THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, and THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST
REPUBLICS
— against —
HERMANN WILHELM GÖRING, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
1. Counsel for the Defendant Hess has made application to the Tribunal
to appoint an expert designated by the medical faculty of the University
of Zürich or of Lausanne to examine the Defendant Hess with reference to
his mental competence and capacity to stand trial. This application is
denied.
2. The Tribunal has designated a commission composed of the following
members:
Eugene Krasnushkin, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry,
Medical Institute of Moscow, assisted by
Eugene Sepp, M.D., Professor of Neurology,
Medical Institute of Moscow
Member, Academy of Medical Sciences, U.S.S.R., and
Nicolas Kurshakov, M.D., Professor of Medicine
Medical Institute of Moscow
Chief Internist, Commissariat of Public Health, U.S.S.R.
Lord Moran, M.D. F.R.C.P.
President of the Royal College of Physicians, assisted by
Dr. T. Rees, M.D. F.R.C.P.
Chief Consultant Psychiatrist to the War Office, and
Dr. George Riddoch, M.D. F.R.C.P.
Director of Neurology at the London Hospital and
Chief Consultant Neurologist to the War Office
Dr. Nolan D. C. Lewis, assisted by
Dr. D. Ewen Cameron and
Colonel Paul Schroeder, M.D.
Professor Jean Delay.
The Tribunal has requested the commission to examine the Defendant Hess
and furnish a report on the mental state of the defendant with
particular reference to the question whether he is able to take his part
in the Trial, specifically: