ARTHUR P. NESBIT From 6 March 1947 to 6 May 1947. C. G. WILLSIE From 9 May 1947 to 4 December 1947. PROSECUTION COUNSEL Chief of Counsel: BRIGADIER GENERAL TELFORD TAYLOR Deputy Chief Counsel: CHARLES M. LAFOLLETTE Associate Counsel: ROBERT D. KING ALFRED M. WOOLEYHAN Assistant Counsel: SADIE B. ARBUTHNOT DEFENDANTS AND DEFENSE COUNSEL _Defendant_ _Defense Counsel_ _Assistant Defense Counsel_ ALTSTOETTER, JOSEF DR. HERMANN ORTH DR. LUDWIG ALTSTOETTER VON AMMON, WILHELM DR. EGON KUBUSCHOK DR. HUBERTUS JANICKI BARNICKEL, PAUL DR. EDMUND TIPP RUDOLF SCHMIDT CUHORST, HERMANN DR. RICHARD BRIEGER KARL HASSFUERTHER ENGERT, KARL DR. HANNS MARX (to 31 July 1947) DR. HEINRICH LINK (from 31 July 1947) JOEL, GUNTHER DR. CARL HAENSEL HERBERT THIELE-FREDERSDORF KLEMM, HERBERT DR. ALFRED SCHILF DR. ERHARD HEINKE LAUTZ, ERNST DR. HEINRICH GRUBE METTGENBERG, WOLFGANG DR. ALFRED SCHILF DR. ERHARD HEINKE NEBELUNG, GUENTHER DR. KARL DOETZER GERDA DOETZER OESCHEY, RUDOLF DR. WERNER SCHUBERT DR. KARL PRIBILLA PETERSEN, HANS DR. RUDOLF ASCHENAUER DR. OTFRIED SCHWARZ ROTHAUG, OSWALD DR. RUDOLF KOESSL ADOLF HUETTL ROTHENBERGER, CURT DR. ERICH WANDSCHNEIDER DR. HELMUT BOTHE SCHLEGELBERGER, FRANZ DR. EGON KUBUSCHOK DR. HUBERTUS JANICKI I. INDICTMENT The United States of America, by the undersigned Telford Taylor, Chief of Counsel for War Crimes, duly appointed to represent said Government in the prosecution of war criminals, charges that the defendants herein participated in a common design or conspiracy to commit and did commit war crimes and crimes against humanity, as defined in Control Council Law No. 10, duly enacted by the Allied Control Council on 20 December 1945. These crimes included murders, brutalities, cruelties, tortures, atrocities, plunder of private property, and other inhumane acts, as set forth in counts one, two, and three of this indictment. Certain defendants are further charged with membership in criminal organizations, as set forth in count four of this indictment. The persons accused as guilty of these crimes and accordingly named as defendants in this case are: JOSEF ALTSTOETTER--Chief (Ministerialdirektor) of the Civil Law and Procedure Division (Abteilung VI) of the Reich Ministry of Justice; and Oberfuehrer in the SS.