Dammit, Sean thought, I won’t back down. If the army commander were allowed to blame the Nazis for atrocities in his area, we would be digging legal traps for ourselves that would leave hundreds of crimes unanswered.
Yet Sean knew in his heart that no regular German Army general would ever have to answer in a court
Then who was guilty?
Before him were a half-dozen books, each as thick as a Manhattan phone directory. These were the “official” guilty, the Blacklist. This was the heart of the Nazi cancer. But wasn’t the whole German body infected? Sean had argued endlessly that Nazism was the historical and political expression of the entire German people.
He opened the index to the Blacklist to support his report ...
BOOK ONE: NAZI ORGANIZATION:
GROUP ONE: PARA MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS SERVING THE NAZIS: These groupings are not the conventional armed forces serving Germany (Army, Navy, Air Force, etc.) ALL OF THE BELOW LISTED ARE TO BE DISBANDED UPON OUR ENTRY INTO GERMANY AND THEIR RECORDS SEIZED.
SCHUTZSTAFFEL. Commonly known as SS. The SS is the prime target of Counter-Intelligence. We shall arrest ALL MEMBERS OF THE SS regardless of rank.
ALLGEMEINE SS. These are regional German SS charged with running SS schools, institutions and particularly “overseeing” the political machinery of specified political districts. These people are armed only with small arms. We shall arrest all.
WAFFEN SS. This is a fully militarized body with its own armor, supply and administrative forces. WAFFEN SS has special duties such as ghetto guards, concentration camp guards, slave labor camp guards, slave labor factory guards throughout the occupied countries. In addition, WAFFEN SS units have served in combat on all battlefronts. It is impossible to estimate the number of WAFFEN SS which will be in Germany at the time of our entry. This is the hard core of fanatics. We estimate they will be the center of any guerrilla resistance. Arrest all members immediately.
NAZI PARTY STORM TROOPERS (SA). Commonly known as the Brown Shirts. This is a para military group that was instrumental in Hitler’s rise to power and ultimate seizure of the government. The Brown Shirts used terror tactics in crushing political opposition to Hitler and brutality against minorities. The membership is 1,500,000. We shall arrest all persons rank of Sturmbannfuehrer or above (Nazis rank: Major). Book One lists 30,000 blacklisted for arrest.
Sean turned the page of the index. Where did it end ... where did it end ...
NAZI PARTY MOTOR TRANSPORT CORPS (NSKK). A pre-military training for Nazi Party members for future service in Waffen SS tank or motorized units. Despite the innocent sound of name it is Nazi drenched. Arrest all persons of rank of Staffelfuehrer or above. Book Four lists 10,000 blacklisted for arrest.
NAZI PARTY FLYING CORPS (NSFK). This group was formed in the early 1930’s to circumvent the Versailles Treaty forbidding a German air force. They formed under the guise of a civilian flying club but held secret military training and maneuvers, schools for glider pilots, flyers, aircraft construction and maintenance. Arrest all of rank of Sturmbannfuehrer and above. Book Five blacklists 5,000 for arrest.
Damn, damn, damn, Sean thought. If we knew so much about what they were doing ... why didn’t we stop them?
AUXILIARY HOME AIR DEFENSE CORPS (Heimat Flak or HF). Nominally Nazi but this group is under Nazi control and direction. These are mostly factory workers, however the organization does include several thousand Hitler Youth. Abolish without arrests.
PEOPLES ARMY (VOLKSSTURM). Consists of people too old or too young for regular military service. A “Home” Army constructed for defense of German soil/German cities. Age brackets 13–16 and 40–60. Although this group is under Nazi domination the soldiers will be treated as regular army prisoners of war.
GERMAN LABOR SERVICE (RAD). A compulsory labor force for all “Aryan” males and females. These people construct military fortifications, work in land reclamation and forest conservation, road buildings and the like. We are interested only in senior RAD officers and Book Six has 250 blacklisted for arrest.
