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guilty under this count. The defendant Pfirsch alone was acquitted on all
counts. The Krupp Case was tried at the Palace of Justice in Nuernberg before
Military Tribunal IIIA. The Tribunal convened on 103 separate days. Testimony
was also taken at a number of sessions before three commissioners appointed by
the Tribunal. The trial lasted approximately 11 months, as shown by the
following schedule: |
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Indictment filed |
16 August 1947 |
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Arraignment |
17 November 1947 |
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Prosecution opening statement |
8 December 1947 |
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Defense opening statements |
22, 23 March 1948 |
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Tribunal order dismissing counts one and four |
5 April 1948 |
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Prosecution closing statement |
24 June 1948 |
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Defense closing statement |
25-30 June 1948 |
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Judgment |
31 July 1948 |
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Sentence |
31 July 1948 |
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Review of sentences by the Military Governor of the United States
Zone of Occupation |
1 April 1949 |
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The English transcript of the Court proceedings runs to 13,454
mimeographed pages. The prosecution introduced into evidence over 1,400 written
exhibits (some of which contained several documents) and the defense over 2,800
written exhibits. The testimony of over 200 witnesses was heard by the Tribunal
or taken before the commissioners appointed by the Tribunal. Nearly two-thirds
of the witnesses heard were defense witnesses. Three hundred and eighty of the
prosecution's written exhibits were affidavits, whereas 1,309 of the written
exhibits of the defense were affidavits. The Krupp Case was unique among the
Nuernberg war crimes trials in that it was the only one in which none of the
defendants took the stand in his own defense. However, seven of the twelve
defendants took the stand for the limited purpose of supporting a defense claim
that affidavits signed by several of the defendants before trial were not
voluntary statements. Subsequently all defense motions to strike the affidavits
in question were overruled and disallowed by the Tribunal. The exhibits offered
by both prosecution and defense contained documents, photographs, affidavits,
letters, charts, and other written evidence.
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
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