Goering Served with IMT Indictment
Goering was personally served in German with the IMT indictment, the Tribunal Charter, procedural notice and information concerning his right to legal counsel.
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Goering was personally served in German with the IMT indictment, the Tribunal Charter, procedural notice and information concerning his right to legal counsel.
The indictment before the Tribunal charged Goering under all four counts: conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Ribbentrop appeared in the defendants' dock when the International Military Tribunal opened proceedings against the principal surviving leaders of Nazi Germany.
Speer appeared in the defendants' dock when the International Military Tribunal opened proceedings against the principal surviving leaders of Nazi Germany.
Goering entered a plea of not guilty when the defendants were individually called upon to answer the charges set out in the indictment.
In the American opening case, Robert Jackson presented Goering as one of the central surviving leaders whose offices and authority connected him to the alleged Nazi conspiracy.
When called upon to answer the indictment, Ribbentrop entered a plea of not guilty to the charges brought against him before the International Military Tribunal.
When called upon individually by the Tribunal, Speer entered a plea of not guilty to the charges contained in the international indictment.
The prosecution connected Goering with meetings and administrative measures that mobilized industrial resources, finance and production for the expansion of German military power.
American prosecutors introduced evidence that Goering directed the Four Year Plan and exercised broad economic powers used to accelerate German rearmament and war preparation.
Prosecutors presented records showing that Goering was informed of plans for operations in the East and held senior responsibility for economic preparations connected with the invasion.
The prosecution introduced laws and statements identifying Goering as the official who created and organized the Prussian Secret State Police before its later national expansion.