Forfaits Hitlériens: Documents Officiels –”Hitler’s Packages: Official Documents”, Geneva – Paris, 1945. A detailed report on Nazi crimes, intended to present the body of evidence against war criminals who were being prosecuted at the time in the Nuremberg Trials. Accompanied by harrowing photographic plates depicting the bodies of victims in the death camps, as well as chilling testimonies detailing the unimaginable torture methods used by the Nazis against prisoners. French.
This publication contains official documents and testimonies describing the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime during World War II. It was designed to serve as both a historical and legal record of Nazi crimes and was published as part of an effort to expose the full extent of the horrors to the public while establishing the evidentiary foundation for prosecuting those responsible. The book includes detailed reports on war crimes, including massacres, concentration camps, the systematic extermination of Jews, and other war crimes perpetrated by the Nazi forces. Among its contents are transcripts of speeches, orders, correspondences, and official Nazi documents, proving the existence of a deliberate policy of oppression, persecution, and extermination.
Additionally, it presents testimonies from survivors, former prisoners, and eyewitnesses, vividly describing the conditions in concentration camps and Nazi-occupied territories. The book analyzes the crimes from a legal perspective, serving as preparation for the Nuremberg Trials, and provides the basis for arguments regarding the personal and collective responsibility of the Nazi leadership. Upon its publication immediately after the war, the report became a critical tool in the Nuremberg Trials and the global effort to document the history of World War II and the Holocaust. It was written with a sense of urgency to preserve memory and ensure justice for the victims.
Key Inclusions: Transcripts and testimonies from the Kharkov Trial (1943), the first modern prosecution where Nazi war criminals were indicted for the use of gas vans to murder civilians. Findings of the Polish-Soviet Commission on the crimes committed at Majdanek, including harrowing testimonies from former prisoners: “The methods of torture were varied. Many were staged as ‘jokes’ but often ended in murder. These included mock executions, where victims were struck on the head with wooden planks or blunt objects. At the camp’s pool, prisoners were subjected to ‘mock drownings, ‘ which frequently resulted in real drowning. The SS torturers were experts in various methods of torment and execution. People were killed with blows to the neck, the stomach, or the groin. Some were drowned in filthy water running through a narrow trench near the laundry house…” Descriptions of mass executions using Zyklon B gas and horrific accounts of corpse cremation procedures. Reports from the State Commission on Nazi crimes in Minsk and Lviv.
Testimonies on the atrocities at Janowska concentration camp and the Nazis’ efforts to conceal evidence of their crimes. A list of war criminals prosecuted in Nuremberg at the time of publication, alongside a roster of still-at-large Nazi war criminals. The report was compiled and edited by a team of historians, legal experts, and eyewitnesses, who gathered official documents and testimonies. It was part of the French government’s efforts to expose Nazi crimes and provide detailed evidence for prosecution in international courts, such as the Nuremberg Trials. In the final pages, the document states: “These monstrous crimes were committed under the orders of Hitler’s government and at the direction of the executioner Himmler, Reichsführer-SS and police chief.” It also includes an extensive list of “the perpetrators of these crimes”, naming Nazi war criminals on trial in Nuremberg, as well as those who had not yet been captured at the time.
310 pages + [12] harrowing photographic plates. Good condition.
