Evening star., 1947-11-28
4Nazi Mi|itaryC Chiefs
Indicted by U. 5. for
Trial on War Crimes
BY the Associated Press

NUREMBERG, Nov. 2S.-Three
field marshals, 10 generals and
one admiral i last of the i'm
portant military figures in the
Nazi high command to be tried
by American authorities-have
been indicted on charges of
crimes against peace and hu-
manity.
The IA are accused in United
States indictment made public to-
day of planning, preparing, initiat-
ing and waging wars Of aggression
and invasion of other countries; Of
murder, torture, deportations, en-
slavement into forced labor and mis-
treatment of millions of persons; Of
plunder Of public and private prop
erty, of wanton devastation and de-
struction of cities, towns and villages
and of "other grave crimes"
THE origins, developments and
backgrounds of their crimes may
be traced through many decades of
German militarism," Brig. Gen. Tel
ford Taylor, chief American prose-
cutor, stated in the 59-page indict-
ment.
Defendants Named.
The defendants are:
Field Marshal Wilhelm Won Leeb,
who commanded the 18th Army
which occupied the Sudetenland and
later was an army group command
er in chief in the invasion of France.
Field Marshal Hugo Sperrle, who
commanded the German air fleet
which bombed England from its
bases in France.
Field Marshal Georg Karl Freid-
rich Wilhelm Won Kuechler, who
commanded the 18th Army and later
the Army Group North, both in
Russia.
Gen. Johannes Blaskowitz who
commanded German forces in the
Netherlands.
Gen. Hermann Hoth, commander
Of the 4th Panzer Army in Russia.
Gen. Hans Reinhardt, commander
OF the Sd Panzer Army and later an
army group center in Russia.
Gen. Hans Won Salmuth, COM
mander of the 18th Army in the
French campaign.
Hitler Liaison Officer Indicted.
Gen. Karl Holidt, commander Of
the 9Th Army in Southern Russia
and later liaison officer to Hitler's
reichschancery.
Admiral Otto Schniewind, opera
tions officer, chief Of the navy arma-
ment Office and later commander of
naval battle forces in Norway and
Naval Group North in the North
Sea.
1t. Gen. Karl Won Rouques, COM
mander of Group Roques in South
ern Russia and commander Of the
rear area of Army Group A in the
Caucasus.
1t. Gen. Walter Warlimont, chief
OF the Department Of National De-
Tense on the armed forces operations
staff.
1t. Gen. Otto Woehler, COM
mander of Army Group South in
Russia.
1t. Gen. Rudolf Lehman, Wehr-
macht legal counsel.
1t. Gen. Hermann Reinecke, chief
of the National Socialist guidance
staff of the high command.
Ordered to Kill Captives.
All the defendants except Rouques
and Woehler are charged with crimes
against peace. Ten of them figure
in the charges of war crimes and
crimes against humanity, mainly in
Russia.
The indictment alleges that Amer
lean and British parachutists and
uniformed members of commando
task forces were executed under an
army order that they ''be slaughtered
to the last man"
Murder and violence by German
troops were encouraged by German
Army order" the indictment stated.
The case is under the direction of
James McHaney of Little Rock, Ark.
Paul Niederman of Chicago heads
the legal staff. He is assisted by
Walter Rapp of San Francisco and
Eugene Dobbs Of Long Island, N. Y.