United Nations Archives Predecessor Archives Group United Nations War Crimes Commission 1943 - 1949

UNITED NATIONS ARCHIVES
PREDECESSOR ARCHIVES GROUP
UNITED NATIONS WAR CRIMES COMMISSION
1943 - 1949
PAG-3/Rev. 1, 1987
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INTRODUCTION
HIS'IDRY AND ORGANIZATION
The United Nations War Crimes commissio~ was established on

20 October 1943 by a meeting of Government representatives of seventeen
of the Allied Nations,~ including all of the major powers except the
U.S.S.R.lI at the Foreign Office in London. The first official meeting
was held on 11 January 1944, and the Commission continued its work
actively until the end of March 1948.
The Commission engaged in formulating and implementing general

measures necessary to ensure the detection, apprehension, trial and
punishment of persons accused of war crimes. It also performed valuable
advisory functions in connection with the development of principles of
international law and planning for international tribunals. Its terms of
reference were as followsz
(i) To collect, investigate and record evidence of

war crimes, identifying where possible the
individuals responsible.
(ii) To report to the Government concerned cases

where the material available appeared to
disclose a prima facie case.
(iii) To act as a Committee of Legal Experts charged

with advising the Governments concerned upon
matters of a technical nature, such as the
sort of tribunals to be employed in the trial
of war criminals, the law to be applied, the
procedure to be adopted and the rules of
evidence to be followed.
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structure and the operating procedures of the UNWCC see History
of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development
of the Laws of War, compiled by the UNWCC (London, His
Majesty's Stationery Officer, 1948).
~/ Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia,
France, Greece, India, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Poland, Union of South Africa, United Kingdom, United
States, Yugoslavia. South Africa was only involved in the
setting up of the Commission, subsequently, it did not
participate in its workings. Denmark joined the Commission as
a full member in July 1945. Apart from these two changes the
composition of the Commission did not change during its
lifetime.
11 The Soviet Union did not become a member, and
therefore, did not submit any charges.
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History and organization
In carrying out the function under (ii) the Commission was

assisted by National Offices established by each of the constituent
members. Formal charges against alleged or suspected war criminals were
submitted to the Commission by the National Offices, along with the
supporting data and a description of evidence available. It was then the
responsibility of the Commission to determine whether there appeared to
be sufficient evidence to warrant the listing of persons charged as
criminals in order that they might be detained and prosecuted by the
member governments. In the performance of this function the Commission
examined charges involving approximately 37,000 individuals.
The War Crimes Commission took no part in the detention of

persons listed, or in the prosecution of the cases.
The function of the Commission under (iii) was to formulate

recommendations for the guidance of governments. Through a number of
recommendations the Commission influenced the development of
international law in such questions as jurisdiction, extradition,
belligerent occupation, personal responsibility for acts of State, the
criminality of aggressive war and the protection of human rights of civil
populations against violations by their own governments. The
law-reporting activities of the Commission are a valuable source of
information on State practice regarding the repression of crimes against
peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and constituted an
important preliminary step in the development and codification of these
branches of international law.
When the International Military Tribunals at Nuremberg and

Tokyo, as well as the municipal and occupation courts of its member
governments, started to function and trials of war criminals were
actually being conducted on a considerable scale, the Commission made
arrangements for the collection and examination of the records of these
trials.
The Commission's first Chairman was Sir Cecil Hurst of the

United Kingdom who was followed in January 1945 by Lord Wright of Durley,
Australia's representative in the Commission. The post of
Secretary-General was held originally by Hugh McKinnon Wood, in November
1945, Col. G.A. Ledingham succeeded him.
The Commission established three main committeesl
Committee I, the Committee on Facts and Evidence, was to

examine the charges filed by the member governments (National
Offices) and to prepare and issue lists of war criminals for
the different apprehending authorities in order that they
might take the necessary action.
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History and Organization
committee II, was concerned with "Enforcement", a term

which comprised all measures considered necessary to ensure
the detection, apprehension, trial and punishment of persons
guilty of or responsible for war crimes. The recommendations
of this Committee influenced not only the creation of the
Nuremberg International Military Tribunal, but also the
establishment of the many other international and
inter-allied military tribunals including the International
Military Tribunal for the Far East. In the course of time
the duties of Committee II were assumed either by Committee I
or Committee III.
Committee III, the Legal Committee, was to advise on

legal questions. Owing to the significance of many of the
legal questions which were subsequently examined, the
Commission's advisory function tended, in the course of time,
to exceed in importance its original task of investigation.
Questions of substantive law and particular charges brought

before the Commission by the National Offices ranged from the definition
of a war crime, superior orders, and military necessity, to usurpation of
sovereignty.
In order to deal with Far Eastern problems, the Commission

adopted a proposal by the Chinese Ambassador to establish a Far Eastern
and Pacific Sub-Commission in Chungking (eventually moved to Nanking) as
a branch of the UNWCC. It held its inaugural meeting on 29 November
1944. The Sub-Commission set up two sub-committees I a Finance Committee
and a Committee on Facts and Evidence. The minutes of its meetings were
regularly transmitted to the main Commission in London. Up to March 1947
it had held 38 meetings.
Other committees of the main Commission were the Far Eastern

Committee, the Public Relations Committee, the Finance Committee, the
Executive Committee and the Legal Publications Committee.
In May 1944 the Commission established a Research Office

charged with the task of tracing some of the most notorious forms of
systematized war crimes to their source, i.e. to compile documentary
evidence on the German authorities and departmental chiefs responsible
for directing organisations under which war crimes were committed. Thus,
in close collaboration with the National Offices, prima facie cases
against leading German officials were often established on the basis of a
single decree or proclamation published in the German-controlled press of
an occupied territory. Another part of the Research Office's work
consisted in meeting requests for information and to arrange for the
publications of the Commission.
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RECORDS
The records of the War Crimes Commission in the United Nations

