Hans Wolfgang Romberg — Doctors' Trial Index

Index > Hans Wolfgang Romberg

Position

Doctor on the Staff of the Department for Aviation Medicine at the German Experimental Institute for Aviation.

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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.

3. Crimes against humanity: High-altitude experiments.

Prosecution’s Case

• Opening Statement (December 9th, 1946)

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

• Rebuttal evidence (July 2nd, 1947 — 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 1st)

• Witnesses:

  1. Hans Wolfgang Romberg (May 1st — May 6th)

• Defense counsel’s closing statement (July 17th)

• Defendant’s personal statement (July 19th)

• Verdict (August 19th)