In accordance with Article 27 of the Charter, the President of the
International Military Tribunal, at its concluding session of 1 October
1946, pronounced the sentence on the defendants convicted on the
Indictment:
“Defendant Hermann Wilhelm Göring, on the Counts of the Indictment on
which you have been convicted, the International Military Tribunal
sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Rudolf Hess, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you
have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to imprisonment for
life.
“Defendant Joachim von Ribbentrop, on the Counts of the Indictment on
which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by
hanging.
“Defendant Wilhelm Keitel, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you
have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Ernst Kaltenbrunner, on the Counts of the Indictment on which
you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Alfred Rosenberg, on the Counts of the Indictment on which
you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Hans Frank, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you have
been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Wilhelm Frick, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you
have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Julius Streicher, on the Count of the Indictment on which you
have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Walter Funk, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you
have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to imprisonment for
life.
“Defendant Karl Dönitz, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you
have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to 10 years’
imprisonment.
“Defendant Erich Raeder, on the Counts of the indictment on which you
have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to imprisonment for
life.
“Defendant Baldur Von Schirach, on the Count of the Indictment on which
you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to 20 years’
imprisonment.
“Defendant Fritz Sauckel, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you
have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Alfred Jodl, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you
have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
“Defendant Arthur Seyss-Inquart, on the Counts of the Indictment on
which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by
hanging.
“Defendant Albert Speer, on the Counts of the Indictment on which you
have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to 20 years’
imprisonment.
“Defendant Constantin von Neurath, on the Counts of the Indictment on
which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to 15 years’
imprisonment.
“The Tribunal sentences the Defendant Martin Bormann, on the Counts of
the Indictment on which he has been convicted, to death by hanging.”
Tabulation of Sentences
30th September 1946[20]
Defendant Counts on Sentence
which
convicted
HERMANN WILHELM GÖRING 1, 2, 3, 4 Death by hanging
RUDOLF HESS 1, 2 Imprisonment for life
JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP 1, 2, 3, 4 Death by hanging
WILHELM KEITEL 1, 2, 3, 4 Death by hanging
ERNST KALTENBRUNNER 3, 4 Death by hanging
ALFRED ROSENBERG 1, 2, 3, 4 Death by hanging
HANS FRANK 3, 4 Death by hanging
WILHELM FRICK 2, 3, 4 Death by hanging
JULIUS STREICHER 4 Death by hanging
WALTER FUNK 2, 3, 4 Imprisonment for life
HJALMAR SCHACHT Not guilty
KARL DÖNITZ 2, 3 Ten years’ imprisonment
ERICH RAEDER 1, 2, 3 Imprisonment for life
BALDUR VON SCHIRACH 4 Twenty years’
imprisonment
FRITZ SAUCKEL 3, 4 Death by hanging
ALFRED JODL 1, 2, 3, 4 Death by hanging
FRANZ VON PAPEN Not guilty
ARTHUR SEYSS-INQUART 2, 3, 4 Death by hanging
ALBERT SPEER 3, 4 Twenty years’
imprisonment
CONSTANTIN VON NEURATH 1, 2, 3, 4 Fifteen years’
imprisonment
HANS FRITZSCHE Not guilty
MARTIN BORMANN 3, 4 Death by hanging
/s/ GEOFFREY LAWRENCE, President
/s/ FRANCIS BIDDLE A TRUE COPY
/s/ H. DONNEDIEU DE VABRES /s/ JOHN E. RAY
/s/ NIKITCHENKO Colonel, FA
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[20] These sentences were read in open court by the President on 1
October 1946.