The first entry is one for 3 August:
"During the night 28 to 29 July thirty hostages from Ilijas were shot to death for an attack on the military guard in Ilijas (about 18 kilometers northwest of Sarajevo) and for a fire attack on a Ustasa patrol. Order and execution by Ustasa.
"For sabotage during the night of 29 to 30 July in the heating plant of the state railroad in Sarajevo (some infernal machines had been put there) 20 Jews and Serbs were shot to death in Sarajevo."
Then 27 October 1941:
"The 823 Homeguard Riflemen Battalion reports that the insurgents have attacked Slatina - Ilidze. The Croatian guards have withdrawn Klasnica. A platoon of the 823 Homeguard Riflemen Battalion was sent marching towards Slatina, another platoon temporarily transferred to reinforce the guard in the munition depot of Kromarice to clarify the situation. The radio signal detachment attached to the platoon arrived in the munition depot at 2145 and has installed radio communications. Schiff (shipping) bridge in Mitrovica destroyed partially by flood and floating wood. Repairs are underway."
This is entry of 28 October 1941:
"The platoon of the 823rd Homeguard Riflemen Battalion has reached Slatina and removed the numerous Abatis on the roads. Thirty-six Jews and Communists were brought in from Slatina."
Then the notes of the 30th; there is one as of 11 minutes after one in the afternoon:
"Panzers had not been loaded since a road bridge in Tuzla has been dynamited."
Then 6th of November 1941, that is, 1709 hours:
"Result of mopping up operation 63 insurgents shot to death, 187 prisoners captured."
Then the entry for the 6th of November:
"Result of mopping up operations on 5 November; four insurgents shot to death, seven prisoners brought in."
That concludes Exhibit 109.
We now have an insert which is NQKW-1219. It is one page and we ask that it be marked page 139a in the English Book and 95a in the German. If Your Honor please, we would like to mark this for identification. Apparently we don't have the German copies here, so we mark it and pass it at this time. This will be Exhibit 110a for identification and we will not make any further reference to it other than to indicate that it is NOKW-1219 to be inserted as page 139a in the English Document Book III and 95a in German Document Book III and perhaps we can have the copy for this afternoon. In returning to the original pages of the book, on page 96 of the German Book III and page 140 of the English Book III is NOKW 1073, which becomes Prosecution Exhibit 111 in evidence. These are extracts from the reports of the 154 Infantry Division for various dates in October and November 1941; one of the reports - the first one of 8 October - refers to activities in the month of September. This division, as will be seen from the contents of this report, is in Greece. The first entry is of 8 October 1941:
"Activity Report of the operations branch from 16 September to 30 September 1941.
"With the daily report of 21 September the Commanding General of XVIII Army Corps, Lieutenant General (Infantry) Boehme released the 154 Division from the unit of the Corps..." And that reference to the Corps Headquarters, of course, refers to the Headquarters and Staff of General Boehme, which Your Honors will recall following the Hitler order to List and the List order to Boehme. Boehme was transferred, with his staff, to Belgrade as Plenipotentiary Commanding General in Serbia. And then the third paragraph entitled:
"Visits to the Troops:
"The visits of the Commander-in-Chief of the Twelfth Army (General Field Marshal List), announced for 17 November to Lemnos and Lesbos, were cancelled at the last minute and postponed to a later date."
And then the reference under:
"Combatting of Unrest.
"On 22 September two German soldiers fell in an armed attack of a Greek band on the road Evangelistria-Saloniki.
"The units are again advised as to the necessity for security measures. A search for weapons on 23 September carried out in the vicinity of the surprise attack had no great result; on the contrary, in an operation carried out on 29 September by the 382nd Infantry Regiment in the farther vicinity of the place of the surprise attack, 27 Greeks were shot, weapons collected and 11 houses burned down.
"The assumption appears justified that unrest has been avoided to a great extent by energetic counter-measures. Nevertheless the continuing Communist propaganda, as well as the difficult social and economic situation of the civilian population in the billeting area of the division, make a further increase in unrest seem probable."
