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DIE REICHSREGIERUNG (REICH CABINET)
Оглавление“Die Reichsregierung (Reich Cabinet)” referred to in the Indictment consists of persons who were:
(i) | Members of the ordinary cabinet after 30 January 1933, the date on which Hitler became Chancellor of the German Republic. The term “ordinary cabinet” as used herein means the Reich Ministers, i. e., heads of departments of the central Government; Reich Ministers without portfolio; State Ministers acting as Reich Ministers; and other officials entitled to take part in meetings of this cabinet. |
(ii) | Members of der Ministerrat für die Reichsverteidigung (Council of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich). |
(iii) | Members of der Geheimer Kabinettsrat (Secret Cabinet Council). |
Under the Führer, these persons functioning in the foregoing capacities and in association as a group, possessed and exercised legislative, executive, administrative, and political powers and functions of a very high order in the system of German Government. Accordingly, they are charged with responsibility for the policies adopted and put into effect by the Government including those which comprehended and involved the commission of the crimes referred to in Counts One, Two, Three, and Four of the Indictment.