UNITED NATIONS - War Crimes Commission

UNITED NATIONS ARCHIVES

PREDECESSOR ARCHIVES GROUP

UNITED NATIONS WAR CRIMES COMMISSION

1943 - 1949

PAG-3/Rev. 1, 1987

INTRODUCTION

HIS'IDRY AND ORGANIZATION

The United Nations War Crimes commissio~ was established on 20 October 1943 by a meeting of Government representatives of seventeen of the Allied Nations,~ including all of the major powers except the U.S.S.R.lI at the Foreign Office in London. The first official meeting was held on 11 January 1944, and the Commission continued its work actively until the end of March 1948.

The Commission engaged in formulating and implementing general measures necessary to ensure the detection, apprehension, trial and punishment of persons accused of war crimes. It also performed valuable advisory functions in connection with the development of principles of international law and planning for international tribunals. Its terms of reference were as followsz

(i) To collect, investigate and record evidence of war crimes, identifying where possible the individuals responsible.

(ii) To report to the Government concerned cases where the material available appeared to disclose a prima facie case.

(iii) To act as a Committee of Legal Experts charged with advising the Governments concerned upon matters of a technical nature, such as the sort of tribunals to be employed in the trial of war criminals, the law to be applied, the procedure to be adopted and the rules of evidence to be followed.

~ For a more detailed account of the organizational structure and the operating procedures of the UNWCC see History of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of the Laws of War, compiled by the UNWCC (London, His Majesty's Stationery Officer, 1948).

~/ Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, India, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Union of South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia. South Africa was only involved in the setting up of the Commission, subsequently, it did not participate in its workings. Denmark joined the Commission as a full member in July 1945. Apart from these two changes the composition of the Commission did not change during its lifetime.

11 The Soviet Union did not become a member, and therefore, did not submit any charges.

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History and organization

In carrying out the function under (ii) the Commission was assisted by National Offices established by each of the constituent members. Formal charges against alleged or suspected war criminals were submitted to the Commission by the National Offices, along with the supporting data and a description of evidence available. It was then the responsibility of the Commission to determine whether there appeared to be sufficient evidence to warrant the listing of persons charged as criminals in order that they might be detained and prosecuted by the member governments. In the performance of this function the Commission examined charges involving approximately 37,000 individuals.

The War Crimes Commission took no part in the detention of persons listed, or in the prosecution of the cases.

The function of the Commission under (iii) was to formulate recommendations for the guidance of governments. Through a number of recommendations the Commission influenced the development of international law in such questions as jurisdiction, extradition, belligerent occupation, personal responsibility for acts of State, the criminality of aggressive war and the protection of human rights of civil populations against violations by their own governments. The law-reporting activities of the Commission are a valuable source of information on State practice regarding the repression of crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and constituted an important preliminary step in the development and codification of these branches of international law.

When the International Military Tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo, as well as the municipal and occupation courts of its member governments, started to function and trials of war criminals were actually being conducted on a considerable scale, the Commission made arrangements for the collection and examination of the records of these trials.

The Commission's first Chairman was Sir Cecil Hurst of the United Kingdom who was followed in January 1945 by Lord Wright of Durley, Australia's representative in the Commission. The post of Secretary-General was held originally by Hugh McKinnon Wood, in November 1945, Col. G.A. Ledingham succeeded him.

The Commission established three main committeesl

Committee I, the Committee on Facts and Evidence, was to examine the charges filed by the member governments (National Offices) and to prepare and issue lists of war criminals for the different apprehending authorities in order that they might take the necessary action.

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History and Organization

committee II, was concerned with "Enforcement", a term which comprised all measures considered necessary to ensure the detection, apprehension, trial and punishment of persons guilty of or responsible for war crimes. The recommendations of this Committee influenced not only the creation of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal, but also the establishment of the many other international and inter-allied military tribunals including the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. In the course of time the duties of Committee II were assumed either by Committee or Committee III.

Committee III, the Legal Committee, was to advise on legal questions. Owing to the significance of many of the legal questions which were subsequently examined, the Commission's advisory function tended, in the course of time, to exceed in importance its original task of investigation.

Questions of substantive law and particular charges brought before the Commission by the National Offices ranged from the definition of a war crime, superior orders, and military necessity, to usurpation of sovereignty.

