FROM THE INDICTMENT [from Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals under Control Council Law No. 10. Nuremberg, October 1946–April 1949. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O, 1949–1953.]:

The United States of America, by the undersigned Telford Taylor, Chief of Counsel for War Crimes, duly appointed to represent said Government in the prosecution of war criminals, charges that the defendants herein participated in a common design or conspiracy to commit and did commit war crimes and crimes against humanity, as defined in Control Council Law No. 10, duly enacted by the Allied Control Council on 20 December 1945. These crimes included murders, brutalities, cruelties, tortures, atrocities, and other inhumane acts, as set forth in counts one, two, and three of this indictment. Certain defendants are further charged with membership in a criminal organization, as set forth in count four of this indictment.

THE PERSONS ACCUSED AS GUILTY... COUNT ONE — THE COMMON DESIGN OR CONSPIRACY COUNT TWO — WAR CRIMES COUNT THREE — CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COUNT FOUR — MEMBERSHIP IN CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION

Wherefore, this indictment is filed with the Secretary General of the Military Tribunals and the charges herein made against the above named defendants are hereby presented to MILITARY TRIBUNAL NO. I

TELFORD TAYLOR Brigadier General, USA Chief of Counsel for War Crimes Acting on Behalf of the United States of America

Nuernberg, 25 October 1946