Five Brothers and a War

Nürnberg Trials—Sentencing

Defendant Julius Streicher, on the count of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, The Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging. Defendant Walther Funk, on the counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to imprisonment for life. Defendant Karl Dönitz, on the counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to ten years imprisonment. Defendant Erich Raeder, on the counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to imprisonment for life. Defendant Baldur von Schirach, on the counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to twenty years imprisonment. Defendant Fritz Sauckel, on the counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging. Defendant Alfred Jodl, on the counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging. Defendant Arthur Seyß-Inquart, on the counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging. Defendant Albert Speer, on the counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to twenty years imprisonment. Defendant Konstantin von Neurath, on the counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to fifteen years imprisonment. The Tribunal sentences the Defendant Martin Bormann, on the counts of the Indictment on which he has been convicted, to death by hanging. I have an announcement to make. The Soviet Member of the International Military Tribunal desires to record his dissent from the decisions in the cases of the Defendants Schacht, von Papen, and Fritzsche. He is of the opinion that they should have been convicted and not acquitted. He also dissents from the decisions in respect of the Reichs Cabinet, the General Staff and High Command, being of the opinion that they should have been declared to be criminal organizations. He also dissents from the decision in the case of the sentence on the Defendant Hess, and is of the opinion that the sentence should have been death, and not life imprisonment. This dissenting opinion will be put into writing and annexed to the judgment and will be published as soon as possible. (The Tribunal adjourned.)”

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