In order to deal with Far Eastern problems, the Commission adopted a proposal by the Chinese Ambassador to establish a Far Eastern and Pacific Sub-Commission in Chungking (eventually moved to Nanking) as a branch of the UNWCC. It held its inaugural meeting on 29 November 1944. The Sub-Commission set up two sub-committees I a Finance Committee and a Committee on Facts and Evidence. The minutes of its meetings were regularly transmitted to the main Commission in London. Up to March 1947 it had held 38 meetings.

Other committees of the main Commission were the Far Eastern Committee, the Public Relations Committee, the Finance Committee, the Executive Committee and the Legal Publications Committee.

In May 1944 the Commission established a Research Office charged with the task of tracing some of the most notorious forms of systematized war crimes to their source, i.e. to compile documentary evidence on the German authorities and departmental chiefs responsible for directing organisations under which war crimes were committed. Thus, in close collaboration with the National Offices, prima facie cases against leading German officials were often established on the basis of a single decree or proclamation published in the German-controlled press of an occupied territory. Another part of the Research Office's work consisted in meeting requests for information and to arrange for the publications of the Commission.

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RECORDS

The records of the War Crimes Commission in the United Nations Archives consist of: minutes, documents and reports of the Commission and its Committees, the Research Office, and the Far Eastern and Pacific Sub-Commission, periodical lists of War criminals, Suspects, Witnesses (including approximately 37,000 names) and related material of the main Commission and of the Far Eastern and Pacific Sub-Commission, and correspondence, mainly with various National Offices. The more voluminous part of the documentation of the War Crimes Commission are records submitted by Member Governments, other National Authorities and Military Tribunals: some 8,000 charge files and related material from Australia to Yugoslavia, periodical lists of about 37,000 War Criminals, Suspects and Witnesses, reports of National Military Tribunals, transcripts of proceedings and documents of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Finding Aids in the form of indexes are part of the above enumerated records.

The War Crimes Commission destroyed a part of its records, mostly administrative files, which were considered to be of no historical value. Most documents held by the Research Office, which had been received from government departments in London, were returned to the respective ministries. Records of the following committees did not reach the UN Archives and their whereabouts are not known. Far Eastern Committee of the Main commission, Public Relations Committee, Finance Committee, Executive Committee, Legal Publications Committee and two sub-committees of the Far Eastern and Pacific Sub-Commission.

Even though the documents of the Commission and its Committees, per se, constitute only a small part of the total size of this archives group, they provide insight into the organizational structure of the Commission and its many and varied activities. A prominent example, documented in 15 volumes, are the Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals which contain summaries of the trials and a comment on each case prepared by the UNWCC Secretariat. The constitutional and working relationship between the War Crimes Commission and the UN Secretariat, especially in the fields of human rights and codification and development of international law, is also documented in two small registry files (RAG-l/Boxes 62 and 95). Mimeographed documents (C 201-C 226, May-September 1946) are contained in a file of the Legal Office (DAG-3/Box 18, "C.A. Stavropoulos papers").

Related to the records of the War Crimes Commission are copies of documents and transcripts of proceedings of the International Military Tribunal and of twelve trials known as the "Subsequent proceedings" held at Nuremberg from November 1946 to April 1949. These mimeographed reference materials are in the custody of the United Nations Library.

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Revised Rules for Access to Records of the United Nations War crimes Commission */

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1. Subject to the following restrictions and to normal administrative controls, all archives of the UNWCC are available to any person who appears, to the satisfaction of the Chief of the Archives Section, to be engaged in serious research in the history of the Commission or in related problems in international law or associated fields.

2. The following records are not available for inspection and use except as specified in rule 3 belowl

(a) Those parts of the minutes and documents of the Commission and its Committees and of the Research Office "Documents" that refer to specified individuals charged or suspected of war crimes.

(b) The list of war criminals, suspects and witnesses, and related indexes, and the formal charges and related papers.

3. The records described in rule 2 above include unsubstantiated information and hearsay evidence which may not have been submitted to judicial process. Access to these records will nevertheless be granted, on the conditions described below, for the purposes ofl

(a) official research into and investigation and prosecution of war crimes by Governments, and

(b) bona fide research by individuals into the history and work of the UNWCC and into war crimes,

on the understanding that, in granting access, the United Nations Secretariat is acting in a purely administrative capacity under these rules and it in no way engages the responsibility of the United Nations.

(a) Official research into and investigation and prosecution of war crimes by Governments.

