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Memorandum on the economic consequences of the invasion of the Soviet Union (Barbarossa), including the starvation of "many millions of people" there as the Germans remove resources
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Date: 02 May 1942
Literal Title: Memorandum About the result of to-day['s] discussion with the State Secretaries about Barbarossa.
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2718
Document Book No: Prosecution Preparation for aggression
HLSL Item No.: 450621
Notes:Another copy of PS 2718 was entered in the trial as exhibit 32 on 26 November 1945. The memo is initialled by "v.G.," who is not identified.
Trial Issues
Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) IMT count 2: crimes against peace (wars of aggression) (IMT) Wars of aggression
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PS-2718: File memorandum on a conference of under-secretaries, 2 May 1941: in the third year of the war, food for all the German armed forces must be obtained from Russia; that means starvation for millions of Russians; measures for securing the desired result
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PS-2718: Notice dated 2 May 1941 covering a discussion with the State Secretaries regarding Barbarossa (Attack on Russia).