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| II. ARRAIGNMENT |
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(Official Transcript of the American Military Tribunal No. VI in the
matter of the United States of America against Carl Krauch et al,
defendants, sitting at Nuernberg, Germany on 14 August 1947. 1000,
Justice Shake presiding.) |
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THE MARSHALL: The Honorable, the Judges of Military Tribunal VI.
Military Tribunal No. VI is now in session. God save the United States of
America and this Honorable Tribunal.
There will be order in the
courtroom.
PRESIDING JUDGE SHAKE: Military Tribunal No. VI will come to
order.
The Tribunal will now proceed with the arraignment of the
defendants in Case 6 pending before this Tribunal. The Secretary-General will
call the roll of defendants.
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL: Each defendant will
stand and answer present when his name is called. |
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| (The Secretary-General then called the roll of
defendants). |
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Carl Krauch, Hermann Schmitz, Georg von Schnitzler, Fritz Gajewski,
Heinrich Hoerlein, August von Knieriem, Fritz ter Meer, Christian Schneider,
Otto Ambros, Max Brueggemann —
BRIGADIER GENERAL TELFORD TAYLOR:
May it please Your Honor, defendant Brueggemann is at present in a hospital
near Duesseldorf in the British Zone of Occupation. Brueggemann was served with
the indictment on 18 June 1947. Two days prior, on 16 June, Brueggemann's
counsel, Dr. Klefisch, filed a letter in the nature of a motion with the
Secretary-General asking that the proceedings against Brueggemann be
temporarily quashed or separated from the trial of the other defendants and
that Brueggemann be released from custody in the interest of his health. The
prosecution answered this motion on 24 June, and there appears to be no
substantial conflict between the prosecution and the defense on this matter.
Both the motion and the answer agree, on the basis of the medical reports, that
defendant Brueggemann is not at present able to stand trial without serious
danger to his life. The prosecution in its answer has suggested, in accordance
with a procedure which the International Military Tribunal adopted in the case
of Gustav Krupp von Bohlen, that an order be made here postponing for an
indefinite time the proceedings against Brueggemann but directing that the
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