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| separate days. Testimony was taken at a number of sessions before
commissioners appointed by the Tribunal (see section XVII, vol. XV, this
series). The trial lasted nearly 15 months, as shown by the following
schedule: |
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Indictment
filed |
3 May
1947 |
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Arraignment of all
defendants excepting Brueggemann, Lautenschlaeger, and Wurster |
14 August
1947 |
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Arraignment of
defendant Lautenschlaeger |
27 August
1947 |
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Prosecution opening
statement |
27 August
1947 |
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Severance of the case
against defendant Brueggemann |
9 September
1947 |
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Arraignment of
defendant Wurster |
17
September 1947 |
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Defense opening
statements |
18-19
December 1947 |
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Defense closing
statements |
2-4, 7-9
June 1948 |
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Prosecution closing
statement |
10 June
1948 |
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Defense rebuttal
closing statements |
11 June
1948 |
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Judgments |
29, 30 July
1948 |
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Sentences |
30 July
1948 |
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Filing of concurring
and dissenting opinions of Judge Hebert |
28 December
1948 |
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Review of sentences
by the Military Governor of the United States Zone of Occupation |
4 March
1949 |
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The English transcript of the Court proceedings runs to 15,966
mimeographed pages, excluding the concurring and dissenting opinions filed by
Judge Hebert.
The prosecution introduced into evidence 2,282 written
exhibits (some of which contained several documents) and the defense, 4,102
written exhibits. The testimony of over 189 witnesses was heard by the Tribunal
or taken before the commissioners appointed by the Tribunal. One hundred two of
the witnesses heard were defense witnesses. Four hundred nineteen of the
prosecution's written exhibits were affidavits, whereas 2,394 of the written
exhibits of the defense were affidavits. The exhibits offered by both
prosecution and defense contained documents, photographs, affidavits, letters,
charts, and other written evidence. Each of the 23 defendants who stood trial
elected to testify on his own behalf, excepting the defendants Schmitz, von
Schnitzler, and Lautenschlaeger. Each of the defendants who testified was
subject to examination on behalf of the other defendants and on behalf of the
prosecution. The prosecution did not elect to cross-examine the defendant
Duerrfeld.
The members of the Tribunal, the commissioners of the
Tribunal, and prosecution and defense counsel are listed on the ensuing pages.
Prosecution counsel were assisted in preparing the case by numerous staff
members of the Office of United States Chief of Counsel for War Crimes,
including Walter H. Rapp, Chief of the Evidence Division; Fred Niebergall,
Chief of the |
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