- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on the Texts
- On the Authors
- Introduction
-
1 Anti-Semitism: Spearhead of Universal Teror -
2 Possible Political Changes in Nazi Germany in the Near Future -
3 Changes in the Reich Government -
4 Speer’s Appointment as Dictator of the German Economy -
5 The Significance of Prussian Militarism for Nazi Imperialism: Potential Tensions in United Nations Psychological Warfare -
6 German Social Stratification -
7 German Morale After Tunisia -
8 Morale in Germany -
9 Possible Patterns of German Collapse -
10 The Social and Political Effects of Air Raids on the German People: A Preliminary Survey -
11 The Attempt on Hitler’s Life and its Consequences -
12 The Free Germany Manifesto and the German People -
13 The German Communist Party -
14 The Social Democratic Party of Germany -
15 The Abrogation of Nazi Laws in the Early Period of Mg -
16 Dissolution of the Nazi Party and its Affiliated Organizations -
17 German Cartels and Cartel-Like Organizations -
18 Policy Toward Revival of Old Parties and Establishment Of New Parties in Germany -
19 General Principles of Administration and Civil Service in Germany -
20 Administration of German Criminal Justice Under Military Government -
21 The Problem of Inflation in Germany -
22 The Adaptation of Centralized European Controls of Raw Materials, Industry, And transport (October 30,1903) -
23 The Revival of German Political and Constitutional Life Under Military Government -
24 The Treatment of Germany -
25 The “Statement on Atrocities” of the Moscow Tripartite Conference -
26 Problems Concerning the Treatment of War Criminals -
27 Leadership Principle and Criminal Responsibility -
28 Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: The Nazi Master Plan -
29 Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: Domestic Crimes -
30 Status and Prospects of German Trade-Unions and Works Councils -
31 The Potentials of World Communism - Index
Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: Domestic Crimes
Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: Domestic Crimes
(August 13, 1945)
- Chapter:
- (p.522) 29 Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: Domestic Crimes
- Source:
- Secret Reports on Nazi Germany
- Author(s):
Otto Kircheimer
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
This chapter discusses the criminal responsibility of the Nazis for their violations of German domestic law, including the suppression of labor organizations and political parties. It first considers the expected plea by the Nazi Defense that the war crimes of which the prisoners are accused were in fact authorized by the laws of the Third Reich. It then shows how—and under what pretexts—the Nazis went about the organization of their system of terror. In particular, it emphasizes the role of the police as an instrument of repression and notes that the opposition parties were driven underground, the elections were rigged, and the trade unions were taken over. The chapter examines two types of agencies employed by Nazi Germany: the “legal terror,” which operated by way of the courts and the application of Nazi laws, and the police and organizational terror, which applied force directly.
Keywords: criminal responsibility, German domestic law, trade unions, political parties, war crimes, Third Reich, police, Nazi Germany, legal terror, organizational terror
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on the Texts
- On the Authors
- Introduction
-
1 Anti-Semitism: Spearhead of Universal Teror -
2 Possible Political Changes in Nazi Germany in the Near Future -
3 Changes in the Reich Government -
4 Speer’s Appointment as Dictator of the German Economy -
5 The Significance of Prussian Militarism for Nazi Imperialism: Potential Tensions in United Nations Psychological Warfare -
6 German Social Stratification -
7 German Morale After Tunisia -
8 Morale in Germany -
9 Possible Patterns of German Collapse -
10 The Social and Political Effects of Air Raids on the German People: A Preliminary Survey -
11 The Attempt on Hitler’s Life and its Consequences -
12 The Free Germany Manifesto and the German People -
13 The German Communist Party -
14 The Social Democratic Party of Germany -
15 The Abrogation of Nazi Laws in the Early Period of Mg -
16 Dissolution of the Nazi Party and its Affiliated Organizations -
17 German Cartels and Cartel-Like Organizations -
18 Policy Toward Revival of Old Parties and Establishment Of New Parties in Germany -
19 General Principles of Administration and Civil Service in Germany -
20 Administration of German Criminal Justice Under Military Government -
21 The Problem of Inflation in Germany -
22 The Adaptation of Centralized European Controls of Raw Materials, Industry, And transport (October 30,1903) -
23 The Revival of German Political and Constitutional Life Under Military Government -
24 The Treatment of Germany -
25 The “Statement on Atrocities” of the Moscow Tripartite Conference -
26 Problems Concerning the Treatment of War Criminals -
27 Leadership Principle and Criminal Responsibility -
28 Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: The Nazi Master Plan -
29 Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: Domestic Crimes -
30 Status and Prospects of German Trade-Unions and Works Councils -
31 The Potentials of World Communism - Index
