XIV. AFFIRMATION OF SENTENCES BY THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE UNITED STATES ZONE OF OCCUPATION
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OFFICE OF MILITARY GOVERNMENT
FOR GERMANY (U. S.)
Office of the Military Governor
APO 742
Berlin, Germany
22 November 1947
AG 013. 3 (LD)
SUBJECT:Petitions for Review and for Habeas Corpus in the case of the United States of America v. Karl Brandt et al., Case 1, Military Tribunal I, Nuernberg, Germany (Medical Case)
TO:Secretary General
Military Tribunals
APO 696-A, U.S. Army
1. Inclosed herewith you will find original orders denying petitions for clemency submitted by the following persons convicted in Case Number 1 before Military Tribunal I:
Karl BrandtSiegfried Handloser
Oskar SchroederKarl Genzken
Karl GebhardtRudolf Brandt
Joachim MrugowskyHelmut Poppendick
Wolfram SieversGerhard Rose
Viktor BrackHermann Becker-Freyseng
Waldemar HovenWilhelm Beiglboeck
Herta OberheuserFritz Fischer
2. Please formally advise the petitioners through their respective attorneys of the action taken by the Military Governor upon these petitions.
For the Military Governor:
[Signed] G. H. Garde
G. H. Garde
Lieutenant Colonel, AGD
Adjutant General
Incls: a/s
Telephone Berlin 42361
HEADQUARTERS, EUROPEAN COMMAND
Office of the Commander-in-Chief
APO 742
Berlin, Germany
In the Case ofMilitary Tribunal I
The United States of AmericaCase No. 1
vs.
Karl Brandt, et alii
Order with Respect to Sentence of Karl Brandt
In the case of the United States of America against Karl Brandt et alii, tried by United States Military Tribunal I, Case No. 1, Nuernberg, Germany, the defendant, Karl Brandt, on 20 August 1947, was sentenced by the Tribunal to death by hanging. A petition to modify the sentence, filed on behalf of the defendant by Dr. R. Servatius, his defense counsel, has been referred to me pursuant to the provision 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 that:
1. The sentence imposed by Military Tribunal I upon Karl Brandt be, and hereby is, in all respects, confirmed.
2. Pending action on petitions filed by the defendant with authorities other than the Office of Military Government for Germany, (U.S.), the execution of the death sentence be stayed until further order by me.
3. The defendant be confined until further order in War Crimes Prison No. 1, Landsberg, Bavaria, Germany.
[Signed] Lucius D. Clay
Lucius D. Clay
General, U.S. Army
Commander-in-Chief, European Command
and Military Governor
HEADQUARTERS, EUROPEAN COMMAND
Office of the Commander-in-Chief
APO 742
In the Case of The
United States of America
vs.
Karl Brandt, et alii
Military Tribunal I
Case No. 1
Order with respect to sentence of Siegfried Handloser[60]
In the case of the United States of America against Karl Brandt, et alii, tried by United States Military Tribunal I, Case No. 1, Nuernberg, Germany, the defendant Siegfried Handloser, on 20 August 1947, was sentenced by the Tribunal to life imprisonment. A petition to modify the sentence, filed on behalf of the defendant by Dr. Otto Nelte, 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 that:
a. the sentence imposed by Military Tribunal I, on Siegfried Handloser be, and hereby is, in all respects confirmed;
b. the defendant be confined in War Crimes Prison No. 1, Landsberg, Bavaria, Germany.
[Signed] Lucius D. Clay
Lucius D. Clay
General, U.S.A.
Commander-in-Chief, European Command
and Military Governor