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| WALTER HAENSCH: Yes. THE SECRETARY GENERAL: Gustav Nosske. GUSTAV NOSSKE: Yes. THE SECRETARY GENERAL: Adolf Ott. ADOLF OTT: Yes. THE SECRETARY GENERAL: Eduard Strauch. EDUARD STRAUCH: Yes. THE SECRETARY GENERAL: Emil Haussmann. MR. FERENCZ: May it please your Honor, the prosecution has been informed that Emil Haussmann, named as a defendant, died subsequent to the filing of the indictment.¹ PRESIDING JUDGE MUSMANNO: The record will show that the defendant Emil Haussmann died subsequent to the filing of the indictment and prior to this date of arraignment, so that all proceedings arising out of this indictment will cease as of the date of his death. THE SECRETARY GENERAL: Waldemar Klingelhoefer. WALDEMAR KLINGELHOEFER: Yes. THE SECRETARY GENERAL: Lothar Fendler. LOTHAR FENDLER: Yes. THE SECRETARY GENERAL: Waldemar von Radetzky. WALDEMAR VON RADETZKY: Yes. THE SECRETARY GENERAL: Felix Ruehl. FELIX RUEHL: Yes. THE SECRETARY GENERAL: Heinz Schubert. HEINZ SCHUBERT: Yes. THE SECRETARY GENERAL: Mathias Graf. MATHIAS GRAF: Yes. THE SECRETARY GENERAL: May it please this honorable Tribunal, all defendants except Emil Haussmann are present and in the dock. PRESIDING JUDGE MUSMANNO: Very well. The prosecution will now proceed with the reading of the indictment and the defendants will attend to the reading of the charges lodged against them. [At this point Mr. Ferencz began to read the indictment.²] DR. SURHOLT: May I please have a word for reasons concerning procedure? The defense counsel of the defendant Dr. Rasch calls the attention of the Court to the fact that the defendant is not in a position to attend the Court. The defense already made an application on 8 September that the proceedings against Dr. Rasch be severed and that his trial be suspended for the time being. The defendant was brought in this morning, and the pres [...ent] |
¹ The defendant Haussman committed suicide on 31 July 1947.
² For text of indictment, see pp. 13 to 22.