States requesting access for these reasons should address a written request to the Secretary-General of theUni±.ed-Na.t.ions specifying (i) the purpose for which information is requested and (ii), where information is sought on individuals, the names of any persons on whom information is sought. It is understood that, where information is sought on individuals, the rules of the State concerned regarding protection of materials in criminal investigations will be applied to the materials made available by the Secretariat from the UNWCC records. Where copies of materials are requested by a Government, a fee will be charged to cover the costs of reproducing the materials requested.

rr: Original rules established in 1949 and revised in November 1987.

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(b) Bona fide research by individuals into the history and work of the UNWCC and into war crimes."J

(i) An appli~ation for access by an individual will be accepted by the Secretary-General when it is transmitted on the approved form, pursuant to such rules as the Government concerned may prescribe, by the Permanent Representative or Permanent Observer of the State of which the applicant is a national or permanent resident. An application, when submitted to the Government concerned, should be accompanied by an appropriate introduction from an institution of higher learning or research or from a relevant professional society. When considering whether to transmit an application, the Government concerned will pay due regard to the nature of the materials involved and the use to which such materials may be put.

(ii) The approved form may be obtained from the Chief Archivist of the United Nations. The form requires the applicant to give undertakings to observe the terms on which access is granted, and provides that payment of fees, as from time to time established, will be required to cover the administrative costs and services involved.

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These formal charges of Member Governments and related material usually consist of a 4-page form and supporting documentation which provide the following information: registered number; date of receipt in the UNWCC Secretariat; charge number of the accusing government; name(s) of accused; military rank and unit, or name or other official position; date and place of alleged crime; number and description of crime in war crime list; summary statement of facts; particulars of alleged crime and supporting evidence; notes on the case in regard to the culpability of the accused and completeness of the case; and names of persons transmitting the information. Often there are statements by victims or witnesses in support of the charge, or references to published sources. In addition, the file cover indicates the date on which the case was submitted to the Secretariat and decisions of Committee I as to whether it was an "A", "C", "s" or "W" case (see explanatory note under PAG-3/l.l.0.).

Cases apply to either one or several accused. The files are arranged by Member Governments (Countries) making the charge and numerically, according to UNWCC registered number.

See also Commission, Correspondence, PAG-3/l.3.

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146

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Volumes 1 - 3

Volumes 4 - 6

Volumes 7 - Pacific Theater of War

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Registered Nos.:

27 28 29 30 31

1 - 55 56 - 149

150 - 229 230 - 325 326 - 399

1/ 1/ 1/ 1-2 2/

Canada vs. Germans

Registered Nos.:

32 1 - 11 2/

China vs. Germans

Registered No.:

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Registered Nos.:

36 1 - 8

Denmark vs. Germans

Registered Nos.:

1 - 186, 192 Herein: Statements concerning Danish War Criminals Cases 5714 - 5760, 7678 - 7682

Ethiopia vs. Italians

Registered Nos.:

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France VB. Germans

Registered Nos.:

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Registered Nos.:

1 - 131

Greece vs. Rumanians

Registered No.:

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Registered Nos.:

1 - 71 72 - 97

Netherlands vs. Germans

Registered Nos.:

1 28 80

153 239

I 301 I 369

445 511

Norway vs.

- 27 - 79 - 150 - 238 - 300 - 368 - 444 - 510 - 584

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Registered Nos.:

257 - 332 333 - 416 417 - 498 499 - 575 576 - 668 669 - 757 758 - 838 839 - 913 914 - 989 990 - 1068

1069 - 1140 1141 - 1206 1207 - 1277 1278 - 1354 1355 - 1470 1471 - 1563

United Kingdom vs. Germans

Registered Nos.:

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152 - 210 I 211 - 274

275 - 330 331 - 390 391 - 447 448 - 498 499 - 554 555 - 605 606 - 624 625 - 646 647 - 669 670 - 672

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Registered Nos.:

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251 251469 - 561

Yugoslavia vs. Hungarians

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Yugoslavia vs. Italians

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137 Sep.1944May 1945

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152 - 240

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Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France

France, Greece

Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland

United Kingdom

United Kingdom, USA, Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia, Australia

Notes on specific cases submitted for consideration at meetings of Committee I (arranged chronologically, copies)

Clarification of facts or specific information relating to Yugoslavia and United Kingdom cases

War Crimes in the Strafgefangenen1ager Nord, charges by Czechoslovakia

-Papers on international law in relation to war crimes

Handwritten notes on specific persons and cases (unarranged)

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147 1946-1946 Instructions and directives issued by CROWCASS and US military authorities identifying the CROWCASS systems and its implementation (with sample forms)

