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Aug 11, 2022
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Index > Siegfried Ruff

Position

Director of the Department for Aviation Medicine at the German Experimental Institute for Aviation and First Lieutenant in the Medical Service of the 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.

  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 (April 25th)

  • Witnesses:

    1. Siegfried Ruff (April 25th — April 30th)

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

  • Defendant’s personal statement (July 19th)

  • Verdict (August 19th)

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