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Einsatzgruppen commander Otto Ohlendorf testifies for the American prosecution, 3 January 1946

During the International Military Tribunal, 37 witnesses testified for the prosecution. [1] 80 witnesses testified for the defense, including 19 of the defendants. An additional 143 witnesses gave evidence for the defense by written answers to interrogatories. For the defense of the organizations, 101 witnesses were heard before Commissioners elected by the tribunal and 1809 affidavits from other witnesses were submitted. A further six reports were submitted, summarizing many more affidavits.[2]

Prosecution witnesses

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Prosecution witnesses
Name Date Role Called by Testified about Relevant to defendants
Erwin Lahousen 30 November Abwehr general and 20 July plotter United States Conspiracy to commit crimes against peace Ribbentrop, Keitel, and others[3]
Otto Ohlendorf 3 January[4] Einsatzgruppen commander United States The murder of 80,000 people by those under his command[5][6] SS, High Command, and the SD[4]
Dieter Wisliceny 3 January Eichmann's subordinate United States [7]
Walter Schellenberg 4 January SS intelligence officer United States Einsatzgruppen [7]
Alois Hollriege 4 January Mauthausen guard United States murder of prisoners von Schirach and Kaltenbrunner[8]
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski 7 January[9] SS general United States German anti-partisan warfare, related killings of civilians[5][6] High Command of the Wehrmacht[9]
Franz Blaha 11 January Czech doctor and survivor of Dachau concentration camp United States Nazi human experimentation[10]
Maurice Lampe 25 January French resistance member, survivor of Mauthausen concentration camp France [11]
Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier 28 January French resistance member France what she had seen during the three years she spent in Auschwitz concentration camp[12][13]
Francisco Boix 28 January Spanish photographer, survivor of Mauthausen concentration camp France[14] Albert Speer's visit to Mauthausen, among other things Speer[15]
Hans Cappelen 28 January Norwegian lawyer, concentration camp survivor France [16]
Leo van der Essen 4 February[17] librarian of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) France destruction of the library during both world wars[18]
Friedrich von Paulus 11 February German field marshal in command at the Battle of Stalingrad Soviet Union Crimes against peace[19] Keitel, Jodl, and Göring were most responsible for the war[20]
Erich Buschenhagen 12 February German general Soviet Union Finland and Germany conspiring to invade the Soviet Union[21]
Joseph Orbeli 22 February Soviet Armenian scholar Soviet Union siege of Leningrad, damage to Winter Palace[22]
Jacob Grigorev 26 February peasant from Pskov (Russia) Soviet Union village attacked "for no reason" in October 1943[23]
Eugene Kivelisha 26 February Red Army doctor Soviet Union German mistreatment of Soviet prisoners of war[24]
Abraham Sutzkever 27 February Yiddish poet from Vilna (Lithuania) Soviet Union Vilna Ghetto, Ponary massacre[25][26] None[25]
Seweryna Szmaglewska 27 February Polish Auschwitz survivor Soviet Union abuse of children[27] [28]
Samuel Rajzman 27 February Treblinka survivor Soviet Union[25][29] Treblinka extermination camp[27] None[25]
Nikolai Lomakin 27 February Russian Orthodox metropolitan Soviet Union Siege of Leningrad[30]

