was conceived in the course of the preparations for "Case Barbarossa"
the code word for the invasion of Soviet Russia. This order was issued and
first distributed more than one month before the actual invasion of Soviet
Russia.
In section b, contemporaneous documents concerning the
Barbarossa Jurisdiction Order are followed by testimony of the defendant
Lehmann. Many of the references in contemporaneous documents concerned with the
treatment of the population in the East in later sections refer to this order
or to policies declared in this order. |
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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT C-50 |
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PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 594 |
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THE BARBAROSSA JUISDICTION ORDER, 13 MAY 1941, WITH TRANSMITTAL
LETTERS FROM THE HIGH COMMAND OF
THE ARMED FORCES,
14 MAY 1941, AND FROM
THE NAVAL WAR STAFF, 17 JUNE 1941
[stamp] Top Secret |
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Fuehrer Headquarters, 14 May 1941
[Handwritten]
Submit to Naval War Staff
[initial] S [Schniewind]
[Stamp]
Matter for Chiefs
Through officer
only
23 copies — 7th copy. |
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High Command of the Armed Forces,
Armed Forces Operations Staff
Dept. National Defense, (IV Qu.),
No. 44718/41 Top Secret, Chief-matter
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Ia [Illegible initial]
Ig
If [Illegible initial] 6 June
Ii
[Illegible initial]
19 May |
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[Stamp]
High Command of the Navy,
I Op 00663/41,
Received 15 May
1941.
Enclosures: I G * * *
1 Distribution (attached).
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