And it is signed by an illegible signature, "Major, General Staff Corps". And there is a note to the effect that it has been seen by "Folttmann, Major General and Division Commander, 14 October 41".
Then the next entry is for 7 October, same division heading, and the Situation Report No. 1 recites activities of the 382nd Infantry Regiment and the 220th Engineering Battalion. on 12 September 1941 in the various localities listed, in which four Greeks, among them two bandit members, were shot, two others wounded, and seven civilians were arrested. Then it recites that:
"Even if the band could not be destroyed by this operation as a result of the great difficulties of terrain and the limited number of troops, nevertheless it appears to have been restricted in its activity by this operation. The other bands were seized in the area north of Evangelistria and consist obviously of unsettled, criminal elements, which are terrorizing the civilian population also. An armed attack in the vicinity of Evangelistria on a truck of the 521st Signal Regiment in which two soldiers were killed and the Greek telegraph worker was wounded may be attributed to it.
"These incidents led to a cleaning up action of the 382nd Infantry Regiment in the area of the localities Strymonikon, Dakriotisa, Zavgolato, Ginatos, sand Korforwuni (west of the Strymon) on 29 September. Twentyseven Greeks were shot in this, partly in flight, partly in attempting to offer resistance, and a few houses and shelters were burned down. A few days earlier during a search for weapons a Greek was shot in flight in the same area, in the locality Nesada."
And the distribution goes down to the three infantry regiments in the division, the artillery regiment, the signal battalion, and the Division Supply Officer for the 220th Regiment.
Then under date of 5 November, giving activity report for the last half of October, the same division:
"On the 18th of October Lieutenant General Kuntze takes over temporarily for General Field Marshal List. (General Kuntze) is well known to the division as the Commanding General in the Ardennes area during the fall of 1940."
Just so there is no lack of clarity on what the prosecution is referring to, that does not refer to the well known Ardennes offensive of 1944. This is the Ardennes area in 1940.
"Beginning with the 30th of October Guard Company Southeast, organized by the division, is immediately under the orders of the Twelfth Army."
Then it recites:
"The 125th Infantry Regiment and 1st Battalion of the 220th Artillery Regiment are no longer subordinated to High Command LXV, that is again 65th Corps, but directly subordinate to the Commanding General Plenipotentiary in Serbia."
And then on the same report for the last half of October, under the heading, "Combatting of Unrest. The villages Ano Kerzilion and Kato Kerzilion (5 kilometers northwest of the mouth of the Strimon)" -this is on page 98 of the German book and page 8 of the original -"(5 kilometers northwest of the mouth of the Strimon) which according to proof had supported bands, were levelled by units of the Division on 17 October. The male inhabitants between 16 and 60 years (207 people) were shot, women and children were resettled. During a search for weapons in Mesouvunos (35 kilometers northeast west of Kozani) German soldiers were shot at from this village and from the neighboring settlement of Selli with rifle and machine gun fire. In accordance with an order of the Division these villages were handled more energetically on 23 October than was the case on 15 October. Both localities were burned down. The male inhabitants between 16 and 60 years of age (142 persons) were shot, women and children resettled. In the burning down of the villages Ano Kerzilion and Kato Kerzilion, as well as the villages Mesovunos and Selli munition still concealed blew up, although there has been another search for weapons and munitions, and although the inhabitants had repeatedly stated that they possessed no weapons or ammunition whatsoever.
"On 17 October one more of the Russian parachutists was rendered harmless by energetic action of the guard on the Strimon bridge in the direction of the Saloniki, Seres highway into Zilofon (20 kilometers northwest of the Strimon bridge named Sabone.) On 19 October one troop carrier of the Navy was shot at by bandits on the Seres Saloniki highway about 8 kilometers south of the Strimon crossing, in which 2 sailors fell, and the third was wounded.
