1947-08-20: Doctors' Trial Sentencing (continued)
The Officer of the Guard will bring before the Tribunal the defendant Wolfram Sievers.
Wolfram Sievers, 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, Wolfram Sievers, to death by hanging.
And may God have mercy upon your soul.
The Officer of the Guard will remove the defendant Sievers.
The Officer of the Guard will bring before the Tribunal the defendant Gerhard Rose.
Gerhard Rose, 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, Gerhard Rose, 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 Rose.
The Officer of the Guard will bring before the Tribunal the defendant Viktor Brack.
Viktor Brack, 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, Viktor Brack, to death by hanging.
And may God have mercy upon your soul.
The Officer of the Guard will remove the defendant Viktor Brack.
The Officer of the Guard will bring before the Tribunal the defendant Becker-Freyseng.
Hermann Becker-Freyseng, 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, Hermann Becker-Freyseng, to imprisonment for a term of twenty 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 Becker-Freyseng.
The Officer of the Guard will bring before the Tribunal the defendant Waldemar Hoven.
Waldemar Hoven, 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, Waldemar Hoven, to death by hanging.
And may God have mercy upon your soul.
The Officer of the Guard will remove the defendant Hoven.
The Officer of the Guard will bring before the Tribunal the defendant Wilhelm Beiglboeck.
Wilhelm Beiglboeck, 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, Wilhelm Beiglboeck, to imprisonment for a term of fifteen 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 Wilhelm Beiglboeck.
The Officer of the Guard will bring before the Tribunal the defendant Herta Oberheuser.
Herta Oberheuser, 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, Herta Oberheuser, to imprisonment for a term of twenty 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 Herta Oberheuser.
The Officer of the Guard will bring before the Tribunal the defendant Fritz Fischer.
Fritz Fischer, 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, Fritz Fischer, 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 Fritz Fischer.
Military Tribunal I having now completed its duties in the trial, judgment, and sentence in Case No. 1. United States of America versus Karl Brandt and others, long pending before this Tribunal, it is now ordered that Military Tribunal I now adjourn without delay.
Military Tribunal I stands adjourned.
(At 1030 hours, Military Tribunal I was adjourned.)
Were these taken as they heard of their fate? The heaviness of it.