Archives consist of: minutes, documents and reports of the Commission
and its Committees, the Research Office, and the Far Eastern and Pacific
Sub-Commission, periodical lists of War criminals, Suspects, Witnesses
(including approximately 37,000 names) and related material of the main
Commission and of the Far Eastern and Pacific Sub-Commission, and
correspondence, mainly with various National Offices. The more
voluminous part of the documentation of the War Crimes Commission are
records submitted by Member Governments, other National Authorities and
Military Tribunals: some 8,000 charge files and related material from
Australia to Yugoslavia, periodical lists of about 37,000 War Criminals,
Suspects and Witnesses, reports of National Military Tribunals,
transcripts of proceedings and documents of the International Military
Tribunal for the Far East. Finding Aids in the form of indexes are part
of the above enumerated records.
The War Crimes Commission destroyed a part of its records,

mostly administrative files, which were considered to be of no historical
value. Most documents held by the Research Office, which had been
received from government departments in London, were returned to the
respective ministries. Records of the following committees did not reach
the UN Archives and their whereabouts are not known. Far Eastern
Committee of the Main commission, Public Relations Committee, Finance
Committee, Executive Committee, Legal Publications Committee and two
sub-committees of the Far Eastern and Pacific Sub-Commission.
Even though the documents of the Commission and its Committees,

per se, constitute only a small part of the total size of this archives
group, they provide insight into the organizational structure of the
Commission and its many and varied activities. A prominent example,
documented in 15 volumes, are the Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals
which contain summaries of the trials and a comment on each case prepared
by the UNWCC Secretariat. The constitutional and working relationship
between the War Crimes Commission and the UN Secretariat, especially in
the fields of human rights and codification and development of
international law, is also documented in two small registry files
(RAG-l/Boxes 62 and 95). Mimeographed documents (C 201-C 226,
May-September 1946) are contained in a file of the Legal Office
(DAG-3/Box 18, "C.A. Stavropoulos papers").
Related to the records of the War Crimes Commission are copies

of documents and transcripts of proceedings of the International Military
Tribunal and of twelve trials known as the "Subsequent proceedings" held
at Nuremberg from November 1946 to April 1949. These mimeographed
reference materials are in the custody of the United Nations Library.
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Revised Rules for Access to Records
of the United Nations War crimes Commission */
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1. Subject to the following restrictions and to normal

administrative controls, all archives of the UNWCC are available to any
person who appears, to the satisfaction of the Chief of the Archives
Section, to be engaged in serious research in the history of the
Commission or in related problems in international law or associated
fields.
2. The following records are not available for inspection and use
except as specified in rule 3 belowl
(a) Those parts of the minutes and documents of the Commission

and its Committees and of the Research Office "Documents"
that refer to specified individuals charged or suspected of
war crimes.
(b) The list of war criminals, suspects and witnesses, and

related indexes, and the formal charges and related papers.
3. The records described in rule 2 above include unsubstantiated

information and hearsay evidence which may not have been submitted to
judicial process. Access to these records will nevertheless be granted,
on the conditions described below, for the purposes ofl
(a) official research into and investigation and

prosecution of war crimes by Governments, and
(b) bona fide research by individuals into the history and

work of the UNWCC and into war crimes,
on the understanding that, in granting access, the United Nations

Secretariat is acting in a purely administrative capacity under these
rules and it in no way engages the responsibility of the United Nations.
(a) Official research into and investigation and prosecution of

war crimes by Governments.
States requesting access for these reasons should address a

written request to the Secretary-General of theUni±.ed-Na.t.ions
specifying (i) the purpose for which information is requested
and (ii), where information is sought on individuals, the names
of any persons on whom information is sought. It is understood
that, where information is sought on individuals, the rules of
the State concerned regarding protection of materials in
criminal investigations will be applied to the materials made
available by the Secretariat from the UNWCC records. Where
copies of materials are requested by a Government, a fee will be
charged to cover the costs of reproducing the materials
requested.
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(b) Bona fide research by individuals into the history and work
of the UNWCC and into war crimes.
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(i) An appli~ation for access by an individual will be
accepted by the Secretary-General when it is transmitted on the
approved form, pursuant to such rules as the Government
concerned may prescribe, by the Permanent Representative or
Permanent Observer of the State of which the applicant is a
national or permanent resident. An application, when submitted
to the Government concerned, should be accompanied by an
appropriate introduction from an institution of higher learning
or research or from a relevant professional society. When
considering whether to transmit an application, the Government
concerned will pay due regard to the nature of the materials
involved and the use to which such materials may be put.
(ii) The approved form may be obtained from the Chief

Archivist of the United Nations. The form requires the
applicant to give undertakings to observe the terms on which
access is granted, and provides that payment of fees, as from
time to time established, will be required to cover the
administrative costs and services involved.
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Nov.1945 Staffs of the German Concentration Camps

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Feb.1946 (Vol. I - X, printed, bound)
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Mar.1944 The German Police (SHAEF) (compiled by MIRS, 37/

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Oct.1944 Germany Basic Handbook, Part III, Nazi Occupied 37/

Europe (printed, bound)
1945-1949 Military Government Gazette. Germany, 37/

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British Zone of Control,
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1947-1947 I Manual for Trial of War Crimes and Related Cases 38/
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German Major War Criminals by the International
Military Tribunal established according to the
Agreement of the Four Great Powers of August 8, 1945,
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Ethiopia 38/
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Poland
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Material Witnesses listed by the UNWCC; approximately
40,000 cards, bearing reference to Periodical Lists
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Indexes to Periodical Lists of Albanian.

