Evening star., 1943-08-23
Soviet Trade Unions
LIST I Catagories Of
kazi War Criminals
BY DAVID NJ. NICHOL,
Foreign Correspondent OF The Star an
Chicago Daily News

Cnlcaeo Daily news.
MOSCOW, Aug. 23.-A consider
ably expanded basis for war guilt is
suggested in the current issue of
War and the Working Glasses. pub
lished here by the influential Trade
Union Press.
At least seven different categories
OF officials and military leaders are
listed. Each of these, 1t says, must
bear a share of responsibility for
life and property which was lost in
the course of Hitler's invasion of
the rest of the continent.
Heading the list are Hitler and
his immediate advisers, named as
Goering, Hess, Goebbels, Himmler,
Ribbentrop and others" These,
say the article, represent "the most
dangerous and most wicked group"
of ALL
Lists Military Criminals.
Also high on the list are mill
tary commanders who are the
executors of the Nazis' criminal
policies as organizers and leaders
of a robbery army" The Soviet
view about these, even as to junior
officers who are charged with spe-
ciflc duties in such areas as Kras-
nodar, has already been clearly out
lined in recent indictments and
trials.
In the third category belong occu-
pational officials, often not directly
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chine. Their duties are recruiting
labor and administering machinery
for exploitation. Among them the
journal names specifically Gauleiters
Fritz Saukel for labor, Erich Koch
for the Ukraine, Heinrich Lose for
Gau Ostland, and Wilhelm Kube,
White Russia.
The individual soldier makes up
the fourth category. Because his
crimes are sometimes committed
under orders. the journal says, 1t
does not relieve him of RESPONSE
bility.
Cites Types Of Crime.
The German rankand-file fighter
is described as wicked, brutal and
greedy" Killing a Soviet farmer,
raping Russian woman, setting
fire to Soviet building, are crimes
for which he must be brought to
blame, the journal says.
The three remaining groups rep
resent the most interesting addition
to the list Of war criminals. One
comprises local party leaders in Ger
many. These. the journal argues. rs
a result of the Nazi decree of De-
cember l.. 1888, share joint response
bility with the government. That
decree provided for unity" party
and made the party an organic"
section of the government struc-
ture.
In the sixth class-and it is the
first time they are named in Soviet
publications-are the financial back
ers of National Socialism, the steel
and chemical kings who helped
bring the Nazi party into being and
1t during its difficult early
years. These cannot escape their
share Of responsibility, the journal
argues.
Names Exploiters.
Finally, there is a broad category
of those first accused In Molotov's
note Of May IL of this year. In 1t
he named specific examples OF ex-
ploitation by Germans in Germany
of forced labor brought from the
Soviet Union in the course of evacu-
alton, a practice now proceeding
with even greater viciousness.
The current article even extends
this, placing on the same level per-
sons dealing in stocks or resources
of industries and other undertakings
in occupied territories. This, the
journal declares bluntly. is the same
as receiving stolen goods and must
be correspondingly punished.
In general. the statement repre-
sents the broadest definition OF war
guilt yet produced In this country.
War and Working Glasses cannot
be considered an official spokesman,
but it is published by the Trade
Unions and must as such be given
attention
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