As direct revenge measure 13 Communists were hanged on 20 October beside the highway. It can be assumed with safety concerning the villages Kizonia, Kliston, and Anbelofito (10 kilometers northwest of Evangelistria) that they likewise served as retreat for bandits. The 3 villages were levelled on 25 October. The male inhabitants between 16 and 60 years (60 persons) were shot, women and children were resettled farther away."
"The energetic assault of the units of the Division against the bandits doubtless makes a considerable impression the population. In some villages defense units armed with axes are organized which prevent the presence of foreign and suspicious elements and are supposed to report them. On 20 October two men suspected of being members of Communists bands, were delivered over to troops of the Division from the village of Efkarpia from the vicinity of the devastated localities Ano Kerzilion and Kato Kerzilion."
Then the report is again signed by a Major and General Staff Officer and it is indicated that it has been seen by the Major General and Division Commander.
And then there is a Situation Report No. 3. This is dated 21 October 1941 and concerns the inner political situation in the Divisional area and the neighboring territories for the week 13th to 20th of October 1941.
"Neighboring Territories," under the heading, "Old Serbia":
"The losses of the insurgents amounted to about 4300 men in the report period. Furthermore, 1736 man and 19 women were shot as reprisal measure for the attack on Kraljev. Total losses of the eneny up to now: 9605 dead."
And I would just like to direct the Court's attention to the figure "1755" which we have seen in the report of the 717th Division, the report of the 65th Corps, and also in the Boehme order.
Then the report with reference to the operation of bands, the operations against the bands. "The operations against the bands in the area West of the Strimon estuary mentioned in Situation Report No. 2 were carried out on the 12th of October and on a larger scale on the 16th and 17th of October. The bandit camps were found empty."
And then they again recite the operations with reference to the villages of Ano Kerzilion and Kato Kerzilion and the shooting of one Greek and the houses of band members who were not present in the village being burned; and then down farther "12 houses of absent band members were burned" in the villages of Zenvohori and Dafni ad "the 220nd Engineer Battalion concluded the operation on 17 October.
The villages Ano and Kato Karzilion which had been proven to serve as a support point for the bands were levelled"; and we have again a reference to the people who were killed in the prior report, the same figure, "a total of 207 persons were shot to death, the male inhabitants between the ages of 16 and 60."
And then the Division Commander recites again the acts with reference to the attack on the 19th: "a passenger car of the Navy Commandant Saloniki was attacked by a band. A Naval Sergeant and Corporal were shot to death thereby and a sailor was wounded. In reprisal 13 Communists were hanged at the locality of the attack on 20 October."
And then the next report is one for the 28th, again giving the inner political situation in the Division area and the neighboring territories from 21 to 28 October, is a continuation of the prior report. It's somewhat more in detail. It takes up the activities of the Serbian insurgents. They were "still strong in the period of the report."
"Of special note in the way of sabotage acts are explosions of road bridges, power works, and rail installations among them the main railway Belgrade-Nis twice. The cleaning up actions in the area around Zajecar, Krusevac - Kraljevo - Cacak - Kragujevac, at Pozarovac, south of Belgrade and in the southern part of the bend of the Sava were continued partly under employment of Stukas and parts of the Hungarian Danube flotilla. In these the insurgents lost 1354 dead. In addition to this a blockade zone for the civilian population was created on both sides of the highway Krusevac - Kraljevo in a width of 3 kilometers. The transfer of the population situated within this blockaded zone is being carried out. To safeguard the main line Belgrade Nisch at 11 important objects a company each will be on permanent duty. At these points blockhouses, wire and other barricades will he constructed.
"The lasting impression of these operations on the resistance groups is characterized by the fact that for the first time an insurgent detachment"--if your Honors will bear with me a moment, I want to refer to the original; I don't seem to find it -- "insurgent detachment of 50 men presented themselves with their weapons to the Serbian Gendarmerie with out fighting.
It remains to be seen whether this was only an isolated occurrence or whether this was the beginning of the decline of the insurgent movement."
Then with reference to bands: "The villages, serving as bandit strongholds, Mesovunos and Selli, were levelled to the ground on 23 October 41"; and then it again recites: "The male population of these villages between the age of 16 and 60 years," and the number of persons shot and the Resettlement of the balance.