Defense witnesses

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  • Witnesses gave testimonies for one or more of the seven government organizations and/or one or more of the 24 leaders of Nazi Germany
Defense witnesses for the organizations
Name Date Role Called by Testified about Relevant to defendants
Adolf Heusinger Chief of the Operations Section of the High Command of the Army from 1940 to 1944. General Staff and High Command General Staff and High Command
Albert Hoffmann Gauleiter of Southern Westphalia 1943-1945 Gauleiters (Political Leaders) Corps of Political Leaders
Albert Kesselring Commander-in-Chief West (end of war) General Staff and High Command General Staff and High Command
Alfred Helmut Naujocks Carried out attack on Gleiwitz Broadcasting Station in 1939 SD SD
Anton Schueller NSV (Welfare) Gau and Kreis Staffs and organizations affiliated to the NSDAP Corps of Political Leaders
Bruno Biedermann Gaupersonalamtsleiter (personnel) Gau and Kreis Staffs and organizations affiliated to the NSDAP Corps of Political Leaders
Dieter Wislicency Jewish Committee of the Eichmann Department Department of Eichmann SS
Dr. Alfred Hoengen Worked in SD concerning law and administration SD SD
Dr. Brausse Court Martial Officer (SS Judge) Waffen-SS SS
Emmerich David Vicar of the Diocese of Cologne SA didn't eliminate forces via terror, suppress trade unions, spread propaganda, encourage persecution of the Church, nor conspire in plans of aggressive war SA
Ernst Geier President of Nuremberg Branch of the State Railways and former Hauptsturmfuehrer SA didn't eliminate forces via terror, suppress trade unions, spread propaganda, encourage persecution of the Church, nor conspire in plans of aggressive war SA
Dr. Frinhart Rathcke Konsistorialrat of the Evangelical Church SA didn't eliminate forces via terror, suppress trade unions, spread propaganda, encourage persecution of the Church, nor conspire in plans of aggressive war SA
Dr. Gottfried Boley Ministerialrat in the Reich Chancellery in Berlin SA didn't eliminate forces via terror, suppress trade unions, spread propaganda, encourage persecution of the Church, nor conspire in plans of aggressive war SA
Dr. Hans Ehlich Chief of Section II B of Amt 3 of RSHA (population and racial questions) SD SD
Dr. Hans Roessner in Group II C of Amt 3 of RSHA (science, education, religion) SD SD
Dr. Heinz Joachim Graf Chief of the Interpreting and Interrogation Section Waffen-SS SS
Dr. Helmut Knochen Chief of SP and SD in France 1942-1944 SD SD
Dr. Kurt Wolf Lawyer SA didn't eliminate forces via terror, suppress trade unions, spread propaganda, encourage persecution of the Church, nor conspire in plans of aggressive war SA
Dr. Norbert Pohl Senior Assault Unit Leader SS Main Offices SS
Dr. Peter Liebrich Medical Officer in Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS Waffen-SS SS
Werner Best Ministerial Dierector of the Security Police in Reich Ministry of the Interior and Reich Plenipotentiary in Denmark Gestapo Gestapo
Eberhard Hinderfeld Legal adviser to SS disciplinary court in Munic Allgemeine SS SS
Eberhard von Thadden Councillor in the German Foreign Office Department of Eichmann SS
Eduard Kuehl Kreisleiter in Hanover 1943-1945 Kreisleiters Corps of Political Leaders
Edward Willy Meyer Wendeborn Kreisleiter in Kloppenburg 1934-1945 Kreisleiters Corps of Political Leaders
Else Paul Reichsfrauenschaft (women) Gau and Kreis Staffs and organizations affiliated to the NSDAP Corps of Political Leaders
Eric von Manstein Commanded the 11th Army in 1942 General Staff and High Command General Staff and High Command
Erna Westernacher Frauenschaftsleiterin (women) Gau and Kreis Staffs and organizations affiliated to the NSDAP Corps of Political Leaders
Ernst Hirt Blockleiter in Nurnberg 1942-1945 Block and Zellen Leiters Corps of Political Leaders
Ewald Schleicker Kreisleiter in Coblentz 1937-1945 Kreisleiters Corps of Political Leaders
Feliz Schieblich Volunteer Waffen-SS SS
Franz Bock SA Obergruppenfuehrer in Düsseldorf SA didn't eliminate forces via terror, suppress trade unions, spread propaganda, encourage persecution of the Church, nor conspire in plans of aggressive war SA
Franz Halder Chief of the General Staff of the Army General Staff and High Command General Staff and High Command
Franz Straub Commander of the Security Police in Belgium 1940-1943 Gestapo Gestapo
Friedrich Habenicht SA Brigade Leader in Wuppertal and President of Police SA didn't eliminate forces via terror, suppress trade unions, spread propaganda, encourage persecution of the Church, nor conspire in plans of aggressive war SA
Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Eberstein Oberabsdinittsfuehrer in Dresden and Chief of Police in Bavaria from 1937 to 1945 Allgemeine SS SS
Friedrich Klaehn Chief of Amt "Schrift" (Publications Department) SA didn't eliminate forces via terror, suppress trade unions, spread propaganda, encourage persecution of the Church, nor conspire in plans of aggressive war SA
Gerd von Rundstedt Field Marshal of Heer and Wehrmacht General Staff and High Command General Staff and High Command
Graf von Roedern Auslandsorganisation Gau and Kreis Staffs and organizations affiliated to the NSDAP Corps of Political Leaders
Guenther Joel Reich Ministry of Justice and attorney general of Westphalia Gestapo (closing of unauthorized concentration camps belonging to the SS/SA) and Action Zeppelin Gestapo
Hans Juettner SS Senior Group Leader of the Main Headquarters of the Waffen-SS. Deaths Heads Units and the SS Verfuegungstruppe SS
Hans Oberlindober President of the National Socialist War Veterans Associations (Frontkaemphferbundes). SA didn't eliminate forces via terror, suppress trade unions, spread propaganda, encourage persecution of the Church, nor conspire in plans of aggressive war SA
Georg-Hans Reinhardt Commanded the Third Panzer Army and Army Group Center until January 1945. General Staff and High Command General Staff and High Command
Hans Roettinger Chief of the 4th Army of the Central Army Group General Staff and High Command General Staff and High Command
Hans Schneider[disambiguation needed] Zellenleiter in Augsburg 1936-1942 Block and Zellen Leiters Corps of Political Leaders
Hans Tesmer Attorney of the Gestapo in Berlin 1936-1945 Gestapo (compulsory character of membership and status of administrative personnel) Gestapo
Hans Wegsheider Ortsgruppenleiter in Allgau 1933-1945 Ortsgruppenleiter Corps of Political Leaders
Heinrich Vitzdmann Chief of Police and Gestapo in Konigsberg and Police President Gestapo (closing of unauthorized concentration camps belonging to the SS/SA) and Action Zeppelin Gestapo
Helmuth Kluck Public Health Officer and Senator in Danzig Allgemeine SS SS
Joachim Ruoff Colonel in the Main Headquarters of the Waffen-SS Waffen-SS SS
Johann Hedel Technical Information Bureau of Gestapo in Munich Gestapo (compulsory character of membership and status of administrative personnel) Gestapo
Johann Mohr Agrarpolitisches Amt (Agriculture) Gau and Kreis Staffs and organizations affiliated to the NSDAP Corps of Political Leaders
Johannes Zupke Personnel Department of the Order Police SS Regiments SS
Karl Chudoba Student Organizations Gau and Kreis Staffs and organizations affiliated to the NSDAP Corps of Political Leaders
Karl Engelbert Kreiswirtschaftsberater (Kreis economic adviser) Gau and Kreis Staffs and organizations affiliated to the NSDAP Corps of Political Leaders
Karl Guenther Molk Senior Assault Unit Leader of SS (Junker) Training School Waffen-SS SS
Karl Hans Joehnk Member of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Allgemeine SS SS
Karl Heinz Hoffmann Chief of Amt IV of the Security Police in Denmark Gestapo Gestapo
Karl Otto Kurt Kaufmann Gauleiter of Hamburg 1928-1945 Gauleiters (Political Leaders) Corps of Political Leaders
Karl Otto von Der Borch Provincial Riding Leader in the Ostmark NS Reiterkorps (Riding Units) SA
Karl Ullrich Commander of the SS Panzer Division Viking Waffen-SS SS
Karl Wahl Gauleiter in Schwaben (Bavaria) 1928-1945 Gauleiters (Political Leaders) Corps of Political Leaders
Kavallerie Siegfried Westphal Chief of Staff in Italy from 1943 to 1944 General Staff and High Command General Staff and High Command
Louis Franz Schlegelberger Under Secretary in the Ministry of Justice Cabinet meetings and functions of the Fuehrer Reich Cabinet
Ludwig Grauert State Secretary of Prussia Allgemeine SS SS
Ludwig Oldach Chief of Gestapo in Mecklenburg District 1933-1945 Gestapo Gestapo
Martin Hauffe Chief of Administration in Sigmaningen, and Landesfuehrer (Provincial Leader) of the Stahlhelm Stahlhelm SA
Max Juettner SA Obergruppenfuehrer, Permanent Deputy of the Chief of Staff of the SA. SA didn't eliminate forces via terror, suppress trade unions, spread propaganda, encourage persecution of the Church, nor conspire in plans of aggressive war SA
Otto Freiherr von Waldenfels Landesfuehrer (Provincial Leader) in Bavaria Stahlhelm SA
Otto Somann Chief of Security Police in Wiesbaden Gestapo (compulsory character of membership and status of administrative personnel) Gestapo
Paul Hausser Commanding Army Group G on the Western Front Deaths Heads Units, SS Verfuegungstruppe, and the Waffen-SS SS
