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Fourth of the [[Nuremberg Military Tribunals]], the '''Pohl Case (NMT)''' prosecuted the leadership of the Nazi's Main Economic Administration, the [[WVHA]], which ran the [[SS]] enterprises of slave labor and other economic exploitation in [[Nazi concentration camps]], to the detail of removing dental gold from corpses' mouths. It was the first of the NMT trials to deal with an SS organization. <ref>{{citation | Fourth of the [[Nuremberg Military Tribunals]], the '''Pohl Case (NMT)''' prosecuted the leadership of the Nazi's Main Economic Administration, the [[WVHA]], which ran the [[SS]] enterprises of slave labor and other economic exploitation in [[Nazi concentration camps]], to the detail of removing dental gold from corpses' mouths. It was the first of the NMT trials to deal with an SS organization. <ref>{{citation | ||
| USA v. Pohl et. al - Opening Statements of the Prosecution and Defense | | title = USA v. Pohl et. al - Opening Statements of the Prosecution and Defense | ||
| contribution = III. Opening Statements of the Prosecution and Defense: A. Extracts From the Opening Statement of the Prosecution | | contribution = III. Opening Statements of the Prosecution and Defense: A. Extracts From the Opening Statement of the Prosecution | ||
| author = James M. McHaney (chief of SS Division) | | author = James M. McHaney (chief of SS Division) | ||
| publisher = Avalon Project, [[Yale University]] | | publisher = Avalon Project, [[Yale University]] | ||
| url = http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/open4.asp}}</ref> | | url = http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/open4.asp}}</ref> | ||
[[Nazi SS and military ranks|Obergruppenfuehrer]] [[Oswald Pohl]] headed the WVHA, and was the only defendant actually executed. Three other defendants, [[Franz Eirenschmalz]], [[Georg Loerner]] and [[Karl Sommer]] were also sentenced to death, but eventually received commutations to as little as 15 years. In general, the more managerial WVHA defendants received, or had commuted, much lesser sentences than direct killers in the [[Einsatzgruppen Case (NMT)|Einsatzgruppen]] or [[Medical Case (NMT)|Medical Cases]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:07, 28 December 2010
Fourth of the Nuremberg Military Tribunals, the Pohl Case (NMT) prosecuted the leadership of the Nazi's Main Economic Administration, the WVHA, which ran the SS enterprises of slave labor and other economic exploitation in Nazi concentration camps, to the detail of removing dental gold from corpses' mouths. It was the first of the NMT trials to deal with an SS organization. [1]
Obergruppenfuehrer Oswald Pohl headed the WVHA, and was the only defendant actually executed. Three other defendants, Franz Eirenschmalz, Georg Loerner and Karl Sommer were also sentenced to death, but eventually received commutations to as little as 15 years. In general, the more managerial WVHA defendants received, or had commuted, much lesser sentences than direct killers in the Einsatzgruppen or Medical Cases.
References
- ↑ James M. McHaney (chief of SS Division), III. Opening Statements of the Prosecution and Defense: A. Extracts From the Opening Statement of the Prosecution, USA v. Pohl et. al - Opening Statements of the Prosecution and Defense, Avalon Project, Yale University