CROWCASS Wanted Lists, Consolidated Wanted Lists and Supplementary Wanted Lists

Wanted Lists

Nos. :

Jul.1945 1 3; A - Z OcL1945 4 , A - Z

148- I Sep .1945 5 10 ; A - Z 1946 12 - 13; A - Z

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I· Consolidated Wanted Lists,

A - Z Germans Only A - Z Germans Only

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Final Consolidated Wanted List, Part 1

JW1.1948 A - L Germans Only

Consolidated Wanted List, Part 2

Mar.1947 Dec .1947

A - Z Non-Germans A - Z Non-Germans

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Supplementary Wanted List, No. 1

Jun .1947 Jun .194 7

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Aug.1945Feb.1946

Mar.1946Sep.1946 Sep.1946

Sep.1946Oct. 1946 ; Dec.1946

Jan. 1947Mar.1948

1946-1947

Dec.1945Apr.1947

Jul.1946

ANNOTATIONS

CROWCASS Detention Lists (alphabetically arranged, Nos. 1-8 mimeographed, unbound; Nos. 9-20 photo offset, partly bound)

Nos. :

1 - 6

7 - 9

10; (A - HI)

10; (HL - Z) 11 - 15

16 - 20

Tracing notices from CROWCASS requesting further identification of detainees (arranged alphabetically by name)

CROWCASS detention cases, identification and clarification of action re detainees (mixed correspondence)

List of Wanted Persons (arranged alphabetically by name) - Office of the Theater Judge Advocate, War Crimes Branch, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, US Army

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General Headguarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Legal Section

Monthly Summations (Reports, Statistics on Investigation, Apprehension and Prosecution of Japanese War Criminals

155

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Apr.1946 7 - 20

48/ Feb.1948

23 - 29 (others missing)

War Crimes Registry, H.D. Allied Land Forces, S.E.A.C.

48/ Jun. 1946 Apr.1946 S.E.A.C. Theater Consolidated Suspects List

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Sep.1945 S.E.A.C. Reproduction Lists of Suspects (Japanese) I 48/ Jul.1946 ' .. Nos. 1, (2 missing), 3 - 13

156 Oct. 1945 S.E.A.C. Theatre, Lists of Suspects (Japanese) I 48/ Aug.1946 Nos. 1 - 24 (in alphabetical order)

Jun.1946 Amendments to S.E.A.C. Theater Lists of Suspects, I 49/ Nos. 1 -23

l56al 20 Feb.1946 List of War Criminal Suspects held in South East Asia I 49/ Command (in alphabetical order) A - R

Suspected Japanese War Criminals held in Custody I 49/

War Service Histories of War Criminal Suspects Held in I 49/ Bangkwang Gual, Bangkok A - Y (z)

Jul.1946 Alphabetical list of War Service Histories of War 49/ Aug.1946 Criminal-Suspects in Custody S.E.A. Command A - K

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Australian Military Forces Lists Nos. 1 - 11

Japanese War Criminals charged and sentenced under the War Crimes Act 1945 by Australian Military Authorities List Nos. 1 - 5

Japanese War Criminals implicated in War Crimes against Australians, and held in SEA, SCAP or FARELF Areas Australian Military Forces List Nos. 2 - 6

Suspected Japanese War Criminals not yet in Custody Australian Military Forces List Nos. 1 - 8

Consolidated Suspect List No. 1 - General Headquarters, AFPAC Office of the Theater Judge Advocate War Crimes Branch, Apprehension Section

. Netherlands

Netherlands List of Japanese suspected of having cornmited War Crimes in the Netherlands East Indies or against Netherlands and Netherlands East Indies subjects (alphabetical)

u.S.

Status of Japanese War Criminals named by the Chinese Government (General Headquarters, Supreme Command for the Allied Powers, memo to u.S. War Department)

u.S. Headquarters Sugamo Prison, Roster of persons confined at Sugamo Prison (Japan)

List of Detained Japanese Perpetrators (alphabetical)

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158 Mar.1948Jul.1948

1946-1948

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161 162 163. 164

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Index to the UK War Crimes Trials. arranged alphabetically by defendant. One filing cabinet

Index to the US War Crimes Trials. arranged alphabetically by defendant. One filing cabinet

Index to the War Crimes Trials in various other countries. One filing cabinet

Results of Various National Trials of War Criminals (Statistical Reports)

Synopses of Trial Reports received from National Authorities (arranged by country and thereunder numerically; gives date and place of trial. charge. verdict. and sentence. and serves as an index to trial reports and transcripts)