TODT LABOR (OT). A group which absorbs unemployed for “public works.” This group built the Siegfried Line. Its functions overlap with above listed RAD. We have blacklisted 100 senior officers for arrest in Book Six.
HITLER YOUTH (HITLER JUNGEND OR HJ). A compulsory group for all “Aryan” males and females age 14–18. Young people are completely saturated with Nazi indoctrination. There are also nature study groups and agricultural studies, however we consider this among the most dangerous because they are young and in a formative stage. The officers and leaders are fanatical Nazis. Arrest all holding the rank of Sturmfuehrer (cadre leader). Blacklist Book Five lists 20,000 for arrest.
GROUP TWO: ORGANIZATIONS OF NAZI DOMINATED POLICE FORCES
ORDER POLICE (ORPO)
Sub 1 Schutzpolizei (Schupo). They police towns with 2,000 population or less.
Sub 2 Gendarmerie. Police open country in areas of 2,000 population or less.
Sub 3 National Fire Precaution Police.
Sub 4 Auxiliary Police. Volunteer citizens without pay used in general police work, traffic work, etc.
Sub 5 Technical Emergency Corps. Used in demolition, rescue, debris clearing. Particularly active since bombings.
Sub 6 Administrative Police. Records, payrolls, etc.
BARRACKS POLICE. DANGEROUS! A HEAVILY ARMED SHOCK TROOP KEPT AS A MOBILE RESERVE. WE CONSIDER THEM AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF RESISTANCE. IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE ENTIRE CIVILIAN POLICE MACHINERY IS UNDER COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE NAZIS AND IS A KNOWN LOYAL INSTRUMENT OF THE NAZIS. THEY ARE SEMI-MILITARIZED. THEIR LEADERSHIP IS NAZI. THE ENTIRE POLICE MACHINERY IS TO BE ABOLISHED AND ITS RECORDS SEIZED. THE ENTIRE GERMAN POLICE ESTABLISHMENT MUST BE REORGANIZED FROM THE GROUND UP. AFTER ALLIED VICTORY THIS IS CONSIDERED AN A1 A1 PROBLEM OF MILITARY GOVERNMENT.
GROUP THREE: NAZI POLICE MACHINERY, ITS HEAD OFFICE BEING THE REICHSICHERHEITSHAUPTAMT (RSHA), MAIN SECURITY OFFICE OF THE THIRD REICH.
SECURITY POLICE (SIPO)
Sub 1 THE SECRET STATE POLICE (GESTAPO). This is the notorious political police arm of the Nazi Party. It has unlimited powers of arrest. It is filled with the most fanatic of the Nazis. ALL MEMBERS ARE TO BE ARRESTED. SEIZURE OF GESTAPO RECORDS A1 A1 TARGET OF COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE. Book Six blacklists 15,000 for arrest.
Sub 2 CRIMINAL POLICE (KRIPO). An arm of the Gestapo working in the general crime field specializing in such things as black market, smuggling, etc.
Sub 3 SECURITY SERVICE OF THE SS (SD). The nerve center for spying on German citizens and using informers to collect information for the SS. NOTE: The SD has recently replaced the regular intelligence service of the regular German Army. ARREST ALL MEMBERS. Because of the ultra-secret nature of this group our lists are incomplete, but Book Six currently blacklists 15,000 for arrest.
Who were the guilty? How could this happen in but a single decade of Nazi control of the government without the unabashed support of the mass of the population? Where does it stop, Sean wondered ...
GROUP FOUR: NAZI POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE FOLLOWING WILL BE ABOLISHED AND THEIR RECORDS SEIZED. THOSE BLACKLISTED FOR ARREST WILL BE FOUND IN BLACKLIST BOOK FOUR.
Central Office, NaziParty
Party Chancellory. All officers blacklisted.
Fuhrer’s Chancellory. All members blacklisted.
Organization of Germans Abroad. All officers blacklisted.
Center for Volksdeutsche.
Office of the National Union for German Elements Abroad.
Office of the Reich Organization Leader (arrest top 15 officers).