Paul Koppe Office of "Community Policy" (Local Government Affairs) Gau and Kreis Staffs and organizations affiliated to the NSDAP Corps of Political Leaders
Paul Wolf Zellenleiter in Saarbruecken 1941-1945 Block and Zellen Leiters Corps of Political Leaders
Richard Mueller Central Administration of the Party (The Treasury) Gau and Kreis Staffs and organizations affiliated to the NSDAP Corps of Political Leaders
Richard Walle Obertruppfuehrer in Westphalia NS Reiterkorps (Riding Units) SA
Ritter von Leeb Commander-in-Chief Army Group North on the Russian Front in 1941 General Staff and High Command General Staff and High Command
Robert Brill Deputy Chief of Recruiting Section of the Waffen-SS Main Office Waffen-SS SS
Rolf-Heinz Höppner Incharge of Amt 3 A of the RSHA SD SD
Rudolf Kuehn Blockleiter in Berlin 1935-1945 Block and Zellen Leiters Corps of Political Leaders
Ruediger von Woikowski-Biedau Inspectorate of Riding in the SS Main Office. Riding Units (SS) SS
Theo Gruss Paymaster of the Stahlhelm Stahlhelm SA
Theo Hupfauer DAF (German labor front) Gau and Kreis Staffs and organizations affiliated to the NSDAP Corps of Political Leaders
Theodore Busse Commanded a Corps in July 1944 and was later appointed to Command the 9th Army. General Staff and High Command General Staff and High Command
Theophil Burgstahler Clergyman SA didn't eliminate forces via terror, suppress trade unions, spread propaganda, encourage persecution of the Church, nor conspire in plans of aggressive war SA
Walter Albath Chief of Gestapo in Konigsberg 1941-1943 and Inspector of the Security Police and SD in Wehrkreis Gestapo Gestapo
Walter Blume Recruiting Section of the Waffen-SS Main Office Waffen-SS SS
Walter Schellenberg Chief of Section E of Amt IV of the RSHA General Staff and High Command General Staff and High Command
Walter von Brauchitsch Commander-in-Chief of the Army until 1941. General Staff and High Command General Staff and High Command
Werner Grothmann Adjutant to Himmler 1940 to 1945. Waffen-SS SS
Werner Schaeffer Commandant of Oranienburg 1933-1934 SA didn't eliminate forces via terror, suppress trade unions, spread propaganda, encourage persecution of the Church, nor conspire in plans of aggressive war SA
Wilhelm Gruenwald representative of the Inspector of Security Police and SD in Braunschweig Gestapo (their closing of unauthorized concentration camps belonging to the SS and SA) and Action Zeppelin Gestapo
Wilhelm Johann Kirchbaum Chief of the Military Police in Obersalzberg 1940-1945 Gestapo (compulsory character of membership and status of administrative personnel) Gestapo
Wilhelm List Commanded an Army in France, Poland and Greece until 1942 General Staff and High Command General Staff and High Command
Wolfram Sievers Part of the Ahnenerbe SS Main Offices SS
Defense witnesses for the individual defendants
Name Date Role Called by Testified about Relevant to defendants
Hans Bernd Gisevius 26 April 1946 German resistance and Abwehr official Dr. Otto Pannenbecker State of the police authority in Germany Wilhelm Strick
Rudolf Hess 31 August 1946 Deputy Fuhrer Dr. Kauffmann Atrocities at Auschwitz and destruction of European Jewry Kaltenbrunner, Hess
Herman Goering Founder of Gestapo Herman Goering
Ernst Kaltenbrunner Senior SS, head of Reich Main Security Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Wilhelm Frick Minister of Interior, Reich Protector of Moravia and Bohemia Wilhelm Frick
Julius Streicher Author of "Der Struemen" and other anti-semetic publishings Julius Streicher
Franz von Papen Vice-Chancellor of Germany Franz von Papen
Arthur Seyss-Inquart Reich Commissioner for Occupied Netherlands Arthur Seyss
Wilhel Keitel Chief of Armed Forces High Command Wilhel Keitel
Hjalmar Schacht Economist, President of Reichsbank Hjalmar Schacht
Alfred Jodl Chief of Operations of Armed Forces High Command Alfred Jodl
Albert Speer Minister of Armaments and War Production Albert Speer
Karl Doenitz Commander of Navy, Hitler's successor Karl Doenitz
Hans Frank Governor-General of occupied Poland Hans Frank
Walther Funk Minister of Economics, President of Reichsbank Walther Funk
Konstantin von Neurath Foreign Minister, Protector of Morovia and Bohemia ` Konstantin von Neurath
Erich Raeder Grand Admiral, Commander in Chief of Navy Erich Raeder
Joachim von Ribbentrop Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany Joachim von Ribbentrop
Fritz Sauckel Plenipotenkary General of Utilization of Labour Fritz Sauckel
Baldur von Schirach Youth Leader of Nazi Party Baldur von Schitach