Bulgarian. German. Hungarian. Italian. Japanese and
Rumanian War Criminals. Suspects and Material Witnesses
(arranged in numerical order. containing approximately
37.000 names. mimeographed. bound)
16 Ju1.1946 Alphabetical Index Periodical Lists of 391

Albanian, Bulgarian, German, Hungarian, Italian and
Rumanian War Criminals Nos. 1 - 40
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17 Aug.1949 Alphabetical Index to Periodical Lists of 391
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May.1948 Far Eastern and Pacific
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(German War Criminals holding
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Aug.1945 Far Eastern and Pacific Sub-Commission lists of War 40/

Mar.1947 Criminals and Material Witnesses (Japanese)
Lists Nos. 1 - 26 (Nos. 22 - 23 missing)
23 Nov.1945 Committee I Detention Circulars. Nos. 1 - 53 40/

Apr.1947 (containing information on detained persons who
appear to be identical with suspected war criminals,
or witnesses of war crimes)
Other Lists
May 1947 German General Officers 40/

Sep .1947 Investigation and findings re: possible charges
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ANNOTATIONS
Correspondence with National Offices regarding cases, I 41/

consisting primarily of transmittals for war crimes
lists and acknowledgement thereof. However, it also
includes clarification of facts and\status of cases,
requests for changes in information, decisions on cases
and notification of adjournment of cases (arranged by
National Offices in alphabetical order)
24 1944-1948 Australia - Netherlands 41/
25 1944-1948 Norway - Yugoslavia 41/
26 May 1946 Trial of alleged German War Criminals by British 41/

Apr.1948 Authorites - Results, sentences, release, further status,
extradition (Correspondence, mainly by cable with
EXFOR BOAR/War Crimes Group, HQ. BOAR)
Jan.1947 Correspondence, mainly with the UN Division on Human 41/

Feb.1949 Rights, especially re: collection and dissemination of
." .." information concerning human rights arising from the
trials of war criminals, transfer of UNWCC personnel and
cooperation between the two offices
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related material usually consist of a 4-page form and
supporting documentation which provide the following
information: registered number; date of receipt in the
UNWCC Secretariat; charge number of the accusing
government; name(s) of accused; military rank and unit,
or name or other official position; date and place of
alleged crime; number and description of crime in war
crime list; summary statement of facts; particulars of
alleged crime and supporting evidence; notes on the case
in regard to the culpability of the accused and
completeness of the case; and names of persons
transmitting the information. Often there are
statements by victims or witnesses in support of the
charge, or references to published sources. In
addition, the file cover indicates the date on which the
case was submitted to the Secretariat and decisions of
Committee I as to whether it was an "A", "C", "s" or "W"
case (see explanatory note under PAG-3/l.l.0.).
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145 Feb.1944 Volumes 1 - 3 32/

Apr.1946
146 Apr.1946 Volumes 4 - 6 32/
Feb.1948
Jan.1945 Volumes 7 - Pacific Theater of War 32/
Apr.1946
Belgium vs. Germans
Registered Nos.:
27 1 - 55 1/
28 56 - 149 1/
29 150 - 229 1/
30 230 - 325 1-2
31 326 - 399 2/
Canada vs. Germans
Registered Nos.:
32 1 - 11 2/
China vs. Germans
Registered No.:
1 2/
Czecholovakia vs. Germans
Registered Nos.:
33 1 - 47 3/
34 48 - 143 3/
35 144 - 246 3/
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Czechoslovakia vs. Hungarians
Registered Nos.:
36 1 - 8 3/
Denmark vs. Germans
Registered Nos.:
1 - 186, 192 4/
Herein: Statements concerning
Danish War Criminals Cases
5714 - 5760, 7678 - 7682
Ethiopia vs. Italians
Registered Nos.:
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France VB. Germans
Registered Nos.:
37 1 - 59 4/
38 60 - 120 4/
39 121 - 180 4/
40 181 - 239 5/
41 241 - 333 5/
42 334 - 409. \ 5/
43 411 - 499' ./>" 5/
44 500 - 566 . ··:}"I 5-6
45 I 567 - 649 '!:~,\~$j 6/
46 650 - 732~\:;;". 6/
47 733 - 803 ~;i~~:~i" 6/
48 ..804 - 880 'iii""' 6/
49 881 - 975 7/
50 976 - 1061 7/
51 1062 - 1131 7/
52 1132 - 1184 7/
53 1185 - 1268 7/
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Registered Nos.:
54 1269 - 1338 7-8

55 1339 - 1444 81 I
56 1446 - 1562 81 I
57 1563 - 1640 81 i
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59 1721 - 1799 91 I
60 1800 - 1876 91
61 1877 - 1970 91
62 1972 - 2055 91
63 2056 - 2129 9-10 i
64 2130 - 2189 101 !

