Hermann Becker-Freyseng — Doctors' Trial Index

Index > Hermann Becker-Freyseng

Position

Stabsarzt (Captain) in the Medical Inspectorate, Luftwaffe.

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Indictment

1. Conspiracy to commit war crimes against humanity: The ordering, planning, and organization of the war crimes and crimes against humanity charged in counts two and three.

2. War crimes: High-altitude experiments; Freezing experiments; Sulfanilamide experiments; Seawater experiments; Epidemic jaundice experiments; and Typhus (“spotted fever”) and other vaccine experiments.

3. Crimes against humanity: High-altitude experiments; Freezing experiments; Sulfanilamide experiments; Seawater experiments; Epidemic jaundice experiments; and Typhus (“spotted fever”) and other vaccine experiments.

Prosecution’s Case

• Opening Statement (December 9th, 1946)

• High-altitude experiments at Dachau (December 10th — December 11th)

• Freezing experiments (December 11th)

• Sulfanilamide experiments (December 19th — December 21st)

• Seawater experiments (December 16th)

• Epidemic jaundice experiments (December 19th)

• Typhus (“spotted fever”) and other vaccine experiments (January 3rd, 1947 — January 10th)

• Rebuttal evidence (July 2nd — July 3rd)

• Prosecution’s closing statement (July 14th)

Defense’s Case

• Entered pleas of Not Guilty (December 9th, 1946)

• Opening statement (January 30th, 1947)

• Defense case begins (May 19th)

• Witnesses:

  1. Herman Becker-Freyseng (May 19th — May 29th)

  2. Rolf Jaeger (May 28th)

• Defense counsel’s closing statement (July 18th)

• Defendant’s personal statement (July 19th)

• Verdict (August 19th)

• Sentenced (August 20th)