Weltz Testifies on Aviation Medicine Institute
Weltz described the Institute for Aviation Medicine and denied responsibility for criminal experimentation carried out outside the research activities he supervised.
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Explore 160 historical events and records for Germany in 1947.
Historical records for Germany in 1947
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May
Hederich Testifies during Brack Defence
Hederich gave evidence about administrative and political matters relevant to Viktor Brack's role in the Chancellery and the programmes examined at trial.
Pfannmueller Testifies on Euthanasia Programme
Pfannmueller testified about the euthanasia programme and institutional medical practices, providing evidence during the defence phase of Viktor Brack's case.
Hostage Trial Indictment
List and other German commanders were indicted over reprisals, hostage killings and crimes in southeastern Europe.
Brack Testifies on Euthanasia and Sterilization
Brack testified about his role in the Chancellery, the euthanasia programme and proposals for mass sterilization, while disputing aspects of the prosecution's account.
Becker-Freyseng Testifies on Seawater Research
Becker-Freyseng described Luftwaffe research into making seawater drinkable and answered allegations concerning the design and approval of experiments at Dachau.
Death of Bruno Brauer
Death of Bruno Brauner, found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed
Death of Freidrich-Wihelm Muller
Found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed
Execution
Found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed
Execution
Found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed
Jaeger Testifies for Becker-Freyseng Defence
Jaeger appeared for Becker-Freyseng and discussed aviation-medicine research and scientific questions associated with the defendant's work.
June
Schaefer Testifies on Seawater Treatment Methods
Schaefer explained competing methods for treating seawater and denied that his scientific work made him responsible for coercive testing performed on prisoners.
Vollhardt Testifies in Schaefer Defence
Vollhardt testified during Schaefer's defence about scientific work on seawater treatment and the research context in which the competing methods were evaluated.
Dorn Testifies before Beiglboeck Defence
Dorn gave evidence concerning medical research and procedures relevant to the seawater experiments before Beiglboeck's own extended testimony began.
Trial
The death sentence is later commuted to life. Sentenced to death by a British Military Court for shooting 335 Italian civilians
Milch Sentence Affirmed by Military Governor
The United States Military Governor affirms Milch's life sentence after review of the judgment in the second Subsequent Nuremberg Proceeding.
Hoven Testifies on Buchenwald Medical Activity
Hoven testified about his duties at Buchenwald and answered charges involving typhus experiments, killings by injection and participation in the euthanasia programme.
Justice Case Defence Phase Addresses Rothaug
The defence phase begins as Rothaug and other judicial defendants answer allegations that courts were deliberately used for persecution and unlawful punishment.
July
Altstoetter Defence Case Presented
Altstoetter's defence contests allegations arising from his Justice Ministry position and his membership in the SS.
Flick Defence Case Opens
The defence opens its case and Flick begins giving evidence about his companies, wartime labour practices and relations with Nazi institutions.
Flick Cross-Examination Begins
Prosecutors begin cross-examining Flick about corporate decisions, forced labour, occupied property and payments connected with the SS.
Hostage Trial Opens
The Hostage Case opened before Military Tribunal V.
Oeschey Defence Evidence Presented
Oeschey's defence addresses his work in special courts and the prosecution's claim that judicial authority became an instrument of persecution.
Birth of Wolfgang Flur
Birth of Wolfgang Flur, later Kraftwerk electronic percussionist during the classic period.
Schacht Testifies in Flick Trial
Hjalmar Schacht appears as a defence witness during the industrialist trial and gives evidence concerning German economic policy and Flick's position.
Einsatzgruppen Trial Indictment
Ohlendorf and other Einsatzgruppen leaders were indicted for mass murder, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Steinbrinck Begins Flick Trial Testimony
Otto Steinbrinck takes the stand in his defence and addresses his corporate activities and links with SS financial circles.
August
IG Farben Defendants Arraigned
Krauch and other IG Farben executives enter pleas as Military Tribunal VI formally brings the industrial defendants before the court.
Doctors Trial Verdict
The tribunal found Brandt guilty as it delivered the Doctors Trial verdicts.
Nuremberg Code
The Doctors Trial judgment set out ten principles for permissible human experimentation, later known as the Nuremberg Code.
Doctors Trial Sentence
Brandt received a death sentence after conviction in the Doctors Trial.
IG Farben Trial Opens
Military Tribunal VI opened the IG Farben Case against company executives.
Lautenschlaeger Arraigned in IG Farben Case
Friedrich Lautenschlaeger is separately arraigned as the prosecution formally opens the IG Farben case.
September
Hans Wagner Testifies in IG Farben Case
Hans Wagner gives testimony as prosecutors develop documentary evidence about IG Farben's wartime organisation and activities.
Einsatzgruppen Trial Arraignment
Blobel pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in the Einsatzgruppen Case.
Hanneken Testifies in IG Farben Case
Hermann von Hanneken gives evidence about wartime industrial administration and the relationship between the German state and major companies.
Einsatzgruppen Trial Opens
The Einsatzgruppen Case opened before a United States military tribunal.
Elias Testifies in IG Farben Case
Nathaniel Elias testifies as the Tribunal hears evidence concerning wartime corporate operations and occupied property.
RuSHA Tribunal Constituted
Military Tribunal I was reconstituted to hear the RuSHA Case against racial and resettlement officials.
October
Schmidt Testifies in IG Farben Case
Paul Otto Schmidt appears as a witness while prosecutors explore diplomatic and governmental aspects of German economic expansion.
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