Then the next paragraph again recites the same figures with reference to 67 persons between the same ages and the resettling of women and children.
Turning then to the report of 10 November, the last page of Document NOKW-1043, which is page 102 in the German and 150 in the English, this is a report of the period 29 October to 10 November:
"In cooperation with the Secret Field Police the 382nd Infantry Regiment carried out raids on 31 October and 1 November in the area of Nigrita. 97 persons were arrested who have been active as Communists. Among the arrested there were also two bandits who after having been interrogated were shot to death on 1 November 41. The other 95 Communists were brought to the concentration camp Saloniki. Besides there was arrested on 2 November 41 in Nigrita a leader of bandits who was used by the 382nd Infantry Regiment as leader for the raid in the area of Kastonohori on 3 November. After the raid was over he was hanged to death on 4 November 41."
MR. DENNEY: And then turning to tho last document which is in this book, page 103 of the German and page 151 of the English, Document NOKW-1017, offered as Prosecution's Exhibit 112. These are excerpts from activity reports of the 704th Division, which was one of the divisions under tho command of the 65th Corps and, as the note on the cover sheet indicates, from the beginning of October to the end of December 1941 it remained under that command. The 704th here reports for the 2nd of October 1941, with reference to Valjevo:
"Jagdkommando 1st Battalion, 724th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion 749th Regiment, ride to the relief of the raided convoy, 23 kilometers before Kragujevac on the road Belgrade, Topola, Kragujevac. 1 person blown to bits, severely wounded, 21 mutilated load found."
MR. DENNEY: If your Honors recall, this is the earlier report that we had at the beginning of this book. "1 house set on fire, all Serbs arrested in surroundings shot to death." And then they cite a Corps Command order of 13 October, which is Ia No. 908/41 in the Corps Order Book. This is exhibit 92; in this book it appears on page 152 in the English and on page 41 in the German. That, if your Honors recall, was the teletype order from the 65th Corps to the various units, and I believe it will be recalled that in the English every line was printed twice. It was an order from the 65th Corps to its subordinate units, and the Division made this entry about the order. They were stationed at Valjevo on the 13th of October 1941:
"Corps Commando orders: From now on for every soldier fallen in combat or murdered, 100 prisoners or hostages are to be shot to death. For the purpose there are to be arrested immediately in every Headquarters area as many Communists, Nationalists, Democrats and Jews as can be guarded without endangering the fighting effeciency. The purpose is to be made known publicly as well as to those who are to be arrested and their relatives. Reports about the shootings and arrests are to be made in the Daily Reports."
And then the Division passing the order down. Their order No. is 517/41, and they sent it down on the 20th.
"The Division orders: in the future wounded German soldier or German National 50, and for every killed or murdered German soldier or German National 100 Serbs are to be shot to death.
(signature)
Borowski" "And then of the entry of the 22nd, two days later 50 Jews and Communists shot to death as reprisal for the soldier wounded during the raid on the armored train near Iverac on 20 October.
The Division reports number of arrested and shot to death during the period from 18 to 27 Oct. 41: 18 Oct 41 - 88 arrested 22 Oct 41 - 50 shot as reprisal for a wounded German soldier. It is submitted as the report of the entry for five days prior. 27 Oct 41 - 38 arrested. 9th Company of 433rd Infantry Regiment shoots to death Jews and gypsies in Belgrade as reprisal for German soldiers killed and wounded."
"The Division reports for the period from 27 October 41 to 7 November 41 that on account of replacement by the 342nd Infantry Division and ordered transfer no exercises were held outside the Headquarters and that arrests in Valjevo, as well as in Belgrade were carried out by (handwritten) troop units, not subordinated to the Division. The number of those shot to death by the 734th Infantry Regiment in Belgrade is 101.
" 29 Nov 41 Posarevac. The Division reports to Corps Command LXV that 50 were shot to death as reprisal measure, there remained therefore 38 of 88 hostages.
