SENTENCES
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In accordance with Article 27 of the Charter, the President of the International Military Tribunal, at its concluding session of 1 October 1946, pronounced the sentence on the defendants convicted on the Indictment:
“Defendant Hermann Wilhelm Göring, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the International Military Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Rudolf Hess, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to imprisonment for life.
“Defendant Joachim von Ribbentrop, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Wilhelm Keitel, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Ernst Kaltenbrunner, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Alfred Rosenberg, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Hans Frank, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Wilhelm Frick, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Julius Streicher, on the Count of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Walter Funk, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to imprisonment for life.
“Defendant Karl Dönitz, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to 10 years’ imprisonment.
“Defendant Erich Raeder, on the Counts of the indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to imprisonment for life.
“Defendant Baldur Von Schirach, on the Count of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to 20 years’ imprisonment.
“Defendant Fritz Sauckel, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Alfred Jodl, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Arthur Seyss-Inquart, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Albert Speer, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to 20 years’ imprisonment.
“Defendant Constantin von Neurath, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to 15 years’ imprisonment.
“The Tribunal sentences the Defendant Martin Bormann, on the Counts of the Indictment on which he has been convicted, to death by hanging.”
Tabulation of Sentences
30th September 1946[20]
DefendantCounts on whichSentence
convicted
HERMANN WILHELM GÖRING1,2,3,4Death by hanging
RUDOLF HESS1,2Imprisonment for life
JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP1,2,3,4Death by hanging
WILHELM KEITEL1,2,3,4Death by hanging
ERNST KALTENBRUNNER3,4Death by hanging
ALFRED ROSENBERG1,2,3,4Death by hanging
HANS FRANK3,4Death by hanging
WILHELM FRICK2,3,4Death by hanging
JULIUS STREICHER4Death by hanging
WALTER FUNK2,3,4Imprisonment for life
HJALMAR SCHACHTNot guilty
KARL DÖNITZ2,3Ten years’ imprisonment
ERICH RAEDER1,2,3Imprisonment for life
BALDUR VON SCHIRACH4Twenty years’ imprisonment
FRITZ SAUCKEL3,4Death by hanging
ALFRED JODL1,2,3,4Death by hanging
FRANZ VON PAPENNot guilty
ARTHUR SEYSS-INQUART2,3,4Death by hanging
ALBERT SPEER3,4Twenty years’ imprisonment
CONSTANTIN VON NEURATH1,2,3,4Fifteen years’ imprisonment
HANS FRITZSCHENot guilty
MARTIN BORMANN3,4Death by hanging
/s/GEOFFREY LAWRENCE, President
/s/FRANCIS BIDDLEA TRUE COPY
/s/H. DONNEDIEU DE VABRES/s/JOHN E. RAY
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