References

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  1. ^ Priemel 2016, p. 105.
  2. ^ International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg) Judgement of 1 October 1946. 1 October 1946. p. 13.
  3. ^ Hirsch 2020, p. 130.
  4. ^ a b Hirsch 2020, p. 193.
  5. ^ a b Douglas 2001, pp. 69–70.
  6. ^ a b Priemel 2016, pp. 118–119.
  7. ^ a b Hirsch 2020, p. 194.
  8. ^ Hirsch 2020, pp. 194–195.
  9. ^ a b Hirsch 2020, p. 199.
  10. ^ Hirsch 2020, p. 201.
  11. ^ Hirsch 2020, pp. 207–208.
  12. ^ Hirsch 2020, p. 208.
  13. ^ Douglas 2001, p. 70.
  14. ^ Hirsch 2020, pp. 208–209.
  15. ^ Pike 2003, p. 340, fn 40.
  16. ^ Hirsch 2020, pp. 209–210.
  17. ^ "Prof. Leo van der Essen at Nuremberg Trial - Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". collections.ushmm.org. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  18. ^ Priemel 2016, p. 115.
  19. ^ Hirsch 2020, pp. 221–222.
  20. ^ Hirsch 2020, p. 223.
  21. ^ Hirsch 2020, p. 224.
  22. ^ Hirsch 2020, p. 233.
  23. ^ Hirsch 2020, p. 236.
  24. ^ Hirsch 2020, pp. 236–237.
  25. ^ a b c d Priemel 2016, p. 119.
  26. ^ Hirsch 2020, p. 237.
  27. ^ a b Finder, Gabriel N.; Prusin, Alexander V. (2018-01-01). Justice Behind the Iron Curtain: Nazis on Trial in Communist Poland. University of Toronto Press. pp. 76–79. ISBN 978-1-4875-2268-1.
  28. ^ Hirsch 2020, pp. 238–239.
  29. ^ Hirsch 2020, p. 239.
  30. ^ Hirsch 2020, pp. 159–160, 239–240.

Works cited

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  1. ^ "The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Volume 42". avalon.law.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
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