Archive/File: imt/nca/nca-06/nca-06-3592-ps Last-Modified: 1997/07/02 Nazi Conspiracy & Aggression, Volume VI Copy of Document 3592-PS [Page 296] 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 above-named 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 [Page 297] 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 guilty, 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: 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. Philipp Blum Of the Specification: Guilty, except the words "1 April 1945" and "400," substituting respectively therefore 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. [Page 298] 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 the twenty-five (25) years. Philipp Blum To be confined at hard labor, at such place as the reviewing authority may direct, for the 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
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