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Document Image NMT 7 Image Prosecution closing argument in Case 7, on the various crimes charged and the defendants individually Closing Statement on behalf of the prosecution HLSL Item No.: 150006 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK)	Theodore Fenstermacher See more details Theodore Fenstermacher chief prosecutor at Hostages Trials Born: 1918-10-12 (Tamaqua) Died: 2001-11-16 (Cortland) Country of citizenship: United States of America Occupation: lawyer; prosecutor Participant in: Hostages Trial (role: prosecutor) Educated at: Princeton University (academic degree: bachelor's degree; until: 1940-01-01); Yale Law School (until: 1943-01-01) Baucum Fulkerson See more details Baucum Fulkerson American lawyer and prosecutor of the second Nuremberg Military Tribunal Born: 1927-12-27 (Little Rock) Occupation: lawyer Participant in: Pohl Trial (role: prosecutor) Significant person: Jack W. Robbins (role: colleague); James M. McHaney (role: colleague); James R. Higgins (role: colleague); Peter W. Walton (role: colleague) Walter H. Rapp See more details Walter H. Rapp Chief of the Evidence Division of the Office Chief of Counsel, Nuremberg Trials Occupation: interviewer; lawyer; prosecutor (period: 1946-01-01 through 1948-01-01) Participant in: Nuremberg trials (role: prosecution) Significant person: Rudolf Kastner (role: acquaintance); Telford Taylor (role: superior) Military rank: lieutenant colonel Residence: New York City (date: 1956-01-01)	03 February 1948	Document Image
Document Image NMT 7 Image Tribunal judgment on the Hostage Case, reviewing trial issues and evidence, with sentences HLSL Item No.: 152052 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK)	Edward F. Carter Edward F. Carter Additional details not yet available. George J. Burke See more details George J. Burke American judge Born: 1886-01-01 Died: 1950-10-03 Occupation: judge VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/248145542840096642382 WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2016010994 Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016010994 Charles F. Wennerstrum See more details Charles F. Wennerstrum American lawyer Born: 1889-10-11 (Cambridge) Died: 1986-06-01 1986-06-15 (Des Moines) Country of citizenship: United States of America Occupation: judge; lawyer VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/313298938 WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2015002426 Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015002426	19 February 1948	Document Image
Document Image NMT 7 Image Extract from the Military Code on the requirement to carry out superior orders, with punishments for disobedience or negligence Excerpt from the Reich Legal Gazette . . . Decree concerning the revision of the Military Penal Code. [D]ated 10 October 1940. HLSL Item No.: 150912 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK) Exhibit Code: Foertsch 65	Reich Legal Gazette Reich Legal Gazette Additional details not yet available. Hermann Goering See more details Hermann Göring German Nazi politician, military leader and convicted war criminal (1893–1946) Born: 1893-01-12 (Rosenheim) Died: 1945-01-01 1946-10-15 (Nuremberg Court Prison Nuremberg) (reason for deprecated rank: error in referenced source or sources; reason for preferred rank: most precise value) Country of citizenship: German Empire; Nazi Germany Occupation: aircraft pilot; art collector; politician; war criminal Member of political party: Nazi Party (period: 1922-11-01 through 1923-11-23, 1928-04-01 through 1945-04-29) Member of: Sturmabteilung Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch; Nazi plunder; genocide; war crime Significant person: Alma Hedin (role: friend) Wilhelm Keitel See more details Wilhelm Keitel German field marshal Born: 1882-09-22 (Helmscherode) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Duchy of Brunswick) Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg) (country: Allied-occupied Germany) Country of citizenship: Germany Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician Member of political party: Nazi Party Military rank: general field marshal Military branch: artillery VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/74027425 Hans H. Lammers See more details Hans H. Lammers German jurist, Nazi politician, and Head of the Reich Chancellery (1879-1962) Born: 1879-05-27 (Lubliniec) Died: 1962-01-04 (Düsseldorf) Country of citizenship: Germany Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; politician Member of political party: German National People's Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party Member of: Schutzstaffel Participant in: Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, witness) Significant person: Adolf Hitler (role: superior); Karl Brandt (role: colleague)	10 October 1940	Document Image
Document Image NMT 7 Image Extracts from the Reich Legal Gazette, with decrees enforcing obedience to orders and punishing disobedience or evasion Excerpt. from the Reich Legal Gazette . . . Decree in regard to Special Criminal Law in Time of War and While on special duty (Einsatz) (Special Criminal Law in War Time) dated 17. Aug. … HLSL Item No.: 150913 Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK) Exhibit Code: Foertsch 66	Reich Legal Gazette Reich Legal Gazette Additional details not yet available. Adolf Hitler See more details Adolf Hitler Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945) Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus) Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler) Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01) Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556) Member of: Nazi Party Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin Wilhelm Keitel See more details Wilhelm Keitel German field marshal Born: 1882-09-22 (Helmscherode) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Duchy of Brunswick) Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg) (country: Allied-occupied Germany) Country of citizenship: Germany Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician Member of political party: Nazi Party Military rank: general field marshal Military branch: artillery VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/74027425	17 August 1938	Document Image