65 2190 - 2231 10/
France vs. Italians
Registered Nos.:
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1 - 3 10/
Greece vs. Albanians
Registered No.:
66 1 10/
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Greece vs. Bulgarians
Registered Nos.:
1 - 125 10 I
67 126 - 199 10-11
Greece v~. Germans
Registered Nos.:
68 1 - 93 11/
69 94 - 179 111
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70 1 - 131 111
Greece vs. Rumanians
Registered No.:
1 111
Luxembourg vs. Germans
Registered Nos.:
71 1 - 71 111
72 72 - 97 111
Netherlands vs. Germans
Registered Nos.:
73 1 - 27 121
74 28 - 79 121
75 80 - 150 121
76 153 - 238 121
77 239 - 300 12-13
78 I
301 - 368 131
I 79 I 369 - 444 131
80 445 - 510 131
81 511 - 584 13
Norway vs. Germans
Registered Nos.:
82 ~
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Poland vs. Germans
Registered Nos.:
83 1 - 45 141
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85 111 - 177 141
86 I 178 - 256 14-15
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Registered Nos.:
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333 - 416
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89
417 - 498
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499 - 575
15-16
91
576 - 668
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92 669 - 757
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93 758 - 838
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94 839 - 913
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95 914 - 989
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96 990 - 1068
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97 1069 - 1140
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98 1141 - 1206
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99 1207 - 1277
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100 1278 - 1354
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101
1355 - 1470
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102
1471 - 1563
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103 1 - 65
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104 66 - 150
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105 152 - 210
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106 I 211 - 274
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107 275 - 330
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108 331 - 390
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109 391 - 447
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110 448 - 498
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111 499 - 554
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112 555 - 605
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113 606 - 624
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114 625 - 646
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115 647 - 669
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116 1 - 66 22/
117 68 - 114 22/
United Kingdom vs. Rumania
Registered Nos.:
1 - 2 22/
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Registered Nos.:
118 1 - 3 23/
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Registered Nos.:
1 - 60 23/
119
61 - 125 23/
120
126 - 211 23/
121
212 - 258 23/
Yugoslavia vs. Albanians
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211 - 294 241
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410 - 468 251
129
469 - 561 251
Yugoslavia vs. Hungarians
Registered No s v :
130 1 - 11 251
"." Yugoslavia vs. Italians
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1 - 53 251
131
54 - 150 251
132
151 - 221 251
Australia vs. Japanese
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133 1 - 19
261
France vs. Japanese
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United Kingdom vs. Japanese
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134 1 - 82 26/
135 83 - 151 26/
136 152 - 240 26/
137 Sep.1944 17 UNWCC Charges against German War Criminals

May 1945
Adjourned and withdrawn cases and "c" listings

(Arranged by member government making the charges and
numerically according to UNWCC registered number)
138 Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France 30/
139 France, Greece 30/
140 Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland 30-31
141 United Kingdom 31/
142 United Kingdom, USA, Yugoslavia 31/
143 Yugoslavia, Australia 31/
144 Notes on specific cases submitted for consideration at 42/

meetings of Committee I (arranged chronologically,
copies)
Dec.1945
Clarification of facts or specific information relating 42/
Mar.1947
to Yugoslavia and United Kingdom cases
1946 War Crimes in the Strafgefangenen1ager Nord, charges 42/

by Czechoslovakia
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Handwritten notes on specific persons and cases 42/

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Suspects (CROWCASS). Allied Control Authority
147 1946-1946 Instructions and directives issued by CROWCASS and US 42/

military authorities identifying the CROWCASS systems
and its implementation (with sample forms)
CROWCASS Wanted Lists, Consolidated Wanted Lists and

Supplementary Wanted Lists
Wanted Lists
Nos. :
Jul.1945 1 3; A - Z 4fNz..
OcL1945 4 ,
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1946 12 - 13; A - Z 43/
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149 Mar.1947
I· A - Z Germans Only 44/
Dec.1947 A - Z Germans Only 44/
Final Consolidated Wanted List, Part 1
JW1.1948 A - L Germans Only 44/
Consolidated Wanted List, Part 2
Mar.1947 A - Z Non-Germans Only 44/

Dec .1947 A - Z Non-Germans Only 44/
Supplementary Wanted List, No. 1
Jun .1947 Part 1 - Germans 44/

Jun .194 7 Part 2 - Non-Germans 44/
Supplementary Wanted List, No. 2
Sep.1947 Part 1 - Germans' 44/

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CROWCASS Detention Lists (alphabetically arranged, Nos.

1-8 mimeographed, unbound; Nos. 9-20 photo offset,
partly bound)
Nos. :
150 Aug.1945
1 - 6 45/
Feb.1946
151 Mar.1946
7 - 9 45/
Sep.1946
Sep.1946
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Mar.1948
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154 1946-1947 Tracing notices from CROWCASS requesting further 48/

identification of detainees (arranged
alphabetically by name)
Dec.1945 CROWCASS detention cases, identification and 48/

Apr.1947 clarification of action re detainees
(mixed correspondence)
155 Jul.1946 List of Wanted Persons (arranged alphabetically 48/

by name) - Office of the Theater Judge Advocate,
War Crimes Branch, Mediterranean Theater of
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for the Allied Powers, Legal Section
155 Monthly Summations (Reports, Statistics on Investigation,

Apprehension and Prosecution of Japanese War Criminals
Apr.1946 7 - 20 48/
May 1947
Aug. 1947 23 - 29 (others missing) 48/
Feb.1948
War Crimes Registry, H.D. Allied

Land Forces, S.E.A.C.
Apr.1946 S.E.A.C. Theater Consolidated Suspects List 48/

Jun. 1946 A - M
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Jul.1946 ' .. Nos. 1, (2 missing), 3 - 13
156 Oct. 1945 S.E.A.C. Theatre, Lists of Suspects (Japanese) I 48/

Aug.1946 Nos. 1 - 24 (in alphabetical order)
Jun.1946 Amendments to S.E.A.C. Theater Lists of Suspects, I 49/

Nos. 1 -23
l56al 20 Feb.1946 List of War Criminal Suspects held in South East Asia I 49/
Command (in alphabetical order) A - R
Suspected Japanese War Criminals held in Custody I 49/
War Service Histories of War Criminal Suspects Held in I 49/

Bangkwang Gual, Bangkok A - Y (z)
Jul.1946 Alphabetical list of War Service Histories of War 49/

Aug.1946 Criminal-Suspects in Custody S.E.A. Command A - K
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l56al Dec.1945 Australian Military Forces Lists Nos. 1 - 11 49/

