Verdicts & Sentences

This page lists the verdicts and sentences passed upon the defendants in the British War Crimes trial held concerning the Bergen-Belsen camp.

The counts faced by each defendant, the verdict and where found guilty the sentence are shown.

The two counts deal with offences alleged to have been committed at Belsen (Count One) and at Aushwitz (Count Two).

At Bergen-Belsen, Germany, between 1 October 1942 and 30 April 1945, when members of the staff of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp responsible for the well-being of the persons interned there, in violation of the law and usages of war, were together concerned as parties to the ill-treatment of certain of such persons, causing the deaths of Keith Meyer (a British national), Anna Kis, Sara Kohn (both Hungarian nationals), Heinrich Glinovjechy and Maria Konatkevicz (both Polish nationals) and Marcel Freson de Montigny (a French national), Maurice Van Eijnsbergen (a Dutch national), Maurice Van Mevlenaar (a Belgian national), Jan Markowski and Georgej Ferenz (both Polish nationals), Salvatore Verdura (an Italian national) and Therese Klee (a British national of Honduras), Allied nationals, and other Allied nationals whose names are unknown, and physical suffering to other persons interned there, Allied nationals, and particularly to Harold Osmund le Druillenec (a British national), Benec Zuchermann, a female internee named Korperova, a female internee named Hoffmann, Luba Rormann, Isa Frydmann (all Polish nationals) and Alexandra Siwdowa, a Russian national and other Allied nationals whose names are unknown.

Count One.

At Auschwitz, Poland, between 1 October 1942 and 30 April 1945, when members of the staff at Auschwitz Concentration Camp responsible for the well-being of the persons interned there, in violation of the law and usages of war, were together concerned as parties to the ill-treatment of certain of such persons, causing the deaths of Rachella Silberstein (a Polish national), Allied nationals, and other Allied nationals whose names are unknown, and physical suffering to other persons interned there, Allied nationals, and particularly to Eva Gryka and Hanka Rosenwayg (both Polish nationals) and other Allied nationals whose names are unknown.

Count Two.

The prosecution case against the following were dropped as they were unable to be in court: Nikolas Jenner (13), Paul Steinmetz (15) and Walter Melcher (24).

NO.DEFENDANTONETWOSENTENCE
1Kramer JGGDeath by Hanging
2Klein FGGDeath by Hanging
3Weingartner PGGDeath by Hanging
4Kraft GNGNGAcquitted
5Hoessler FNGGDeath by Hanging
6Bormann JNGGDeath by Hanging
7Volkenrath EGGDeath by Hanging
8Ehlert HGNG15 years Imprisonment
9Grese IGGDeath by Hanging
10Lothe INGNGAcquitted
11Lohbauer HGG10 years Imprisonment
12Klippel JNGAcquitted
14Schmedidzt ONGAcquitted
16Flrazich KGDeath by Hanging
17Gura LBecame ill. Not Tried.
18Mathes FNGAcquitted.
19Calesson OG15 years Imprisonment
21Egersdorf KNGAcquitted
22Pinchen AGDeath by Hanging
23Otto WNGAcquitted
25Stofel FGDeath by Hanging
26Schreirer HNGG15 years Imprisonment
27Dor WilhelmGDeath by Hanging
28Barsh ENGAcquitted
29Zoddel EGLife Imprisonment
30Schlomoivicz INGAcquitted
33Forster IlseG10 years Imprisonment
34Forster IdaNGAcquitted
35Opitz KNGAcquitted
36Klein CNGAcquitted
37Bothe HG10 years Imprisonment
38Walter FG3 years Imprisonment
39Haschke IG10 years Imprisonment
40Fiest GG5 years Imprisonment
41Sauer GG10 years Imprisonment
42Lisiewitz HG1 year Imprisonment
43Roth JG10 years Imprisonment
44Hempel AG10 years Imprisonment
45Halmal HNGAcquitted
48Satroska SG10 years Imprisonment
47Polanski ANGAcquitted
46Kopper HG15 years Imprisonment
31Ostrowoski VG15 years Imprisonment
20Burgraf MG5 years Imprisonment
32Aurdzeig AG10 years Imprisonment
Bergen-Belsen Verdicts and Sentences.