Control Council Directive No. 38 (October 12, 1946)

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3. Anyone who is responsible for outrages, pillaging, deportations, or other acts of brutality, even if committed in fighting against resistance movements;
4. Anyone who was active in a leading position in the NSDAP, one of its formations or affiliated organizations, or in any other national socialistic or militaristic organization;
5. Anyone who, in the government of the Reich, the Länder, or in the administration of formerly occupied areas, held a leading position which could have been held only by a leading national socialist or a leading supporter of the national socialistic tyranny;
6. Anyone who gave major political, economic propagandist or other support to the national socialistic tyranny, or who, by reason of his relations with the national socialistic tyranny, received very substantial profits for himself or others;
7. Anyone who was actively engaged for the national socialistic tyranny in the Gestapo, the SD, the SS, or the Geheime Feld- or Grenz-Polizei;
8. Anyone who, in any form whatever, participated in killings, tortures, or other cruelties in a concentration camp, a labour camp, or a medical institution or asylum;
9. Anyone who, for personal profit or advantage, actively collaborated with the Gestapo, SD, SS or similar organisations by denouncing or otherwise aiding in the persecution of the opponents of the national socialistic tyranny;
10. Any member of the High Command of the German Armed Forces so specified;
11. In Part I of Appendix ‘A’ a list of categories of persons is given who, because of the character of the crimes allegedly committed by them, shown in paras. 1-10 of this Article, as well as the positions occupied by them, will be carefully investigated and, if the results of the investigation necessitate a trial, must be brought to trial as major offenders and punished if found guilty.

ARTICLE 3
Offenders

A. Activists

I. An activist is:
1. Anyone who, by way of his position or activity, substantially advanced the national socialistic tyranny;
2. Anyone who exploited his position, his influence or his connections to impose force and utter threats, to act with brutality and to carry out oppressions or otherwise unjust measures.
3. Anyone who manifested himself as an avowed adherent of the national socialistic tyranny, more particularly of its racial creeds.