The United States of America, the French Republic, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

-against

Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop,
Robert Ley, Wilhelm Keitel, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Alfred Rosen-
berg, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Walter Funk,
Hjalmar Schacht, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Karl
Doenitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred
Jodl, Martin-Bormann, Franz von Papen, Artur Seyss-Inquart, 24
Albert Speer, Constantin von Neurath, and Hans Fritzsche, Indi-
vidually and as Members of Any of the Following Groups or
Organizations to Which They Respectively Belonged, Namely:
Die Reichsregierung (Reich Cabinet); Das Korps Der Politischen
Leiter Der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei
(Leadership Corps of the Nazi Party); Die Schutzstaffeln Der
Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei (commonly
known as the "SS") and including Die Sicherheitsdienst (commonly
known as the "SD"); Die Geheime Staatspolizei (Secret State
Police, commonly known as the "Gestapo"); Die Sturmabteilungen
Der N. S. D. A. P. (commonly known as the "SA") and the General
Staff and High Command of the German Armed Forces are as
defined in Appendix B of the Indictment,

Defendants.

JUDGMENT

CONTENTS

The Charter Provisions__

The Nazi Regime in Germany...

>The Common Plan of Conspiracy and Aggressive War--

Violations of International Treaties.

The Law as to the Common Plan or Conspiracy.

War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity-

The Accused Organizations.

The Accused Individuals...

DISSENTING OPINION_.

The Unfounded Acquittal of Defendant Schacht.

The Unfounded Acquittal of Defendant von Papen.

The Unfounded Acquittal of Defendant Fritzsche_

Concerning the Sentence of the Defendant Rudolf Hess

Incorrect Judgment with Regard to the Reich Cabinet__

Incorrect Judgment with Regard to the General Staff

and High Command and the OKW.

THE SENTENCES.

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THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL

Nurnberg, Germany

LORD JUSTICE LAWRENCE, Member for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, President

MR. JUSTICE BIRKETT, Alternate Member

MR. FRANCIS BIDDLE, Member for the United States of America JUDGE JOHN J. PARKER, Alternate Member

M. LE PROFESSEUR DONNEDIEU DE VABRES, Member for the French Republic

M. LE CONSEILLER R. FALCO, Alternate Member

MAJOR GENERAL I. T. NIKITCHENKO, Member for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

LIEUTENANT COLONEL A. F. VOLCHKOV, Alternate Member

PROSECUTION COUNSEL

Chief Prosecutor for the United States of America:

Mr. Justice Robert H. Jackson

Chief Prosecutor for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland:

H. M. Attorney-General, Sir Hartley Shawcross, K. C.,
M. P.

Chief Prosecutor for the French Republic:

M. Francois de Menthon

M. Auguste Champetier de Ribes

Chief Prosecutor for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics:
General R. A. Rudenko