1947-08-20: Doctors' Trial Sentencing
Official Transcript of the American Military Tribunal in the matter of the United States of America against Karl Brandt, et al. defendants, sitting at Nuernberg. Germany, on 20 August 1947, 1000, Justice Beals presiding.
THE MARSHAL: Persons in the courtroom will please find their seats. The Honorable, the Judges of Military Tribunal I. Military Tribunal I is now in session. God save the United States of America and this Honorable Tribunal. There will be order in the court.
THE PRESIDENT: Military Tribunal I has convened this morning for the purpose of imposing sentences upon the defendants who have been on trial before this Tribunal and who have been, by the Tribunal, adjudged guilty.
Officer of the Guard, will you bring before the Tribunal the defendant Karl Brandt.
Karl Brandt, Military Tribunal I has found and adjudged you guilty of War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and membership in an organization declared criminal by the judgment of the International Military Tribunal, as charged under the indictment heretofore filed against you.
For your said crimes on which you have been and now stand convicted Military Tribunal 1 sentences you, Karl Brandt, to death by hanging.
And may God have mercy on your soul.
The Officer of the Guard will move the defendant Brandt.
The Officer of the Guard will bring before the Tribunal the defendant Siegfried Handloser.
Siegfried Handloser, Military Tribunal I has found and adjudged you guilty of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, as charged under the indictment heretofore filed against you.
For your said crimes on which you have been and now stand convicted Military Tribunal I sentences you, Siegfried Handloser, to imprisonment for the full term and period of your natural life, to be served at such prison or prisons, or other appropriate place of confinement, as shall be determined by competent authority.
The Officer of the Guard will remove the defendant Handloser.
Officer of the Guard you will bring the defendant Oskar Schroeder.
Oskar Schroeder, Military Tribunal I has found said adjudged you guilty of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, as charged under the indictment heretofore filed against you.
For your said crimes on which you have been and now stand convicted Military Tribunal I sentences you, Oskar Schroeder, to imprisonment for the full term and period of your natural life, to be served at such prison or prisons, or other appropriate place of confinement, as shall be determined by competent authority.
The Officer of the Guard will remove the defendant Schroeder.
Officer of the Guard, you will bring before the Tribunal the defendant Karl Genzken.
Karl Genzken, Military Tribunal I has found and adjudged you guilty of War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and membership in an organization declared criminal by the judgment of the International Military Tribunal, as charged under the indictment heretofore filed against you.
For your said crimes on which you have been and now stand convicted Military Tribunal I sentences you, Karl Genzken, to imprisonment for the full term and period of your natural life, to be served at such prison or prisons, or other appropriate place of confinement, as shall be determined by competent authority.
The Officer of the Guard will remove the defendant Genzken.
Officer of the Guard, you will bring before the Tribunal the defendant Karl Gebhardt.
Karl Gebhardt, Military Tribunal I has found and adjudged you guilty of War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and membership in an organization declared criminal by the judgment of the International Military Tribunal, as charged under the indictment heretofore filed against you.
For your said crimes on which you have been and now stand convicted Military Tribunal I sentences you, Karl Gebhardt, to death by hanging.
And may God have mercy upon your soul.
The Officer of the Guard will remove the defendant Gebhardt.
The Officer of the Guard will bring before the Tribunal the defendant Rudolf Brandt.
Rudolf Brandt, Military Tribunal I has found and adjudged you guilty of War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and membership in an organization declared criminal by the judgment of the International Military Tribunal, as charged under the indictment heretofore filed against you.
For your said crimes on which you have been and now stand convicted Military Tribunal I sentences you, Rudolf Brandt, to death by hanging.
And may God have mercy upon your soul.
The Officer of the Guard will remove the defendant Rudolf Brandt.
The Officer of the Guard will bring before the Tribunal the defendant Joachim Mrugowsky.
Joachim Mrugowsky, Military Tribunal I has found and adjudged you guilty of War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and membership in an organization declared criminal by the judgment of the International Military Tribunal, as charged under the indictment heretofore filed against you.
For your said crimes on which you have been and now stand convicted Military Tribunal I sentences you, Joachim Mrugowsky, to death by hanging.
And may God have mercy upon your soul.
The Officer of the Guard will remove the defendant Mrugowsky.
The Officer of the Guard will bring before the Tribunal the defendant Helmut Poppendick.
Helmut Poppendick, Military Tribunal I has found and adjudged you guilty of membership in an organization declared criminal by the judgment of the International Military Tribunal, as charged under the indictment heretofore filed against you.
For your said crime on which you have been and now stand convicted Military Tribunal I sentences you, Helmut Poppendick, to imprisonment for a term of ten years, to be served at such prison or prisons, or other appropriate place of confinement, as shall be determined by competent authority.
The Officer of the Guard will remove the defendant Poppendick.