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. NUERNBERG MILITARY TRIBUNAL
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X. SUPPLEMENTAL JUDGMENT
OF THE TRIBUNAL
 
As stated in the original judgment, the defendants were arraigned on 10 March 1947, and the taking of proof began on 8 April 1947. During 101 court sessions, terminating 22 September 1947, the prosecution offered in evidence 742 documents, and the defendants 614 documents. The transcript of the proof consisted of 8,048 pages, exclusive of the judgment. The transcript of the closing argument of the prosecution consists of 73 typewritten pages. The transcript of the closing argument of the defense counsel includes the following: 
 
  Oswald Pohl   152 pages  
  August Frank   79 pages  
  Georg Loerner   63 pages  
  Heinz Karl Fanslau   19 pages  
  Hans Loerner   18 pages  
  Erwin Tschentscher   56 pages  
  Max Kiefer   36 pages  
  Franz Eirenschmalz   50 pages  
  Karl Sommer   54 pages  
  Hermann Pook   22 pages  
  Hans Baier   41 pages  
  Hans Hohberg    63 pages  
  Leo Volk   55 pages  
  Karl Mummenthey    33 pages  
  Hans Bobermin   55 pages  
  Josef Vogt    39 pages  
  Rudolf Scheide   43 pages  
  Horst Klein   31 pages  
     _______  
  Total   909 pages  
 
On 3 November 1947 the judgment was read in open Court and sentence imposed upon those defendants found guilty. Subsequently, counsel for the convicted defendants filed petitions with the Military Governor of the United States Zone of Occupation asking revision of the sentences under Article XVII(a) of Ordinance No. 7. In these petitions various reasons were given for revision of the judgment, including claims that the proof had not been properly evaluated by the Tribunal, that various exhibits had been misinterpreted, that findings of fact were not supported by the evidence, and that there was injustice in the disparity of sentences. Two defendants stated that in preparing the judg- […ment]  

 
 
 
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