" 8 Dec 41. Staff of the 19 Bitol Cetnik Group reports: on 15 Nov skirmish between 250 Cetniks with 9 machine guns near Salakovac 7 kilometers southeast of Pozarevac, and 30 Communists. Enemy 8 dead, 2 severely wounded.
"On 16 Nov near Sapina, 15 kilometers southeast of Pozarevac a Communist band of 50 to 70 men dispersed. Enemy losses: 4 dead, 4 Communists taken prisoner.
"On 17 Nov 41 march to Gesljeva Bara, 23 kilometers east of Pozarevac, during march in small combats 12 Communists shot to death, a courier taken prisoner. The hourse of the mayor who cooperated with Communists set on fire. 1 Communist in Makei arrested and killed.
"On 18 Nov march to Srednjevo, 23 kilometers west of Pozarevac.
"On 21 Nov march to Vel. Gradiste, 21 Communists shot to death, 4 light machine guns, 1 heavy machine gun, 100 rounds ammunition, 50 hand grenades captured. And still further down, 20 Communists arrested, slaughtered and thrown into the Danube.
"On 25 March to Golubac, on the way 45 Communists shot to death, 10 wounded and killed. On 29 Nov in the village of Dobra, 28 kilometers east of Golubac on the Danube, 4 Communists leaders arrested who were sent to Belgrade."
MR. DENNEY: I now have the document which was marked as 110-a for identification, and I will ask that the Court turn back to page 139-a of the record. I hand the Counsel for Defense eleven copies of the document, and three for your Honors, one English and one German copy each for the translators and the reporters. This is the document to which reference was made earlier, The original bears the stamp of the 65th Corps, and the original is signed. It is a report from the 717th Infantry Division to its higher command, the 65th Corps. The report is dated 7 November 1941 and recites the subject as being "Results of the Operations of the 749th Infantry Regiment in October 1941". At the time, the 749th Infantry Regiment, as the Court has seen from Exhibit 109, was part of the 717th Division. And it was received on the 8th of November by the 65th Corps. The letter is addressed to "Corps Command for special assignment LXV."
"Infantry Regiment 749 reports the following results of the operations in October 1941:
1. Enemy losses: Dead 5073, among those 4300 as reprisal for soldiers wounded and killed in action.
Prisoners 797 also shot, 5 hanged.
2. Own losses: dead 50 missing 4 wounded 92 For the Division Command:
signed: Hosterbath"
DR. LATERNSER: Mr. President, I must object to the manner in which this document is used. This order consists of one page of three numbers, not two, as the Prosecution implies. He read only a part of the document. Just the third part, which gives the document a special significance, shows the extent and nature of the partisan warfare, and it would give the Court a special picture. It was omitted by the Prosecution. I think there is a limit to how one can use documents. In my opinion the limit was reached when the defense has to protest against the partly using of a document. In such cases in order not to give a false impression, the full document must be made available to the Tribunal. Mr. President, where is the limit to be? One would omit sentences in case the Prosecution's standpoint should be approved. One could omit words. For instance, if the point of view of the Prosecution is correct, one could omit a "not", which would completely change the meaning of the document. The limit is there when the Defense objects to parts of the document, the Prosecution must be obliged to submit the whole document. In this case it is a very short order, and so this demand is not unreasonable. In No. 3, the booty captured comprises a whole list of items which indicate the nature of the fighting between the German troops and the insurgents.
MR. DENNEY: Dr. Laternser may read in the balance of the order. It just lists what they captured. Our good faith is shown by the fact we gave them the whole document. We have no objection to his reading it into the record at this time.
THE PRESIDENT: It being agreed by the prosecution that the matter to which Dr. Laternser objected may be read into the record, Dr. Laternser may so read it at this time if the so desires.
DR. LATERNSER: Very well.
MR. DENNEY: Unless it is desired that the interpreter read it.
THE PRESIDENT: Very well.
INTERPRETER von SCHOEN: Very well.
