| | *deliberately and maliciously propagandizing against friendly Soviet Russia, and therefore indirectly against Croatian people; spreading fear and hatred towards the Soviet Russia in Croatian peasants and working class. | | *deliberately and maliciously propagandizing against friendly Soviet Russia, and therefore indirectly against Croatian people; spreading fear and hatred towards the Soviet Russia in Croatian peasants and working class. |
| | The verdict "found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death by shooting, permanent loss of citizen's honours, and confiscation of property" was delivered after he was already shot death and included ridiculous note "There is no right of complaint against this verdict" (presumably because it is hard to complain from the grave; because they have already shot their victim) as well as slogan ''"Death to fascism-freedom to people!"''. | | The verdict "found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death by shooting, permanent loss of citizen's honours, and confiscation of property" was delivered after he was already shot death and included ridiculous note "There is no right of complaint against this verdict" (presumably because it is hard to complain from the grave; because they have already shot their victim) as well as slogan ''"Death to fascism-freedom to people!"''. |
| − | In September, 1946, when the Nuremberg Trial was nearing its end, Soviets hired a Communist member of the Swiss Grand Council, Mr. Vincent (Swiss [[Communist]]s ostensibly belong to the "[[Labour Party]]"), who consequently deemed it expedient to launch an attack against Francois Naville, Professor of [[Forensics|Forensic]] Medicine, on account of his participation in an International Medical Commission which in 1943 had conducted an investigation at [[Katyn Massacre|Katyn]] and later published its well-known report. Mr. Vincent chose the form of an [[interpellation]] addressed to the Geneva Executive Body (State Council). Dr. Naville, who had agreed to act as legal expert at the request of the German Government in April, 1943, refused the accusations of acting under the pressure of Gestapo: ''"Mr. Vincent asserts that I was acting under constant pressure from the [[Gestapo]], which prevented us from having a free hand. This is absolutely untrue. I do not know whether the police were represented amongst those who received and accompanied us (doctors and guides), but I can definitely state that we were able to proceed undisturbed with our work as experts. I did not notice any signs of pressure being exerted on myself or on any of my colleagues. We were always able to discuss all matters freely amongst ourselves without the Germans being present."'' | + | In September, 1946, when the Nuremberg Trial was nearing its end, Soviets hired a Communist member of the Swiss Grand Council, Mr. Vincent (Swiss [[Communist]]s ostensibly belong to the "[[Labour Party]]"), who consequently deemed it expedient to launch an attack against Francois Naville, the Professor of [[Forensics|Forensic]] Medicine at the University of [[Geneva]]<ref>{{ite book |title=Churchill and Roosevelt, Volume 2: The Complete Correspondence |author=Warren F. Kimball |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2015 |pages=400 |isbn=978-14008-79991 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=eFbWCgAAQBAJ}}</ref>, on account of his participation in an International Medical Commission which in 1943 had conducted an investigation at [[Katyn Massacre|Katyn]] and later published its well-known report. Mr. Vincent chose the form of an [[interpellation]] addressed to the Geneva Executive Body (State Council). Dr. Naville, who had agreed to act as legal expert at the request of the German Government in April, 1943, refused the accusations of acting under the pressure of Gestapo: ''"Mr. Vincent asserts that I was acting under constant pressure from the [[Gestapo]], which prevented us from having a free hand. This is absolutely untrue. I do not know whether the police were represented amongst those who received and accompanied us (doctors and guides), but I can definitely state that we were able to proceed undisturbed with our work as experts. I did not notice any signs of pressure being exerted on myself or on any of my colleagues. We were always able to discuss all matters freely amongst ourselves without the Germans being present."'' |
| | Only in 1991 after declassification of the archives was the truth established – some 20 thousand Polish officers had been murdered on orders of the Soviet government upon their occupation of Poland in 1939. Among the declassified documents were notes by [[Lavrenty Beria|Beria]], where it is stated that the People's Commissar of Internal Affairs ''de facto'' suggests to shoot ''"inveterate and incorrigible enemies of Soviet power"'': <blockquote>The [[NKVD]] of the [[USSR]] considers it necessary to propose to try the case of former Polish officers etc. located in the [[POW]] camps in separate proceedings by applying the highest level of punishment by shooting. The trying the case should be carried out without prompting arrestees and without announcing the formal indictment, the decision to terminate the investigation, and the final judgment.</blockquote> | | Only in 1991 after declassification of the archives was the truth established – some 20 thousand Polish officers had been murdered on orders of the Soviet government upon their occupation of Poland in 1939. Among the declassified documents were notes by [[Lavrenty Beria|Beria]], where it is stated that the People's Commissar of Internal Affairs ''de facto'' suggests to shoot ''"inveterate and incorrigible enemies of Soviet power"'': <blockquote>The [[NKVD]] of the [[USSR]] considers it necessary to propose to try the case of former Polish officers etc. located in the [[POW]] camps in separate proceedings by applying the highest level of punishment by shooting. The trying the case should be carried out without prompting arrestees and without announcing the formal indictment, the decision to terminate the investigation, and the final judgment.</blockquote> |