Pohl trial
The Pohl trial, formally United States of America v. Oswald Pohl et al., was the fourth proceeding among the twelve Subsequent Nuremberg Trials conducted by the United States Military Tribunal from April 8 to September 22, 1947, with judgment delivered on November 3, 1947, and a supplemental judgment on August 11, 1948.[1] It prosecuted eighteen high-ranking SS officials, primarily from the Economic-Administrative Main Office (WVHA), for their administrative roles in the Nazi concentration camp system, which involved the exploitation of forced labor, mass killings, and other atrocities classified as war crimes and crimes against humanity.[2][1] Oswald Pohl, as chief of the WVHA from 1942 onward, centralized control over camp administration, economic enterprises using inmate labor, and the allocation of resources derived from prisoner exploitation, including the handling of valuables from deceased inmates.[2] The indictment charged defendants with participation in a common design or conspiracy to commit these offenses, specific war crimes such as enslavement and murders in camps like Auschwitz and Buchenwald, crimes against humanity targeting civilians including Jews, and membership in the criminal SS organization as declared by the International Military Tribunal.[1][2] Evidence presented included documentation of brutal labor conditions, systematic extermination policies, and the WVHA's integration of camp operations into SS economic goals, such as construction projects and industrial production.[2] Of the eighteen defendants, three were acquitted, while fifteen were convicted, with thirteen found guilty on both war crimes and crimes against humanity counts; sentences ranged from death (four imposed, one later reduced to life imprisonment) to terms of ten to twenty-five years, alongside three life sentences (one reduced to twenty years).[1] Pohl received a death sentence and was executed by hanging on June 8, 1951.[1] The trial highlighted the SS's dual role in ideological extermination and economic plunder, establishing precedents for prosecuting administrative complicity in genocide through bureaucratic mechanisms rather than direct perpetration.[2][1]
Historical Context
Origins in the Nuremberg Proceedings
The International Military Tribunal (IMT) at Nuremberg, which convened on November 20, 1945, and concluded with judgments on October 1, 1946, prosecuted 24 major Nazi leaders and indicted affiliated organizations such as the SS, declaring it a criminal entity due to its role in systematic atrocities including concentration camp administration.[3] During the IMT proceedings, captured SS documents and witness testimonies revealed the operations of the Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt (WVHA), the SS Main Office for Economic and Administrative Affairs established in 1942 under Oswald Pohl's leadership, which oversaw the economic exploitation of concentration camp prisoners through forced labor, asset confiscation, and infrastructure management.[2] These disclosures, while supporting broader findings on Nazi criminality, fell outside the IMT's primary focus on top-tier policymakers, necessitating targeted follow-up investigations into specialized SS branches.[1] In parallel, the Allied Control Council enacted Law No. 10 on December 20, 1945, empowering occupation authorities to conduct additional trials for war criminals not covered by the IMT, thereby providing the legal framework for the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings.[4] The United States, under Chief of Counsel Telford Taylor, prioritized cases involving functional SS units, selecting the WVHA for scrutiny based on IMT evidence of its direct involvement in camp economies that facilitated mass enslavement and extermination processes. Oswald Pohl, who had evaded capture until May 1946 and was transferred to Nuremberg prison on June 1, 1946, underwent interrogation yielding affidavits referenced in IMT affidavits but was held for a dedicated proceeding rather than inclusion among the IMT defendants.[5] This separation allowed for a granular examination of administrative crimes, with the U.S. Military Tribunal II issuing the indictment against Pohl and 17 WVHA subordinates on January 13, 1947, explicitly linking their roles to IMT-documented SS-wide culpability.[1]Establishment of the SS Economic Empire