MR. DENNEY: I would like to state for the record, at this time that any time there is any part of a document which we have not read into the record, if the defense counsel will just indicate that he wants it read in, we have no objection. The court being, that, as the court knows, and I believe defense counsel, the translation facilities are somewhat pressed, and we do not try to have translated any more than is necessary. However, we always furnish defense with the complete document from which we translate an excerpt, and if they will just indicate what they would like to go into the record, I am sure that we will make every effort to comply with it.
THE PRESIDENT: The interpreter may read that portion of the document which has been commented upon.
INTERPRETER von SCHOEN: "67 mines; 3 machine guns; 48 rifles; one sub-machine gun; 8 pistols; 3 artillery carriers, with over 300 rounds of ammunition; over 30,000 rounds of infantry ammunition; 200 grenades; 31 bicycles; one typewriter; 31 blankets; 2 saddles; one field kitchen; 2 native vehicles; 3 muskets; telephone cable with 5 telephones; explosives; many hand grenades, food; 95 cattle; 116 pigs; 38 calves and 23 sheep."
THE PRESIDENT: Does that complete the portion that is claimed is not included in the translation furnished in the document book?
I am making the inquiry of the interpreter.
INTERPRETER von SCHOEN: Yes, your Honor.
MR. DENNEY: In order that the record may be clear, if your Honors please, that is all of the document. That is all there is to it.
Now we have some additional documents to be inserted at the end of this document book. The first one is, -
Before we continue, I might ask of the representative of the Secretary General's office to make sure that the letter "a" has been stricken from Exhibit 110 in evidence. The last document which is offered. It was marked 110a, for identification, and now, if your Honors please, I believe it is 110 in evidence.
THE PRESIDENT: The record may so show.
MR. DENNEY: We now hand to the Secretary General's representative, the first document which we offer as Exhibit 113 in evidence, it being document NOKW 1665, and three copies in English to your Honors, 11 copies in German to counsel for the defendants, English and German copies for each of the Court Reporters and the Translators. We ask that this be inserted in Document Book 3a, at the end of the book, and in the English that it bear the page numbers, 157;
for page 1; which goes through to the one line; under the entry of October 3, page 158 for page 2; 159 for the third page and 160 for the fourth, the certificate of the translator.
If Dr. Laternser will be kind enough to indicate the last page in the German book 3, we can assign page numbers to that.
DR. LATERNSER: 106 is the last page.
MR. DENNEY: The first page in the German copy will be 107, second 108, third page 109. This is an extract from the war diary of the 18th Mountain Corps which was under the Command of the Wehrmacht Commander southeast, as is recited on the cover page, and also the 12th Army Headquarters for the 18th Mountain Corps, which was commanded by the deceased Boehma, and he also was the officer who held the post of Plenipotentiary Commanding General Serbia.
There is an entry of 19 Oct. 1941, which states, "Order to shoot 50 hostages in retaliation for the wounding of a soldier of 220th Anti-Tank Battalion, and then report to Wehrmacht Commander Southeast, 12th Army Headquarters on arrest of hostages.
Then under the date of 19 October, your Honors will recall that we have been concerned in the earlier pages of this book with the incident at Valjevo, and here it recites an order to the Corps Commander No. 65th concerning the execution by shooting of 2200 serbs in retaliation for 10 German soldiers killed, and 24 wounded from units encircled at Valjevo.
On the date of the 33rd, the Corps'diary recites the report by the 2nd Battalion of the 521st Army Signal Regiment on execution by shooting, and your Honors will recall that report which was from the Major who was the signal officer, and enclosed the report of the Lt. who recited the shootings which took place on the 9th and 11th of October 1941.
DR. LATERNSER: Mr. President, I should like to point out that what the prosecution has just submitted is merely an assertion which has to be proved. What this report referred to is the document of the 2nd Signal Regiment; what the prosecution has just said is merely an assertion.
