THE PRESIDENT: The Tribunal is again in session. MR. HARDY: The Prosecution charges under Count No. 2, paragraph 8, that the defendants Blome and Rudolf Brandt unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly committed War Crimes; and, in paragraph 13, Count No. 3, committed crimes against Humanity, and that they were principals in, accessories, to, ordered, abetted, took a consenting part in, and were connected with plans and enterprises involving the murder and mistreatment of tens of thousands of Polish nationals who were civilians and members of the armed forces of a nation then at war with the German Reich and who were in the custody of the German Reich in exercise of a belligerent control. These people were alleged to be infected with incurable tuberculosis. On the ground of insuring the health and welfare of Germans in Poland, many tubercular Poles were ruthlessly exterminated while others were isolated in death camps with inadequate medical facilities.
1946-12-19, #2: Doctors' Trial (late morning)
1946-12-19, #2: Doctors' Trial (late morning)
1946-12-19, #2: Doctors' Trial (late morning)
THE PRESIDENT: The Tribunal is again in session. MR. HARDY: The Prosecution charges under Count No. 2, paragraph 8, that the defendants Blome and Rudolf Brandt unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly committed War Crimes; and, in paragraph 13, Count No. 3, committed crimes against Humanity, and that they were principals in, accessories, to, ordered, abetted, took a consenting part in, and were connected with plans and enterprises involving the murder and mistreatment of tens of thousands of Polish nationals who were civilians and members of the armed forces of a nation then at war with the German Reich and who were in the custody of the German Reich in exercise of a belligerent control. These people were alleged to be infected with incurable tuberculosis. On the ground of insuring the health and welfare of Germans in Poland, many tubercular Poles were ruthlessly exterminated while others were isolated in death camps with inadequate medical facilities.