Australian Trials

Records of Military Courts (Japanese War Criminals; approximately 250 reports)

Japanese Defendants - Transcripts of Proceedings and Exhibits. One filing cabinet. (Cases: 5. 8. 9. 40. 43. 48. 49. 51. 52. 64. 65. 80. 85. 91. 113. 251. and 252 on 20 reels of 35 mm. microfilm copies made by Australian Commonwealth Military Forces. Photographic and Copying Section. A.E.M.E.) (The 20 short strips of 35 mm film has been spliced and changed into 2 reels of 35 rom)

British Military Courts

War Crimes Trial Reports. Charge Sheets and Transcripts of Proceedings

Case No s , :

1 (Belsen Trial) Herein: UNWCC Legal Committee Law Reports Series on the Belsen Trial in LUneburg

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103 104 - 240 241 - 319 320

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174 Dec.1945Jan.1946

175 15-25 Mar. 1946

25 Mar.:..,.;:, 6 Apr.1946

176 15-20 Mar. 1946

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Case No s , :

55/ 416 317 - 415

56/ 417 - 470 56/ 471 - 476 57/ 477 - 524 58/

Canadian Trials

Trial of s.s. Brigadefuhrer Kurt Meyer - Transcripts 59/ of Proceedings and Report of Trial, Exhibits (bound volume)

59/ Transcript of Proceedings

Trial of Wilhelm Jung and Johann George Schumacher

59/ Ossenbach - Transcript of Proceedings

Trial of Robert Holzer, Walter Weigel and Wilhelm

59/Trial of Johann Neitz - Transcript of Proceedings

Shooting of Canadian Prisoners of War by the German ! 60/ Armed Forces in Normandy, France, during June 1944 Reports of No. 1 Canadian War Crimes Investigation Unit (mimeographed, bound volumes)

Shooting of Allied Prisoners of War by the German Armed I 60/ Forces in Normandy, France, during June 1944 Reports of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Court of Inquiry (mimeographed, bound)

Shooting of Allied Prisoners of War by the German Armed 60/ Forces in Normandy, France, during June 1944 Reports of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Court of Inquiry (mimeographed, bound)

Chinese War Crimes Military Tribunal of the Ministry of National Defence

Trial of Takashi Sakai, 27 August 1946; summary of the 61/:Jp

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French Trials

Trial Reports on Case Nos. 1-150 Trial Reports on Case Nos. 151-253 (in French)

Greek Special Court Martial for War Criminals

Trial of Friedrich Wilhelm Mueller and Bruno Oswald Braeuer; summary of the proceedings (in English)

Netherlands Trial Reports

Dutch Trial Reports and Provisions, correspondence with Miss J.E. Sweeny (Secretary to Dr. M. W. Mouton) (includes sentences and appeals)

Norwegian Trial Reports

Trial and Law Report Series Nos. 30-49 (with gaps)

Polish Supreme National Tribunal - Polish Trial Reports and Summary of Court Proceedings

Trial of Dr. Joseph Buhler, Secretary of State and Deputy Governor General - Indictment and Judgement (in Polish)

Trial of Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Hoess, Commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp - Indictment, Transcript of Proceedings, (in Polish)

Trial of Hoess, Commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp - Transcript of Proceedings, Judgment (in ~olish)

Trial of Albert Forster - Indictment, Transcript of Proceedings (in Polish)

Trial of Albert Forster - Transcript of Proceedings Judgment (in Polish)

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Case Nos.:

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War Crimes Trial Status Report Transcript of Court Proceedings - Trial of Gen. Tomoyuku Yamashita (incomplete)

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29 Apr.1946 A verbatim account of the proceedings of the Tribunal 16 Apr.1948 in open court containing all arguments of counsel, decisions,

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359 23 Jan.1948 38,081 - 38,858 133/ 9 Feb .1948

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Herein: Court Docket and Chronology of Proceedings and Pleadings (Hearings, applications, orders, requests, exhibits, motions, objections, arguments, decisions) - 22 Jul. 1946-30 Jan. 1948

Court Exhibits consist of a wide variety of published and unpublished documents mainly from United States and Japanese sources. The Japanese items are generally accompanied by English translations (Arranged numerically, with gaps)

~ ,. 8 - 80 Herein: Special Proclamation

Establishment of an International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Exhibit No.8); Charter of the IMTFE 24.4.1946 (Exhibit No.9).

