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| HEADQUARTERS, EUROPEAN COMMAND |
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| Office of the
Commander-in-Chief APO 742 |
| In the Case of The United States of America vs. Karl Brandt, et alii |
| Military Tribunal I Case No. 1 |
| Order with respect to sentence of Siegfried Handloser * |
| In the case of the United States of America
against Karl Brandt, et alii, tried by United States Military Tribunal I, Case
No. 1, Nuernberg, Germany, the defendant Siegfried Handloser, on 20 August
1947, was sentenced by the Tribunal to life imprisonment. A petition to modify
the sentence, filed on behalf of the defendant by Dr. Otto Nelte, his defense
counsel, has been referred to me pursuant to the provisions of Military
Government Ordinance No. 7. I have duly considered the petition and the record
of the trial and in accordance with Article XVII of said Ordinance, it it
hereby ordered that: a. the sentence imposed by Military Tribunal I, on Siegfried Handloser be, and hereby is, in all respects confirmed; b. the defendant be confined in War Crimes Prison No. 1, Landsberg, Bavaria, Germany. |
| [Signed] Lucius D. Clay
Lucius D. CLAY General, U.S.A. Commander-in-Chief, European Command and Military Governor |
* The sentences imposed upon the remaining 14 defendants were confirmed in all respects by the Military Commander of the United States Zone of Occupation by identical orders
