CERTIFIED COPIES OF THE CHARGES,
SPECIFICATIONS,
FINDINGS, and ' SENTENCE,
IN THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES vs. ALFONS KLEIN AND OTHERS TRIED AT WIESBADEN, GERMANY, BEFORE A MILITARY COMMISSION APPOINTED BY THE COMMANDING GENERAL, SEVENTH UNITED STATES ARMY, IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 1945.
Charge: Violation of International Law.
Specification: In that Alfons Klein, Adolf Wahlmann, Heinrich Ruoff, Karl Willig, Adolf Merkle, Irmgard Huber, and Philipp Blum, acting jointly and in pursuance of a common intent and acting for and on behalf of the then German Reich, did, from on or about 1 July 1944 to on or about 1 April 1945 at Hadamar, Germany, wilfully, deliberately, and wrongfully, aid, abet, and participate in the killing of human beings of Polish and Russian nationality, their exact names and number being unknown but aggregating in excess of 400, and who were then and there confined by the German Reich as an exercise of belligerent control.
(Signature of accuser) Meade F. Griffin
/t/ MEADE F. GRIFFIN, Lt.Col., Inf.
(Grade, organization, arm, or service)
AFFIDAVIT
Before me, the undersigned, authorized by law to administer oaths in cases of this character, personally appeared the abovenamed accuser this 19 day of September, 1945, and made oath that he is a person subject to military law and that he personally signed the foregoing charges and specifications, and further that
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he has investigated the matters set forth in specification of the Charge and the Charge, and that the same are true in fact, to the best of his knowledge and belief.
(Signature) Charles H. Taylor
(Grade and organization) /t/ CHARLES H. TAYLOR
Capt., JAGD
(Official character, as summary court, notary public, etc.) . Upon secret written ballot, two-thirds of the members present at the time the vote was taken concurring in each finding of guility, as to each accused, the Commission finds the accused: Alfons Klein
Of the Specification and the Charge: Guilty.
Adolf Wahlmann
Of the Specification and the Charge: Guilty.
Heinrich Ruoff
Of the Specification and the Charge r Guilty.
Karl Willig '
Of the Specification and the Charge: Guilty.
Adolf Merkle
Of the Specification and the Charge: Guilty.
Irmgard Huber
Of the Specification and the Charge: Guilty.
Philipp1 Blum Of the Specification:
Guilty, except the words "1 April 1945" and "400," substituting respectively therefor the words "23 August 1944" and "70," of the excepted words "Not Guilty," of the substituted words "Guilty."
Of the Charge: Guilty.
The Commission, upon secret written ballot, two-thirds of the members present at the time the vote was taken concurring, as to each accused, sentences the accused:
Alfons Klein
To be hanged by the neck until dead.
Adolf Wahlmann '
To be confined at hard labor, at such place as the reviewing authority may direct, for the rest of his natural life.
Heinrich Ruoff
To be hanged by the neck until dead.
Karl Willig
To be hanged by the. neck until dead.
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Adolf Merkle
To be confined at hard labor, at such place as the reviewing authority may direct, for thirty-five (35) years.
Irmgard Huber
To be confined at hard labor, at such place as the reviewing authority may direct, for twenty-five (25) years.
Philipp Blum
To be confined at hard labor, at such place as the reviewing authority may direct, for thirty (30) years.
The president announced the findings and sentence.
I certify that the foregoing three pages contain a true and accurate copy of the Charges and Specifications, the Findings as to each accused, and the Sentence as to each accused, in the case of United States v. Alfons Klein, et al.
/s/ Samuel Sonenfield SAMUEL SONENFIELD,
Captain, JAGD,
War Crimes Branch.
Extracts from the trial record of seven Germans charged with killing several hundred Poles and Russians at Hadamar in 1944-45
Authors
Meade F. Griffin (lt. colonel, US Army)
Meade F. Griffin
- Additional details not yet available.
Samuel Sonenfield (Captain, Judge Advocate's Office, War Crimes Branch)
Samuel Sonenfield
captain, US JAGD
- Country of citizenship: United States of America
- Occupation: lawyer
- Participant in: Hadamar Trial (period: 1945-10-08 through 1945-10-15; role: judge)
- Military rank: captain
- Military branch: Judge Advocate General's Corps
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/316569130
Date: September 1945
Literal Title: Certified Copies of the Charges, Specifications, Findings, and Sentence, in the Case of the United States vs.Alfons Klein and Others Tried at Wiesbaden, Germany, before a Military Commission Appointed by the Commanding General, Seventh United States Army, in September and October, 1945.
Defendant: Wilhelm Frick
Total Pages: 4
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-3592
Citations: IMT (page 2862), IMT (page 2863)
HLSL Item No.: 453413
Trial Issues
Civilians, mistreatment of, including murder, imprisonment, deportation, f… Euthanasia program (Action 14 f 13) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4)
Document Summary
PS-3592: Certified copies of the charges, specifications, findings and sentence of several Germans tried at Wiesbaden for killing Poles and Russians