits.
The development of inde pendent political thinking cannot be permitted.
Perhaps the Vistula the Rhein."
obliged to leave their depostis in the banks; that he was informd that the German administration was employing forced labor; that the Lublin Governor Schmidt declared in the presence of Seyss-Inquart:
PS-2278 "This territory with its strongly marked swampy nature could serve as every tenth Jew."
Doc. of It is also known that Seyss-Inquart, as Frank's deputy, fulfilled on v.I p. 125 his behalf so-called "special tasks".
on the following subjects: the appointment of Frank as authorized USSR-223 PS-2233 plenipotentiary for the 4 lear Plan and the tasks of the Governor General "to obtain from, the economy of the Government-General all that is best and useful for the Reich"; on the numerous trains of cember; the issue of supplementary order extending labour recruiteUSSRO On 21st April 1940 the defendant took part in the conference 223 at which measures for forced deportation of Polish workers to Germany Transc.
In connection with the appointment of Seyss-Inquart as Reichskom16.1.46 ev. pp. 25-26 missar for the Netherlands, Frank and his worthy deputy exchanged farewell speeches:
"I am exceedingly gald, said Frank, to assure you that the me future world Reich of the German nation will be created.
..."
"I have, Seyss-Inquart replied, learned much here above all friend, Dr. Frank.
.... All my thoughts are connected with the East. In the East we have a National-Socialist mission, in the West we have functions."
Germans are well known: it was the function of henchman and plun plans of the Hitlerite conspiracy; they have clearly shown how Seyss by him whilst collaborating with Frank in Poland.
For this reason I activities of the SA storm units.
It was he who overthrew the Braun Severing social-democratic government in Prussia.
These measures In this manner Papen cleared the way for Hitler.
Having secured the in Hitler's cabinet.
In this capacity von Papen participated in the the development of the Nazi movement and in Hitler's rise to power by Hitler's accession to power unavoidable.
"From the time that destiny called upon me to become the pioneer Transc. of the national reawakening and rebirth of our Fatherland, I strove 23-1-46 evening with all my might to support the work of the national-socialist movesess. p. 14 ment and all of its leaders. Just as I pronounced myself, when I nation and all those who have kept their trust in me : merciful dangers to a happy future."
was a personal friend of the architect's draftsman, Hitler and remained one till the end.
Not only common professional interests but political interests brought them together.
Speer be an his career in 1932 with the reconstruction of the "Brown House" -the headquarters of NSDAP in Berlin, and 10 years' latter he was at the head of all the military constructions and war production in Fascist Germany.
Starting with the onstruction of the Reichs "Parteitag", Speer ended by setting up the "Atlantic Wall". of Hitler's Germany and played a direct and active part in planning and What is Speer's "line of defense" at the trial?
Speer presents his case in the following way; he was pressed upon by Hitler to take on the post of minister; he was a closer friend of Hitler's, but he knew nothin about his plans; he was a member of the Nazi party for "Mein Kampf". It is true, that upon being given the lie Speer confesUSA-575 Speer lied when he denied that he had never belonged to the SA, and Ps-3568 then to the SS.
The Tribunal possesses the original file of the SS Speer held also a rather high rank in the Nazi party.
In the party After all this can Speer's declaration that he was a apolitical spe cialist be taken into consideration?
In reality, as a close colla Transc.
before the Gauleiters, devoted himself completely to the solution of m. sess.
war problems. By means of the pitiless exploitations of the popula p. 43-82 ev.
sess. tion in the occupied territories and of the prisoners of war of the p. 20-82 USSR-482 ammunition for the German army.
By plundering the raw materials and potential of Hitler's Germany.
His powers grew with every month of the war.
By Hitler's Decree of 2 September 1943 Speer became pleni direction and production of war industry.
He was even commissioned to regulate the turnover of commodities and by Hitler's Decree of August Doc.
def. p. 119 pital ships, when the "V" bombs destroyed town in England, all this was as a result of Speer's activity.
Under his leadership, the pro creased.
The defendant himself, when interrogated by Justice Jackson Doc. Def.
v. II, p. slave labor the populations of the occupied territories, but he him123 USA-179 self took part, to ether with Sauckel, in conferences with Hitler USA-225 PS-1292 and on the "Central Planning Board", where decisions were taken Doc.
Def. Speer kept up a close contact with Himmler; He received from Himmv. II, p. 88 Transc. ler prisoners for work in war factories; branches of concentration 12.XII 45 p. 31 & 88 camps were organized in many factories subordinated to Speer; in & USA-179 recognition of Himmler's services Speer supplied the SS with ex Speer has said a lot here about his having sharply criticized Kilter's ness of continuing the war.