Apr.1946
Apr.1946 Japanese War Criminals charged and sentenced under 49/

Oct.1947 the War Crimes Act 1945 by Australian Military
Authorities List Nos. 1 - 5
Aug.1946 Japanese War Criminals implicated in War Crimes against 49/

May 1948 Australians, and held in SEA, SCAP or FARELF Areas
Australian Military Forces List Nos. 2 - 6
Feb.1946 Suspected Japanese War Criminals not yet in Custody 49/

Oct.1946 Australian Military Forces List Nos. 1 - 8
Dec.1946 Consolidated Suspect List No. 1 - General Headquarters, 49/

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157 11 Apr.194 Netherlands List of Japanese suspected of having 49/

cornmited War Crimes in the Netherlands East Indies
or against Netherlands and Netherlands East Indies
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Jul.1946 u.S. Headquarters Sugamo Prison, Roster of persons 49/

Aug.1947 confined at Sugamo Prison (Japan)
Oct.1945 List of Detained Japanese Perpetrators (alphabetical) 49/
Jul.1946 Monthly rosters 49/

Sep.1947
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defendant. One filing cabinet
Index to the US War Crimes Trials. arranged alphabetically by NDX/9

defendant. One filing cabinet
Index to the War Crimes Trials in various other countries. NDX/9

One filing cabinet
158 Mar.1948 Results of Various National Trials of War Criminals 50/

Jul.1948 (Statistical Reports)
1946-1948 Synopses of Trial Reports received from National Authorities 50/

(arranged by country and thereunder numerically; gives
date and place of trial. charge. verdict. and sentence.
and serves as an index to trial reports and transcripts)
Australian Trials
159 1945-1947 Records of Military Courts (Japanese War Criminals; 50/

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and Exhibits. One filing cabinet. (Cases: 5. 8.
9. 40. 43. 48. 49. 51. 52. 64. 65. 80. 85. 91.
113. 251. and 252 on 20 reels of 35 mm. microfilm
copies made by Australian Commonwealth Military
Forces. Photographic and Copying Section. A.E.M.E.)
(The 20 short strips of 35 mm film has been spliced
and changed into 2 reels of 35 rom)
British Military Courts
War Crimes Trial Reports. Charge Sheets and Transcripts

of Proceedings
Case No s , :
160 1 (Belsen Trial) Herein: UNWCC Legal 51/

Committee Law Reports Series on the
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161 1 (cont. )
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162 2 - 33
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Case No s , :
169
317 - 415 55/
170
416 56/
171
417 - 470 56/
172
471 - 476 57/
173
477 - 524 58/
Canadian Trials
174 Dec.1945 Trial of s.s. Brigadefuhrer Kurt Meyer - Transcripts 59/

Jan.1946 of Proceedings and Report of Trial, Exhibits
(bound volume)
175 15-25 Mar. Trial of Wilhelm Jung and Johann George Schumacher 59/
1946 Transcript of Proceedings
25 Mar. Trial of Robert Holzer, Walter Weigel and Wilhelm 59/

:..,.;:, 6 Apr.1946 Ossenbach - Transcript of Proceedings
176 15-20 Mar. Trial of Johann Neitz - Transcript of Proceedings 59/

1946
Shooting of Canadian Prisoners of War by the German ! 60/

Armed Forces in Normandy, France, during June 1944
Reports of No. 1 Canadian War Crimes Investigation
Unit (mimeographed, bound volumes)
Shooting of Allied Prisoners of War by the German Armed I 60/

Forces in Normandy, France, during June 1944
Reports of the Supreme Headquarters Allied
Expeditionary Force Court of Inquiry (mimeographed,
bound)
177 Shooting of Allied Prisoners of War by the German Armed 60/

Forces in Normandy, France, during June 1944
Reports of the Supreme Headquarters Allied
Expeditionary Force Court of Inquiry (mimeographed,
bound)
178 Chinese War Crimes Military Tribunal of the Ministry of

National Defence
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178 I 1945-1945 Czechoslovak Trial Reports 61/
(in Czech)
French Trials
1945-1948 Trial Reports on Case Nos. 1-150 61/

179 1945-1948 Trial Reports on Case Nos. 151-253 61/
(in French)
Greek Special Court Martial for War Criminals
Dec.1946 Trial of Friedrich Wilhelm Mueller and Bruno Oswald 61/

Braeuer; summary of the proceedings (in English)
Netherlands Trial Reports
1947-1949 Dutch Trial Reports and Provisions, correspondence with 61/

Miss J.E. Sweeny (Secretary to Dr. M. W. Mouton)
(includes sentences and appeals)
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1946-1947 Trial and Law Report Series Nos. 30-49 (with gaps) 611
Polish Supreme National Tribunal - Polish Trial Reports and
Summary of Court Proceedings
180 May 1948 Trial of Dr. Joseph Buhler, Secretary of State and 62/
Deputy Governor General - Indictment and Judgement
(in Polish)
Mar.1947 Trial of Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Hoess, Commandant of 62/

Auschwitz Concentration Camp - Indictment,
Transcript of Proceedings, (in Polish)
181 I Mar.1947 Trial of Hoess, Commandant of Auschwitz Concentration 62/

Apr.1947 Camp - Transcript of Proceedings, Judgment
(in ~olish)
182 5 Apr.1948 Trial of Albert Forster - Indictment, Transcript of 63/

19 Apr.1948 Proceedings (in Polish)
183 123 Apr .1948 Trial of Albert Forster - Transcript of Proceedings 63/
29 Apr.1948 Judgment (in Polish)
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U.S. Military Courts
War Crimes Trial Reports and Transcripts of