The Schutzstaffel (SS) initiated its economic activities in the early 1930s as part of Heinrich Himmler's vision to achieve organizational self-sufficiency, independent of state funding. This effort leveraged the nascent concentration camp system, with the first camp, Dachau, established on March 22, 1933, under SS control by mid-1934, providing a pool of forced labor for rudimentary production tasks such as quarrying and agriculture to supply SS needs like bricks and uniforms.[6][7] Oswald Pohl, whose administrative expertise Himmler recognized after Pohl's transfer from the navy to SS financial roles in the early 1930s, was appointed chief of the SS Central Administration Office following the purge of June 30, 1934. Under Pohl's leadership, fragmented SS financial and supply units were consolidated, emphasizing profitability through prisoner exploitation and enterprise development, including the establishment of SS-owned brickworks and farms by the late 1930s.[8][9] On April 20, 1939, Himmler elevated Pohl's office to Hauptamt status as the Verwaltung und Wirtschaftshauptamt (VWHA; Administrative and Business Main Office), formalizing centralized control over SS economics, personnel, and logistics. This structure expanded SS commercial operations, such as the Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke (DAW) factory founded in 1939 for vehicle production using camp labor.[10][11] The onset of World War II accelerated the SS economic apparatus, with the WVHA formed on March 16, 1942, by merging the VWHA and the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps under Pohl's command. This amalgamation integrated camp administration (Amt D) with economic branches (Amtsgruppen A-C for personnel, budget, and business), enabling systematic deployment of hundreds of thousands in slave labor for armaments, construction, and plunder, generating substantial revenues estimated in millions of Reichsmarks annually by 1944.[11][12]Key Figures and Organization
Oswald Pohl and the WVHA Structure
Oswald Pohl, born on 30 June 1892 in Duisburg, Germany, began his career as a paymaster lieutenant in the Imperial Navy during World War I and later worked in banking before joining the Nazi Party in 1926 and the SS in 1930. Appointed by Heinrich Himmler as the administrative chief for the SS-Verfügungstruppe in 1934, Pohl expanded his role to oversee SS budget and construction matters through the Hauptamt Haushalt und Bauten, which he led from its formation in 1939. On 16 March 1942, Himmler merged several SS economic and administrative entities, including Pohl's office, into the Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt (WVHA), or SS Main Economic and Administrative Office, with Pohl as its Chef (chief), holding the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS.[11] [13] The WVHA centralized control over SS finances, supply chains, construction projects, and business operations, including the administration of concentration camps and the exploitation of inmate labor for economic gain.[14] Under Pohl's leadership, the WVHA was structured into four primary Amtsgruppen (office groups), each subdivided into specialized Ämter (offices) to manage distinct aspects of SS economic activities.[12] Amtsgruppe A handled central administration, including personnel, legal affairs, and coordination under Pohl's direct staff, such as his deputy Georg Lörner, who oversaw general SS economic policy.[13] Amtsgruppe B, focused on finance, budgeting, and paymaster functions, was led by August Frank, who managed fiscal operations and asset confiscations.[13] Amtsgruppe C directed business enterprises, including quarries, brickworks, and armaments production utilizing forced labor from camps, with figures like Heinz Fanslau involved in operational oversight.[12] Amtsgruppe D, the most notorious division, administered all concentration camps and forced labor programs, headed by Richard Glücks (who died before trial), with sub-offices such as D I (camp commandants and inspections), D II (construction and planning), and D III (medical services).[2] This group coordinated the deployment of approximately 500,000 to 600,000 prisoners for labor in SS industries and external contracts, reporting directly to Pohl on productivity and resource allocation.[15] Pohl maintained ultimate authority over WVHA decisions, issuing directives on labor utilization and economic outputs, as evidenced by his 30 April 1942 report to Himmler outlining camp expansions for wartime production needs.[12] The structure emphasized self-sufficiency for the SS, integrating administrative efficiency with the regime's exploitative policies.[16]Profiles of Other Defendants
August Frank was an SS-Oberführer who served as the permanent deputy to Oswald Pohl in the WVHA and chief of Amt II (Budget and Finance) within Amtsgruppe W, responsible for overseeing the SS's budgetary allocations, construction projects, and economic exploitation of concentration camp inmates, including the systematic collection and processing of valuables from deceased prisoners as detailed in his September 26, 1942, memorandum to Pohl.[17][14] This document outlined procedures for registering, extracting gold from dental work, and shipping personal effects to the Reichsbank, reflecting the administrative integration of plunder into SS finances.[18] Georg Lörner, an SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS born on February 18, 1899, in Munich, acted as Pohl's deputy chief of the WVHA and headed Amtsgruppe B (Business Administration), which coordinated SS-owned enterprises such as quarries, brickworks, and armaments production reliant on forced labor from concentration camps.