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Volume V · Page 1254
| XI. CONFIRMATION AND REDUCTION
OF SENTENCES BY THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE U.S. ZONE OF OCCUPATION |
| Introduction |
| On 30 April 1949, General Lucius D. Clay, Military Governor of the U.S. Zone of Occupation, confirmed by separate orders the sentences imposed on the defendants Baier, Bobermin, Fanslau, Frank, Hohberg, Kiefer, Georg Loerner, Hans Loerner, Mummenthey, Pohl, Pook, Tschentscher, and Volk. By separate orders on 11 May 1949, General Clay confirmed the sentence of the defendant Eirenschmalz and commuted the sentence of the defendant Sommer from death to imprisonment for life. The orders which confirmed the sentence of the defendant Pohl and commuted the sentence of the defendant Sommer are reproduced immediately below. |
| HEADQUARTERS, EUROPEAN COMMAND
Office of the Commander-in-Chief APO 742 |
| Berlin, Germany 30 April 1949 Military Tribunal II Case No. 4 |
| In the Case of The United States of America vs. Oswald Pohl, et al. |
| Order with Respect to Sentence of Oswald Pohl |
| In the case of the United States of America against Oswald Pohl, et al., tried by United States Military Tribunal II, Case No. 4, Nuremberg, Germany, the defendant Oswald Pohl, on 3 November 1947, was sentenced by the Tribunal to death by hanging. A petition to modify the sentence, filed on behalf of the defendant by 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 is hereby ordered: |
