[NUREMBERG TRIALS]: [GORING HERMANN]: (1893-1946) German Political and Military leader, Commander of the Luftwaffe ...

[NUREMBERG TRIALS]: [GORING HERMANN]: (1893-1946) German Political and Military leader, Commander of the Luftwaffe during World War II. One of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, Goring was convicted as a war criminal. An historically important D.S. by the four chief prosecutors representing France, the United Kingdom, the USSR and the United States of America at the Nuremberg Trials, six pages, 4to, n.p. (Nuremberg), n.d. (1946). The typed document is headed International Military Tribunal No.1. - 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 et al,, Defendants and is a Motion as to evidence of defendants addressed to the Honourable Tribunal following their ruling of 11th December 1945, that the defence counsel, at the conclusion of the case for the Prosecution, would be invited to submit to the Tribunal the evidence they propose to offer. The Prosecutor's proposals, intended to avoid 'issues upon uncontested facts, and to assisting the defendants' counsel in the presentation of evidence' are set out in a number of paragraphs, in part, 'FIRST: That the Tribunal require counsel for each defendant to submit in writing, not later than at the close of the case for the Prosecution, particulars showing the nature of the defense and of any evidence in support thereof which he desires to offer to the Tribunal. The statement of the nature of the defense will include an admission or denial of the following: 1) That for a period of years preceding 8 May 1945 there existed a common plan or conspiracy to commit or which involved the commission of the following crimes defined in the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, to wit, crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. 2) That the defendant concerned participated in the said common plan or conspiracy. 3) That the wars…..were (a) wars of aggression, and (b) wars in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances. 4) That the facts and events, particulars of which are set out under the following paragraphs of the Indictment, took place substantially as stated in the said Indictment, to wit - Count One. Paragraph IV (A) Nazi Party as the central core of the common plan or conspiracy. (B) Common objectives and methods of conspiracy. (C) Doctrinal techniques of the common plan or conspiracy. (D) The acquiring of totalitarian control of Germany: Political. (E) The acquiring of totalitarian control of Germany: Economic; and the economic planning and mobilization for aggressive war. (F) Utilization of Nazi control for foreign aggression. Count Three. Paragraph VIII (A) Murder and illtreatment of civilian population of or in occupied territory and on the high seas. (B) Deportation for slave labor and for other purposes of the civilian populations of and in occupied territories. (C) Murder and illtreatment of prisoners of war, and of other members of the armed forces of the countries with whom Germany was at war, and of persons on the high seas. (D) Killing of hostages. (E) Plunder of public and private property. (F) The exaction of collective penalties. (G) Wanton destruction of cities, towns and villages and devastation not justified by military necessity. (H) Conscription of civilian labor. (I) Forcing civilians of occupied territories to swear allegiance to a hostile power. (J) Germanisation of occupied territories. Count Four. Paragraph X (A) Murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation and other inhumane acts committed against civilian populations before and during the war. (B) Persecution on political, racial and religious grounds in execution of and in connection with the common plan mentioned in Count One. Where any of the matters recited in the foregoing paragraphs (1) to (4) inclusive and in the sections of the indictment referred to in said paragraphs are admitted, the statement of admission will further show the extent to which the participation of the defendant in such matters is admitted. Where any matters recited…..are denied, Defense Counsel will submit particulars of such denial, together with a detailed statement in writing of the evidence in support thereof. This written statement will contain the following:- (a) A precise statement of the evidence which counsel for each defendant proposes to elicit from each witness whose appearance has been approved, or who has been alerted by the Tribunal. (b) So far as possible a list of all documents, appropriately identified, which will be relied upon in the course of the proceeding…….That the Tribunal require Defense Counsel not later than at the close of the case for the prosecution to recite in writing their precise objections, if any, to the authenticity or genuiness (sic) or translation of any documents introduced in evidence by the Prosecution…..That not later than 10 days in advance of the date Counsel for any defendant proposes to call a witness to the stand, said Counsel be required to present to the Tribunal an affidavit prepared by the witness covering the relevant matters concerning which he is ready and able to testify……That within 7 days of the receipt of affidavits…..the Prosecution be required to indicate, in writing, whether it desires that the affiant be called to the stand for purposes of cross examination. The fact that the Prosecution enters no objection to any affidavit and does not request the appearance of the affiant will not be construed as an admission by the Prosecution of any of the matters contained in said affidavit'. Signed at the conclusion by the Chief Prosecutors Auguste Champetier de Ribes (1882-1947, French jurist and politician), David Maxwell Fyfe (1900-1967, British lawyer and judge), Roman Rudenko (1907-1981, Soviet lawyer and statesman) and Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954, American attorney and judge). An important document prepared by the Prosecution at the Nuremberg Trials for the presentation of evidence by the Defence Counsel of Hermann Goring and the 23 other major political and military leaders of the Third Reich in what was the first and best known of the Nuremberg Trials. Some light age wear and minor traces of professional restoration, otherwise VG Provenance: The present document originated from the archives of Dr. Hans Werner who was responsible for directing the printing of the Record of the Trial of Major War Criminals in 42 volumes and in three different languages (English, French & German) immediately following the Nuremberg Trials.