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No witnesses, no prosecutors

No witnesses, no prosecutors. Only documents written by SS leaders and the Governor General themselves, submitted as exhibits at Nuremberg: the Einsatzgruppe A report up to 15 October 1941, Hans Frank's government meeting of 16 December 1941, Himmler's Posen speech of 4 October 1943.

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    Their own files.

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    Exhibits from the Nuremberg trial, from SS leaders and the Governor General.

    IMT Vol. 37, p. 670IMT Vol. 29IMT Vol. 2

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    Einsatzgruppe A, comprehensive report up to 15 October 1941. Secret Reich matter.

    IMT Vol. 37, p. 670

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    Their heading, in German: Übersicht über die Zahl der exekutierten Personen. Last line of the table: 135,567.

    IMT Vol. 37, p. 702IMT Vol. 37, p. 703IMT Vol. 37, p. 670

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    Kraków, 16 December 1941: meeting of the Government General, diary of Hans Frank.

    IMT Vol. 29

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    Frank at the government meeting, according to his official diary: “We must annihilate the Jews wherever we find them and wherever it is at all possible.”

    IMT Vol. 29, p. 503IMT Vol. 29

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    Posen, 4 October 1943: Himmler's speech at the SS group leaders' meeting.

    IMT Vol. 29

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    Himmler: “I mean the evacuation of the Jews, the extermination of the Jewish people.”

    IMT Vol. 29, p. 145IMT Vol. 29

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Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal (IMT, “Blue Series”), English edition. Page = printed page.

  1. IMT Vol. 37, p. 670

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    IMT Vol. 37, Dokument 180-L
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    37
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    670 (PDF page 682)
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    MASS EXECUTIONS OF JEWS AND COMMUNISTS (GIVING FIGURES); SYSTEMATIC MASSACRE OF INSANE PERSONS; HARSH DETERRENT MEASURES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PARTISANS AND OTHER MATTERS (EXHIBIT USA-276)

  2. IMT Vol. 37, p. 670

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    IMT Vol. 37, Dokument 180-L
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    37
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    670 (PDF page 682)
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    DOCUMENT 180-L REPORT BY SS BRIGADEFÜHRER STAHLECKER, CHIEF OF THE EINSATZGRUPPE A

  3. IMT Vol. 29

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    IMT Vol. 29, Dokument 1919-PS
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    29
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    SS IDEALS AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE (EXHIBIT USA-170)

  4. IMT Vol. 29

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    IMT Vol. 29, Dokument 1919-PS
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    DOCUMENT 1919-PS SPEECH BY HIMMLER ON THE OCCASION OF THE SS GROUP LEADER MEETING IN POSEN, 4 OCTOBER 1943

  5. IMT Vol. 29

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    IMT Vol. 29, Dokument 2233-PS
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    29
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    EXCERPTS FROM THE DIARY OF HANS FRANK, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF THE OCCUPIED POLISH TERRITORIES

  6. IMT Vol. 2

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    IMT Vol. 2 (title page)
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    2
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    TRIAL OF THE MAJOR WAR CRIMINALS BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL NUREMBERG

  7. IMT Vol. 37, p. 670

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    IMT Vol. 37, Dokument 180-L
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    37
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    670 (PDF page 682)
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    Geheime Reichssache! 40 Ausfertigungen 23, Ausfertigung Einsatzgruppe A Gesamtbericht bis zum 15. Oktober 1941

  8. IMT Vol. 37, p. 702

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    IMT Vol. 37, Dokument 180-L, Anlage 8
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    37
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    702 (PDF page 714)
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    Übersicht über die Zahl der exekutierten Personen.

  9. IMT Vol. 37, p. 703

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    IMT Vol. 37, Dokument 180-L, Anlage 8
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    37
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    703 (PDF page 715)
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    Dazu kommen: In Litauen u. Lettld. durch Progrome beseitigter Juden 5.500 Im altruss. Raum exekut. Juden, Kommunisten u. Partisanen 2.000 Geisteskranke 748 122.445 Von Stapo u. SD-Abschnitt Tilsit in Grenzstreifen liquidierte Kommunisten und Juden 5.502 135.567

  10. IMT Vol. 29

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    IMT Vol. 29, Dokument 2233-PS
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    29
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    SITZ'UNG DER REGIERUNG DES GENERALGOUVERNEMENTS Krakau, am 16. Dezember 1941 2 ) Der Herr Generalgouverneur:

  11. IMT Vol. 29, p. 503

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    IMT Vol. 29, Dokument 2233-PS
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    503 (PDF page 529)
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    Wir müssen, die Juden vernichten, wo immer wir sie treffen und wo es irgend möglich ist

  12. IMT Vol. 29, p. 503

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    IMT Vol. 29, Dokument 2233-PS (Seitenkopf)
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    29
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    503 (PDF page 529)
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    2233-PS werde daher den Juden

  13. IMT Vol. 29, p. 145

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    IMT Vol. 29, Dokument 1919-PS
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    29
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    145 (PDF page 159)
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    Ich meine jetzt die Judenevakuierung, die Ausrottung des jüdischen Volkes.

Further sources of the episode

IMT Vol. 37, pp. 670 and 702 to 703 (180-L, USA-276) · Vol. 29, pp. 498 and 503 (2233-PS) · Vol. 29, pp. 110 and 145 (1919-PS, USA-170) · film NARA 111-ADC · stamp sound: Subhashish Panigrahi, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Portraits in the video (1): image credits
  • Hans Frank: US Government official · public domain · Wikimedia Commons (Hans Frank.jpg)

How to cite this episode

FUNDSTELLE: „No witnesses, no prosecutors“, Nuremberg Files, Short format F2. https://fundstelle.online/en/short/f2/

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