Proceedings, Testimonies, Affidavits, Court Exhibits,
Certificates and Other Records of Trial
I Case Nos.:
184 1 - 21 64/
185 21 - 25 64/
186 26 - 48 65/
187 48 65/
188 48 66/
189 48 66/
190 48 67/
191 48 67/
192 49 - 50 68/
193 50 68/
194 I
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198 - 50 - 60 70/
199 61 - 74 70-71
200 75 71/
201 76 - 80 71/
202 81 - 92 72/
203 93 - 95 72/
204 96 - 100 73/
205 101 - 103 73/
206 104 - 105 73-74
207 106 74/
208 107 - 118 74/
209 119 - 120 75/
210 120 - 121 75/
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212 123 - 150 76/
213 151 - 157 76/
214 15!? - 159 76-77
215 159 - 163 77/
216 164 78/
217 165 - 166 78/
218 167 79/
219 167 - 169 79/
220 170 - 171 79-80
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1901 Military Commission - Proceedings (copy)
Case Record of Trial of Arthur Andrae et. ale (Case

No. 0005037) u.s. 541
300 128 Aug.1947 Vol. 1 - 15 1131

301 29 Aug.1947 Vol. 16 - 39 113-114
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302 70ct.1947 Vol. 40 - 62 114/
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303 19 Nov.1947 Vol. 63 - 88 114-115
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304 IFeb.1946 Reviews of the Records of Trials before u.s. Military 1151
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Feb.1946 Habeas Corpus and Prohibition, and the Opinion

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5 Nov.1946 War Crimes Trial Status Report 1151

Transcript of Court Proceedings - Trial of
Gen. Tomoyuku Yamashita (incomplete)
305 29 1 Oc t. 1945 Vols. II - VII 115-116

2 Nov.1945
306 I 3 Nov.1945 Vols. VIII - XII 1161
8 Nov.1945
307 I 9 Nov.1945 Vols. XIII. XV - XVIII 1161
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311
The 55 counts against them are grouped into 3 categories:
"Crimes against peace";
"Crimes of murder and conspiracy to murder";
"Conventional war crimes and crimes agains t humanity".
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Feb.1948
Note:
29 Apr.1946 A verbatim account of the proceedings of the Tribunal

16 Apr.1948 in open court containing all arguments of counsel, decisions,
motions, objections, rulings, pleas, testimony, opinions of
the Court, direct and cross-examination of witnesses,
references to court exhibits and occasionally, texts of the
exhibits. The transcript also gives the date and time of
commencement and adjournment of each session, names of the
',J._'i:" justices, members of the International Prosecution Section
and the .Defense Section, monitors, court reporters,
interpreters and other personnel present. Specifically
included in the transcript are the texts of the indictment
(pages 26-73), prosecution summations (pages 38949-42075) and
defense summations (pages 42073-42109, 42853-48109). The
transcript is arranged chronologically with consecutively
numbered pages 1 to 48412 (pages 42110-42852 covering 3 March
8 March 1948 and pages 46775-47526 covering 7 April-12 April
1948 are missing). Tables of contents generally preceded the
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365 116 Mar.1948 43,804 - 44,646 135/
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366 122 Mar.1948 44,647 - 45,555 135-136
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Transcript of Proceedings in Chambers (arranged

chronologically)
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372 IMay 1946 A verbatim report of the conferences among the 1137/
Jan.1947 justices and the prosecution and defense counsel held in
373 IJan. 1947 President Webb's chambers. It describes the attempts of 1138/
Sep.1948 the prosecution and defense to define the legal limits
within which the trial was to be conducted and to delineate
the rights of the accused consistent with the IMTFE Charter.
Specific mat~ers heard by the judges in chamber include
requests for medical examination of defendants, motions on the
jurisdiction of the IMTFE, requests of the defendants for
temporary paroles for personal reasons, motions asking for
additional time to file pleadings, requests for the return of
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prisoners-of-war and local civilian population, evidentiary
documents such as Japanese government papers and cables on
the situation in China, Japanese policy and involvement,
excerpts from newspapers, statements of source and
authenticity, Prosecution working papers, drafts of
presentation to the Tribunal, some papers annotated
"not used". (Documents are in the Japanese and English
language, many date back as far as to the 1930's; arranged
in numerical order, with wide gaps)
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415 I 1946-1948 Index of IMTFE Court'Exhibits 140/
Prosecution and defense exhibits Nos. 1 - 3915 (each

entry contains a consecutive exhibit number, a
corresponding document number and the page of the
transcript of proceedings on which the document is
offered into evidence)
Herein: Court Docket and Chronology of
Proceedings and Pleadings (Hearings,
applications, orders, requests, exhibits,
motions, objections, arguments,
decisions) - 22 Jul. 1946-30 Jan. 1948
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unpublished documents mainly from United States and
Japanese sources. The Japanese items are generally
accompanied by English translations (Arranged
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Establishment of an International
Military Tribunal for the Far East
(Exhibit No.8); Charter of the
IMTFE 24.4.1946 (Exhibit No.9).
381 81 - 160 141/
382 161 - 350 141/
383 351 - 474 141-142
384 475 - 625 142/
385 626 - 764 142-143
386 765 - 840 143/
387 841 - 871 143/
388 872 - 1042 144/
389 1043 - 1175 144/
390 1176 - 1285 144-145
391 1286 - 1356 145/
392 1357 - 1506 145/
393 1507 - 1599 146/
394 1600 - 1709 146/
395 1710 - 1813 146-147
396 1814 - 1934 147/
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401 2292 - 2370 149/
402 2371 - 2443 150/
403 2444 - 2518 150/
404 2519 - 2617 150-151
405 2618 - 2767 151/
406 2768 - 2946 151/
407 2947 - 3064 152/
408 3065 - 3161 152/
409 3162 - 3299 152-153
410 3300 - 3407 153/
411 3408 - 3524 153/
412 3525 - 3666 154/
413 3667 - 3813 154/
414 3814 - 3915 154-155
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416 .. Prosecution and defense documents, i.a. Peace Agreement 1155/
(Indochina) between France and Thailand - 9 May 1941
(translation by U.s. Department of State)
Photo Exhibits
417 "Photographs illustrating the Japanese Military 155/

