Milch Begins Personal Defence Testimony
Milch takes the stand in his own defence and addresses allegations involving forced labour and his responsibilities in the Luftwaffe war economy.
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March
Blome Defence Case Begins
Blome answers allegations involving biological warfare, medical research administration and the Nazi euthanasia programme.
Kosmehl Testifies before Blome Defence
Kosmehl testified about medical research and administrative matters before Blome's own testimony began, providing background for the biological-warfare allegations.
Blome Testifies on Biological Warfare Research
Blome gave evidence about biological-warfare research, plague and vaccine work, while denying that he personally conducted criminal experiments on concentration-camp inmates.
Behl Testifies in Justice Case
Conrad Behl testifies as the prosecution develops its case concerning the use of German courts as instruments of political persecution.
Flick Amended Indictment Filed
An amended indictment refines the charges against Flick and five associates concerning forced labour, plunder and financial support for the SS.
Flick Trial Indictment
Flick and five executives were indicted for offences including slave labour, plunder and support for the SS.
Meine Testifies for Rudolf Brandt Defence
Meine described work within Himmler's staff and helped explain the administrative environment in which Rudolf Brandt handled correspondence concerning SS medical matters.
Rudolf Brandt Defence Case Begins
Rudolf Brandt begins his defence concerning administrative support for SS medical programmes and correspondence handled for Heinrich Himmler.
Rudolf Brandt Testifies on Himmler Correspondence
Rudolf Brandt described his administrative work for Heinrich Himmler and attempted to distinguish clerical transmission of orders from responsibility for the medical programmes discussed in correspondence.
Mrugowsky Defence Case Begins
Mrugowsky's defence addresses vaccine research, camp experiments and his leadership role in the Waffen-SS Hygiene Institute.
Mrugowsky Testifies on SS Hygiene Institute
Mrugowsky testified about the Waffen-SS Hygiene Institute, vaccine research and his relationship to typhus, poison and other experiments examined by the prosecution.
Seiler Testifies in Justice Case
Irene Seiler gives evidence about Nazi racial law enforcement and the human consequences of politically controlled judicial proceedings.
Ferber Testifies in Justice Case
Karl Ferber begins testimony concerning judicial practice under National Socialism and the operation of special political courts.
Horn Testifies in Mrugowsky Defence
Horn testified about medical and laboratory matters relevant to Mrugowsky's defence against allegations involving vaccines, poisons and the Waffen-SS Hygiene Institute.
April
Oberheuser Defence Case Begins
Oberheuser begins her defence concerning medical experiments performed on women imprisoned at Ravensbrueck.
Oberheuser Testifies on Ravensbrueck Medical Work
Oberheuser described her duties at Ravensbrueck and answered evidence concerning treatment of prisoners subjected to wound, drug and surgical experiments.
Birth of Florian Schneider
Birth of Florian Schneider, later Kraftwerk co-founder and electronic sound innovator.
Pohl Trial Opens
The Pohl Case opened against officials of the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office.
Poppendick Defence Case Begins
Poppendick opens his defence against charges connected with SS racial institutions and criminal medical experimentation.
Poppendick Testifies on SS Medical Administration
Poppendick testified about SS medical administration and denied exercising the degree of control over experimental programmes alleged by the prosecution.
Doebig Testifies in Justice Case
Friedrich Doebig gives evidence on the transformation of German judicial institutions and pressures placed on judges under the Nazi regime.
Sievers Defence Case Begins
Sievers begins his defence over the Ahnenerbe's role in medical experiments and the Jewish skeleton collection project.
Sievers Testifies on Ahnenerbe Medical Projects
Sievers gave evidence about Ahnenerbe research, its links with SS medical projects and the administrative chain behind experiments and the Jewish skeleton collection.
Borkenau Testifies during Sievers Defence
Borkenau testified during the Sievers case and supplied background evidence intended to assist the defence in interpreting the defendant's political and institutional circumstances.
May Testifies for Sievers Defence
May gave evidence concerning the Ahnenerbe and the institutional setting in which Sievers carried out administrative duties connected with research projects.
Hielscher Testifies for Sievers Defence
Hielscher described his contacts with Sievers and provided personal and political evidence that the defence used to characterize Sievers's conduct under the Nazi regime.
Topf Testifies on Sievers Activities
Topf gave evidence about Sievers's wartime activities and relationships, adding testimony to the defence case concerning the Ahnenerbe administrator.
Block Testifies for Gerhard Rose Defence
Block testified about infectious-disease research and professional circumstances relevant to Gerhard Rose's defence against charges connected with typhus and malaria experimentation.
Milch Trial Judgment Delivered
Military Tribunal II delivers judgment, acquitting Milch on medical-experiment allegations but convicting him on forced-labour charges.
Rose Defence Case Begins
Rose opens his defence concerning typhus research, vaccine testing and experiments carried out on concentration-camp prisoners.
Hoering Testifies on Rose Medical Research
Hoering discussed scientific work associated with Rose and addressed medical research practices that the defence argued were distinct from coercive camp experimentation.
Milch Trial Sentence
Milch was sentenced to life imprisonment after conviction on two counts.
Rose Testifies on Typhus and Malaria Research
Rose testified about infectious-disease research and defended his actions concerning typhus and malaria work that prosecutors connected with experimentation on prisoners.
Flick Arraigned before Military Tribunal IV
Flick is arraigned with the other defendants and enters a plea as the industrialist prosecution moves into open court.
Flick Trial Opens
The fifth Subsequent Nuremberg Proceeding opened against Friedrich Flick and five associates.
Ruff Defence Case Begins
Ruff begins his defence regarding aviation medicine and the high-altitude experiments conducted at Dachau.
Ruff Testifies on High Altitude Research
Ruff described aviation-medicine research and sought to separate his scientific work from the lethal high-altitude experiments conducted on prisoners at Dachau.
May
Romberg Testifies on Dachau Aviation Experiments
Romberg testified about his participation in aviation experiments and explained the role he claimed to have played during high-altitude research at Dachau.
IG Farben Trial Indictment
Krauch and other IG Farben executives were indicted for aggressive war, plunder, slave labour and related crimes.
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