[19][14] His oversight extended to allocating prisoner labor to private firms and SS industries, contributing to the economic utilization of detainees across occupied territories from 1942 onward.[1] Hans Lörner, SS-Oberführer and brother of Georg Lörner, directed Amt I (Legal Affairs) in Amtsgruppe A of the WVHA, handling personnel, legal administration, and disciplinary matters for SS staff involved in camp operations and economic activities.[20] His role involved reviewing promotions, transfers, and legal compliance for WVHA offices managing over 500,000 prisoners by 1944.[13] Heinz Fanslau, an SS-Gruppenführer, assumed leadership of Amtsgruppe W (Central Administration) in late 1944, previously serving in SS police and security roles that intersected with WVHA functions, including the mobilization of guard units for camp security and labor enforcement.[21][14] Franz Eirenschmalz, an SS-Sturmbannführer and trained architect born October 20, 1901, in Munich, managed construction projects as chief of Amt III in Amtsgruppe C (Construction Engineering), directing the expansion of concentration camps like Auschwitz and the use of prisoner labor for SS infrastructure, including crematoria and barracks.[22][14] Other defendants held specialized roles, such as Hermann Pook as chief SS dentist responsible for extracting gold from victims' teeth, Karl Mummenthey as camp commander at Auschwitz transferred to WVHA procurement, and Rudolf Scheide in Amtsgruppe D overseeing food supplies for camps despite shortages leading to inmate deaths from starvation. These positions collectively supported the WVHA's dual function of administrative control and economic exploitation within the SS concentration camp system.[2][1]| Defendant | Rank | Primary WVHA Position |
|---|---|---|
| August Frank | SS-Oberführer | Chief, Amt II (Budget), Amtsgruppe W |
| Georg Lörner | SS-Gruppenführer | Deputy Chief WVHA; Chief, Amtsgruppe B |
| Hans Lörner | SS-Oberführer | Chief, Amt I (Legal), Amtsgruppe A |
| Heinz Fanslau | SS-Gruppenführer | Chief, Amtsgruppe W |
| Franz Eirenschmalz | SS-Sturmbannführer | Chief, Amt III (Construction), Amtsgruppe C |
| Hermann Pook | SS-Obersturmbannführer | Chief SS Dentist, Amtsgruppe D |
Legal Framework and Charges
Indictment Details
The indictment in United States of America v. Oswald Pohl et al. was filed on January 13, 1947, charging eighteen high-ranking officials of the SS Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt (WVHA, or SS Main Economic and Administrative Office) with participation in atrocities committed through the administration of concentration camps and forced labor systems.[14][1] The defendants, including WVHA Chief Oswald Pohl, his deputies August Frank and Georg Lörner, and various Amtsgruppen leaders such as Heinz Fanslau (Group D) and Rudolf Scheide (Group W), were accused of roles in an organizational structure that exploited prisoner labor for SS economic enterprises while facilitating mass killings, medical experiments, and property plunder.[13][14] All defendants faced charges under Counts One through Three, with seventeen also indicted under Count Four for membership in the SS, declared a criminal organization by the International Military Tribunal.[1][13] Count One alleged a common plan or conspiracy from at least 1933 to 1945 to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity, encompassing the establishment and operation of concentration camps for purposes including the extermination of Jews, euthanasia programs, medical experiments on inmates, and the imposition of slave labor conditions designed to maximize economic output at the cost of human lives.[13][14] The WVHA, under Pohl's direction from 1942, centralized control over camp administration, subdividing responsibilities into Amtsgruppen A (central administration), B (labor allocation), C (construction), D (industrial operations), and W (economic enterprises), which prosecutors claimed enabled systematic abuses affecting millions of prisoners, including civilians from occupied territories and prisoners of war.[13] Count Two charged war crimes under the laws and customs of war, committed between 1939 and 1945, including the murder, torture, enslavement, deportation for forced labor, and plunder of public and private property of civilians in occupied territories and Allied nationals held as prisoners of war.[14][1] Specific allegations highlighted WVHA's oversight of approximately 20 main concentration camps and over 1,000 subcamps by 1945, where prisoners—numbering up to 10 million processed through the system—were subjected to inhumane conditions resulting in deaths from starvation, disease, overwork, and executions, often to sustain SS-affiliated industries like armaments production and quarrying.[13][14] Count Three mirrored Count Two but focused on crimes against humanity, involving the persecution, extermination, and other inhumane acts against German civilians and foreign nationals on political, racial, or religious grounds, without the requirement of an international armed conflict.[13][1] Prosecutors emphasized the WVHA's role in selecting prisoners for "extermination through work," confiscating valuables (including gold teeth from deceased inmates), and coordinating with other SS branches to prioritize labor exploitation over survival, thereby contributing to the deaths of hundreds of thousands in camps like Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Dachau under WVHA jurisdiction.[13][14]Specific Allegations of Crimes