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Jan.1947 0003 Chronological summary of the Prosecution's 158/ evidence up to 10 December 1946 dealing with the indictment generally and the position of each accused in relation to the Indictment

16 Jilll.1947 0004 Substance andrdecisions of Imperial 158/ Conferences, Cabinet Meetings and other official meetings attended by the defendants with reference to pages in the proceedings and Prosecution Exhibit Numbers; there is an extensive index •

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0008 General Index of the Record of the Defense 158/ Case, covers only such portions as appear in the Proceedings transcript pages 16,998 - 24,758

Summation of the Prosecution (arranged topically 158/ by sections; English and Japanese)

Introduction, the Indictment, Crimes Against Peace (Law, 158/ Conspiracy, Aggression)

Aggression against the Soviet Union, other Conspiracies, 159/ Conventional War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity

Individual Defendants

Hashimoto - Koiso 159/ Matsui - Shigemitsu 159/ Shimada - Umezu 160/

Reply of Prosecution to Defense Summation (Parts I - III) 160/I

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Opening Statement: The Organization of Japanese 162/ Politics and Public Opinion for War (Doc. 6903)

Opening Statement: Relations with France and Thailand 162/ Aggression against French Indo-China (Doc. 6910)

Opening Statement of the Associate Prosecutor of the 162/ Philippines (Doc. 6913)

All Military Aggression in China Including Atrocities 162/ Against Civilians and Others. Summary of Evidence and Note of Argument (Doc. 9580)

The Liability of the Defendants 162/

Netherlands Phase 162/

POW - S~ation - Appendix B. 162/ Summation of evidence in relation to treatment of Prisoner-Of-War, Civilian Internees and Inhabitants of the Philippines Islands between December 1941 and September 1945

DOHIHARA - Summation 162/

ARAKI - Summation 162/

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U.S.A. and Others v. Araki and Others 170/

1 Nov.1948 Separate Opinion of the President Concerning Opinion 170/ of Justice Jarani11a of the Philippines

456 112 Nov.1948 Dissenting JUdgment of the Member from France 170/

12 Nov.1948 Dissenting Opinion of Justice Roling, Member for the 170/ Netherlands

Dissenting JUdgment of Justice Pal, Member from India 1170/ (pages 1 - 374)

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Indexes to the 12 Nuremberg U.S. Military Tribunal Proceedings (in German, bound volumes of the Institut fuer Voe1kerrecht an der Universitaet Goettingen)

Volumes: I, II, III.A, III.B, III.C Volumes: IV.A, IV.B, IV.C

Guide and Stack List of records of the War Crimes Trials held in Nurnberg, Germany, 1945-1949 (prepared in the UN Archives; records are in the custody of the UN Library)

Guide to the Records of the UNWCC, London 1943-1949 (prepared in the UN Archives)

List of finding aids available in War Crimes Unit to assist in servicing records of the Japanese War Crimes Trials conducted before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo. (Records are in the custody of the U.S. National Archives.)

The Tokyo Trials: A functional index to the proceedings of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East by Paul S. Dull and Michael Takaaki Umemura

Catalogue of Nuremberg Documents (prepared by the Wiener Library)

Photographs taken from the Nazi Crime Exhibition at Princess Galleries, London, and of members and officials of the UNWCC

War Crimes Trial Index.- Index to Verbatim Transcripts of "Subsequent Proceedings" in 35nnn microfilm

Pages 1 - 173 M/Ree1/1/P Pages 1 - 173 M/Reel/1/N

Meetings of Commission, and of Committee I, (Nos. 1-141), National-Offices Conference, Press News Summaries XXI - XXXIV, Staff of German Concentration Camps, Results of Trials, Dachau, Crowcass Wanted Lists A - Z in 16mm negative microfilm (4 reels)

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Commission Meetings

Minutes Meeting Nos. 1 - 135

"A" Documents A 1 - A 67

"C" Documents C 1 - C 267

"Miscellaneous" Documents Nos. Misc. 1 - 126

Committee I

Minutes Meeting Nos. 30 - 141

I Documents - Nos. I. 9 - 1.102

Commi t tee II

Documents

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Box No.5) 35/

Box No.6) 35/

Box No. n 35/

Box No.4) 34/

Box No.8) 36/

Nos. 11.2 - 11.51 (incomplete) (Copies, see Box No.8) 36/

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I Committee II I

Minutes , Meeting Nos. 1/1945 - 1/1947 (Copies, see Box No.5) 34/

Mar.1944Nov.1947

Documents Nos. III/I - III/118 (Copies, see Box No.9) 36/

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