MR. DENNEY: If your Honors please, I was especially careful in this reference to it, to just direct the Court's attention to the earlier documents, just in connection with the entry from this diary where they recite those instances. I especially directed the court's attention to the earlier documents which the court has seen were in similar numbers, with reference to people involved and similar units by regiment and battalion number were offered and received in evidence.
THE PRESIDENT: You are now referring to the entry of October 23, 1941.
MR. DENNEY: Yes, your Honor.
THE PRESIDENT: And this statement as here incorporated, is so incorporated in the original document?
MR. DENNEY: If your Honor pleases, I can examine-
THE PRESIDENT: I mean in this diary we are referring to here?
MR. DENNEY: I do not know the exact words are incorporated, but the substance, it is submitted, your Honor, is the same. I have not checked them for a verbatim reference, but I see it is now approaching the time for adjournment.
Perhaps if the Court sees fit to adjourn at this time, I can check them during the noon hour and advise the court when we reconvene.
THE PRESIDENT: Very well, the court will recess at this time until one-thirty.
AFTERNOON SESSION (The Tribunal reconvened at 1330 hours, 21 July 1947)
THE MARSHAL: The Tribunal is again in session.
DR. MENZEL: (Counsel for the defendant Kuntze): Your Honor, before the session begins, I would like to report the following: Dr. Marx for the defendant General Dehner is sick. He has asked me, during the session, to represent him. I would like to ask if this is an order.
THE PRESIDENT: There is no objection on behalf of the prosection, is there?
MR. DENNEY: No, if Your Honors please.
THE PRESIDENT: Inasmuch as the defendant will be represented by counsel through this counsel now appearing, the Tribunal has no objection and you may do so.
DR. MENZL: The German translation didn't come through. Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: You may proceed, Mr. Denney.
MR. DENNEY: If Your Honors, please, just before the recess we were, at the request of Dr. Laternser, endeavoring to connect the extracts from the 18th Mountain Corps War Diary with the prior exhibits. Your Honors will recall the 18th corps was Boehme and the Plenipotentiary Commanding General in Serbia was also Boehme. The entry under 19 October, the second portion which is contained on page 157 of the English is in substance the same as the order which is Prosecution Exhibit 84 in evidence at page 22 in Document Book III. Your Honors will note that the numbers 2200 arrested Serbs will be shot for 10 killed and 24 wounded German soldiers. That appears in Exhibit 84, the order; and the Diary entry bears the same notation.
The order to Corps Commander Number 65, concerning execution by shooting of 2200 Serbs in retaliation for 10 German soldiers killed and 24 wounded. In Diary entry, exhibit 113, it says "from units encircled at Valjevo", and the order, Exhibit 84, "members of troop units besieged in Valjevo." The entry of 23 October '41, which appears on page 157 of Exhibit 113 in evidence; Your Honors' attention is directed to Exhibit 80 in evidence which is the report of the lieutenant of a company of the 521st Signal Regiment, the Second Batallion, and the commanding officer of the Second Batallion then reports to the Senior Signal Officer, and in addition to the Plenipotentiary Commanding General in Belgrade. An at page 6, the distribution list of the Major's report, the commanding officer of the second Batallion, 521st Regiment. And the Distribution list as was pointed out to Your Honors at the time contains the 12th Army, Plenipotentiary Commanding General, 18th Corps which is Boehme; and also the 65th corps. And the entry of 23 October 1941 in the exhibit under discussion, the unit recited there, Second Batallion, 521 Army Signal Regiment, appears.
Turning then to page 158 in English, still in Exhibit 113 in evidence, still under the date of 23 October, conference with the Chief of Military Administration about the shootings at Kraljevo and Krajojevac. And the next day another conference; this time the State Councilor Turner on the 24th about occurrences at Krajojevac and Kraljevo. The 31st October recits an order to the Town Commandant of Belgrade to shoot 200 hostages. The date of 3 November, a Lt. Krambacher saw the Counsel for War Administration Dr. Kiesel, about supposed arbitrary shootings by units at Kraljevo, and then it says that the 822 District Headquarters did not participate in the selection.