Aggressions in the Three Northeastern Provinces and
Shanghai"
Civil Affairs Division War Crimes Branch: 155/

"Japanese Atrocities"
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Analyses of Documentary Evidence

Summaries of numbered IPS documents; each analysis
contains a description of the document, location and
source of the original, persons implicated, crimes to
which the document applies, a summary of relevant
points, and the name of the analyst:
Nos. :
418 I Jan.1946- I 1 - 813 (gaps, numbers not used) 155-156

Jun.1946
419 I Mar.1946- I 822 - 1556 156/
May 1946
420 I May 1946- I 1557 - 2455 156-157
Jul.1946
421 I Jul.1946- I 2457 - 3350 157/
Jan.1948
i 422 May 1946- I 3351 - 4097 Herein: Defense Document 157/
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423 0001 Chronological summary of the Prosecution's 157/

oral and documentary evidence given up to 10
December 1946 extracted by Exhibits 102 - 129
Jan .1947 0002 Statement and Analysis submitted in response 158/

to Defense motions to dismiss
Jan.1947 0003 Chronological summary of the Prosecution's 158/

evidence up to 10 December 1946 dealing with
the indictment generally and the position of
each accused in relation to the Indictment
16 Jilll.1947 0004 Substance andrdecisions of Imperial 158/

Conferences, Cabinet Meetings and other
official meetings attended by the defendants
with reference to pages in the proceedings
and Prosecution Exhibit Numbers; there is an
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424 Aug.1946 0006 Rulings of the International Military Tribunal 158/

for the Far East, they relate to evidence,
affidavits, documents, interrogations,
cross-examinations, witnesses, etc.; included
are quotations from the Proceedings by the
President with date
10 Oct.1947 0008 General Index of the Record of the Defense 158/

Case, covers only such portions as appear in
the Proceedings transcript pages
16,998 - 24,758
Summation of the Prosecution (arranged topically 158/

by sections; English and Japanese)
425 Feb .1948 Introduction, the Indictment, Crimes Against Peace (Law, 158/
Conspiracy, Aggression)
..",7 426 Aggression against the Soviet Union, other Conspiracies, 159/
-I Conventional War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
Individual Defendants
427 Feb .1948 Hashimoto - Koiso 159/

428 Matsui - Shigemitsu 159/
429 Shimada - Umezu 160/
430 I Reply of Prosecution to Defense Summation (Parts I - III) 160/

I
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Appendix A - Summary of Evidence of Atrocities

Committee by Japanese in China
between 1937 and 1945
Appendix B - Summary of evidence in relation to
treatment of Prisoners of War,
Civilian Internees and Inhabitants
of occupied countries in places other
than the Philippines between December
1941 and September 1945 (English and
Japanese)
Summary of evidence showing proportion of Allied P.O.W. 160/

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A page-by-page synopsis of the Court Proceedings from
pages 1516 (27 June 1946) - 46777 (10 February 1948)
(incomplete)
Page Nos.:
431 127 Jun.1946 1,516 - 13,872 (wide gaps) 160/

27 Dec.1946
432 130 Dec.1946 13,894 - 21,710 (little gaps) 161/
7 May 1947
433 I 7 May 1947 21,711 - 28,401 161/
12 Sep.1947
434 115 Sep.1947 28,405 - 33,076 162/
13 Nov.1947
435 13 Nov.1947 33,077 - 38,934, 46,441, 162/
10 Feb.1948 46,777 - 46,778
435a Various IPS Documents (English and Japanese).

I Opening Statement of the Prosecution
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Politics and Public Opinion for War (Doc. 6903)
Opening Statement: Relations with France and Thailand 162/

Aggression against French Indo-China (Doc. 6910)
Dec.1946 Opening Statement of the Associate Prosecutor of the 162/

Philippines (Doc. 6913)
Nov.1946 All Military Aggression in China Including Atrocities 162/

Against Civilians and Others. Summary of Evidence
and Note of Argument (Doc. 9580)
The Liability of the Defendants 162/
Netherlands Phase 162/
POW - S~ation - Appendix B. 162/

Summation of evidence in relation to treatment of
Prisoner-Of-War, Civilian Internees and Inhabitants
of the Philippines Islands between December 1941 and
September 1945
Feb.1948 DOHIHARA - Summation 162/

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436 Opening Statement of the Defense by Dr. 163/

Ichiro Kiyose and Kenzo Takayanagi
Herein: Medical examinations of
defendants, especially of Shumei
Okawa (reports) May 1946-Mar.1947
Defense requests and Court orders 163/
Notes:
Requests are mainly for the production of documents

and witnesses; court order in response refer also to
defense motions, applications for temporary parole
and transfer to hospital, Tribunal jurisdiction,
withdrawal of exhibits and other procedural matters.
Arranged chronologically and numerically, some
documents are undated and unnumbered and the series
is very incomplete .
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Dec.1946 ,
May 1946 Order Nos. 48 - 1702 (with wide gaps) 163/
Apr.1948
Defense Documents rejected or not used 163/
Notes:
Rejected exhibits include letters and telegrams

exchanged between Japanese ministers and ministers of
other governments; texts of mutual assistance treaties
and agreements; excerpts from speeches, statements and
addressed by Japanese diplomats and diplomats of other
nations; excerpts from American books on China and Japan,
such as John B. Powell, My Twenty-Five Years in China
(New York, 1945), and Joseph C. Grew, Ten Years in Japan
(New Yor: 1944); Articles from Japanese newspapers and
magazines, especially those concerned with military
actions against China or with U.S. military and naval
affairs; statements and depositions of the defendants;
published speeches of members of the Japanese wartime
cabinets; hearings before the Joint Committee on the
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440 281 - 439 164/ I
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442 598 - 791 164/
443 791 - 980 165/
444 982 - 1131 165/
445 1162 - 1401 165-166
446 1401 - 1500 166/
447 1500 - 1535 166/
448 1536 - 1918 166-167
449 1918 - 2123 167/
450 2164 - 2465 167-168
451 2466 - 2654 168/
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1 Nov.1948 Separate Opinion of the President Concerning Opinion 170/

