In re Greiser.

Abstract

Territory — Annexation — Annexation of Occupied Territory during War — Purported Annexation by Germany of Occupied Polish Territory.

War — Illegality of — War of Aggression — Effects of — Illegality of.

Laws of War — Subjects of — Responsibility of Superior for War Crimes Committed by Persons under his Authority.

War Crimes — Punishment of — Plea of Superior Orders and of Obedience to the Law of the State.

Belligerent Occupation — Civilian Inhabitants — Treatment of — Extermination, Enslavement, Ill-treatment and Deportation to Slave Labour of Civilian Inhabitants — Persecution of Civilian Inhabitants on Racial, Religious or Political Grounds — Plunder and Spoliation of Public and Private Property in Occupied Territory — Annexation of Territory during War — Purported Annexation by Germany of Occupied Polish Territory — Plea of Superior Orders and of Obedience to the Law of the State.