a. Introduction
The defendants, Karl Brandt, Handloser, Rostock, Schroeder, Genzken,
Gebhardt, Blome, Rudolf Brandt, Mrugowsky, Poppendick, Becker-Freyseng,
Oberheuser, and Fischer were charged with special responsibility for and
participation in criminal conduct involving sulfanilamide experiments
(par. 6 (E) of the indictment). During the trial the prosecution
withdrew this charge in the cases of Schroeder, Blome, and
Becker-Freyseng. On this charge the defendants Karl Brandt, Handloser,
Gebhardt, Mrugowsky, Oberheuser, and Fischer were convicted and the
defendants Rostock, Genzken, and Poppendick were acquitted. Regarding
the defendant Rudolf Brandt, the judgment makes no reference to this
charge.
The prosecution’s summation of the evidence on the sulfanilamide
experiments is contained in its final brief against the defendant
Gebhardt. An extract from that brief is set forth below on pages 355 to
364. A corresponding summation of the evidence by the defense on these
experiments has been selected from the closing brief for the defendant
Gebhardt. It appears below on pages 364 to 370. This argumentation is
followed by selections from the evidence on pages 371 to 391.
b. Selection from the Argumentation of the Prosecution
_EXTRACT FROM THE CLOSING BRIEF AGAINST
DEFENDANT GEBHARDT_
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