| VII. WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY — SELECTIONS FROM
THE EVIDENCE |
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A. The Commissar Order
1. INTRODUCTION |
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The prosecution alleged that the defendants Warlimont and Lehmann had
participated in the formulation of the Commissar Order. In paragraph 2 below,
the Commissar Order (Document NOKW-484) and a number of other contemporaneous
documents dated before the actual issuance of the order are followed by
testimony of the defendants Warlimont and Lehmann. In paragraph 3,
contemporaneous documents concerning the execution of the order are followed by
testimony of the defendants von Leeb, Reinhardt, and Hoth.
The
Commissar Order was issued and distributed several weeks before the invasion of
Soviet Russia. Related documents dealing with the plans for the invasion are
reproduced in section VI D 3 b. |
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| 2. FORMULATION AND DISTRIBUTION |
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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NOKW-484 |
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PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 56 |
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LETTER SIGNED BY DEFENDANT WARLIMONT TRANSMITTING
THE COMMISSAR ORDER “DIRECTIVES FOR THE
TREATMENT OF POLITICAL COMMISSARS”
TO
MILITARY LEADERS, 5 JUNE 1941
[stamp] Top Secret |
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High Command of the Armed Forces
Armed Forces Operations
Staff/Department National Defense, (IV/Qu)
No. 44822/41 Top Secret
[Stamp]
Top
Secret
Through officer only |
Fuehrer Headquarters, 6 June 1941
20 copies — 10th
copy. |
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| In pursuance to the Fuehrer decree [C-50, Pros. Ex. 594]* of
14 May, concerning the execution of military jurisdiction in the
“Barbarossa” area (High Command of the Armed Forces, Armed
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