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UNITED NATIONS ARCHIVES

PREDECESSOR ARCHIVES GROUP

UNITED NATIONS WAR CRIMES COMMISSION

HIS'IDRY AND ORGANIZATION

The United Nations War Crimes commissio~ was established on

The Commission engaged in formulating and implementing general

(i) To collect, investigate and record evidence of

(ii) To report to the Government concerned cases

(iii) To act as a Committee of Legal Experts charged

~ For a more detailed account of the organizational

In carrying out the function under (ii) the Commission was

The War Crimes Commission took no part in the detention of

The function of the Commission under (iii) was to formulate

When the International Military Tribunals at Nuremberg and

The Commission's first Chairman was Sir Cecil Hurst of the

The Commission established three main committeesl

Committee I, the Committee on Facts and Evidence, was to

committee II, was concerned with "Enforcement", a term

Committee III, the Legal Committee, was to advise on

Questions of substantive law and particular charges brought

In order to deal with Far Eastern problems, the Commission

Other committees of the main Commission were the Far Eastern

In May 1944 the Commission established a Research Office

The records of the War Crimes Commission in the United Nations

The War Crimes Commission destroyed a part of its records,

Even though the documents of the Commission and its Committees,

Related to the records of the War Crimes Commission are copies

1. Subject to the following restrictions and to normal

(a) Those parts of the minutes and documents of the Commission

(b) The list of war criminals, suspects and witnesses, and

3. The records described in rule 2 above include unsubstantiated

(a) official research into and investigation and

(b) bona fide research by individuals into the history and

on the understanding that, in granting access, the United Nations

(a) Official research into and investigation and prosecution of

States requesting access for these reasons should address a

rr: Original rules established in 1949 and revised in November 1987.

(ii) The approved form may be obtained from the Chief

Subgroup: Commission, Committees, Research Office

Oct.1943­ 1 - 38 Herein: Minutes of a meeting 33/

2 Nov. 1944­ 39 - 79 33/

OCt.194S_1 80 - 130 33/

3 Oct.1947­ 131 - 135 33/

May 1945­ National Offices Conference, London, 31 May-June 1945, 33/

Subgroup: Commission, Committees, Research Office

Box No. PERIOD ANNOTATIONS

May 1946- 62 - 100 34/

Jun.1947 101 - 141 34/

Box No. PERIOD ANNOTATIONS Reel/Code

5 Aug.1945­ 1/1945 - 11/1947 34/

Subgroup: Commission, Committees, Research Office

Notes on listings of documents and cases:

"A": believed to be a clear prima facie case

5 May 1946­ "A" - Nos. A 1 - A 67 34/

6 Dec.1943­ "C" - Nos. C 1 - C 267 34-35

"-' Dec.1943­ "C" and "Miscellaneous" - listed chronologicallY 35/

7 Dec.1945­ "Miscellaneous" - Nos. Misc. 1 - Misc. 126 35/

1947-1949 Vo1s. 1 - 15, printed, bound 35/

Committee on Facts and Evidence

Oct. 1946­ I 70 - I 102 36/

Subgrou p : Commission, Committees, Research Office

8 Feb.1944­ SC IIIl - II/51 36/

Subgroup: Commission, Committees, Research Office

Oct.1943 1 - 38 Herein: Minutes of a meeting 33/

2 Nov. 1944 39 - 79 33/

3 Oct.1947 131 - 135 33/

May 1945 National Offices Conference, London, 31 May-June 1945, 33/

5 Aug.1945 1/1945 - 11/1947 34/

5 May 1946 "A" - Nos. A 1 - A 67 34/

6 Dec.1943 "C" - Nos. C 1 - C 267 34-35

"-' Dec.1943 "C" and "Miscellaneous" - listed chronologicallY 35/

7 Dec.1945 "Miscellaneous" - Nos. Misc. 1 - Misc. 126 35/

Oct. 1946 I 70 - I 102 36/

8 Feb.1944 SC IIIl - II/51 36/

Aug.1945 Document Series

Ju1.l944 Summaries of information

11 I Jul.1945 Weekly Bulletins (Lists of documents received in the 37/

Nov.1945 Staffs of the German Concentration Camps

12 Dec.1946 Index to War Crimes News Digest

Oc t. 1945 War Crim~s News Digest (News Summaries)

19 I Mar.1946 28 - 50 (Nos. 33 - 37 and 46 - 49 27-28

21 I Jan.1948 66 - 80 (Nos. 68 - 77 listed by the 29/

Jul.1946 Approval and correction of the above lists by 39/

Aug.1945 Far Eastern and Pacific Sub-Commission lists of War 40/

23 Nov.1945 Committee I Detention Circulars. Nos. 1 - 53 40/

May 1947 German General Officers 40/

26 May 1946 Trial of alleged German War Criminals by British 41/

Jan.1947 Correspondence, mainly with the UN Division on Human 41/