The indictment in United States v. Pohl et al., filed on January 13, 1947, charged the defendants with four counts related to their roles in the SS Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt (WVHA), which administered concentration camps and economic enterprises from 1942 onward.[14] Count One alleged participation in a common design or conspiracy from 1933 to 1945 to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity, including financing SS activities, establishing and expanding concentration camps, and implementing policies of enslavement, mass murder, forced labor, medical experiments, Jewish extermination, sterilization, euthanasia, and plunder of occupied territories.[23] Counts Two and Three focused on the execution of these crimes from 1939 to 1945, with Count Two specifying war crimes against civilians and prisoners of war in occupied countries, and Count Three detailing crimes against humanity targeting German nationals and others through persecution on political, racial, and religious grounds.[13] Count Four charged most defendants with membership in the SS, deemed a criminal organization by the International Military Tribunal.[14] Under Counts Two and Three, the prosecution alleged that defendants oversaw the imprisonment of approximately 10 million people in concentration and labor camps, subjecting them to systematic atrocities for economic gain.[13] Specific war crimes included murders via gassing, shooting, hanging, and lethal injections; brutalities such as beatings and starvation; and inhumane conditions in overcrowded camps leading to deaths from disease, exhaustion, and undernourishment.[23] Forced labor programs, managed through WVHA's Amtsgruppe D (concentration camps) and Amtsgruppe W (economic enterprises), enslaved inmates in armaments production, construction, and SS-owned businesses like quarries and brickworks, resulting in thousands of fatalities from overwork and neglect.[13] Deportations from occupied regions, particularly Eastern Europe, funneled Jews, Poles, Russians, and political prisoners into these camps, where WVHA officials allegedly prioritized labor exploitation over survival, implementing the policy of "extermination through work."[14] Additional allegations encompassed medical experiments on non-consenting inmates, including sterilization and testing of drugs or procedures under lethal conditions; plunder of personal property, including gold teeth and clothing from deceased prisoners processed at camps like Auschwitz and Dachau; and euthanasia programs extending to camp populations.[23] The indictment emphasized that WVHA's centralized control under defendant Oswald Pohl enabled the SS to derive profits exceeding hundreds of millions of Reichsmarks from inmate labor and confiscated assets, while concealing the scale of killings—estimated in the millions—through euphemistic reporting and destruction of records.[13] These acts were portrayed as integral to the Nazi war economy, with defendants accused of knowingly directing or failing to prevent the crimes despite awareness of their scope.[14]Trial Proceedings
Prosecution Case and Evidence
The prosecution in United States v. Pohl et al. (also known as the Pohl Case or Case No. 4 of the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings) presented its case from April 1947 onward before Military Tribunal II, alleging that the defendants, high-ranking officials in the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office (Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt, or WVHA), bore responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity through their administration of concentration camps and exploitation of forced labor.[1][24] The indictment, filed on January 13, 1947, charged 18 defendants (following the suicide of one) under Counts 2 (war crimes, including mistreatment of civilians and prisoners of war) and 3 (crimes against humanity, such as extermination and enslavement), with most also facing Count 4 (membership in a criminal organization).[25] Count 1 (common plan or conspiracy) was later disregarded by the tribunal.[1] The prosecution argued that the WVHA, under Chief Oswald Pohl from 1942, transformed concentration camps into economic enterprises, systematically deploying inmate labor for armaments production and profiting from plunder, while facilitating mass killings through selections, gassings, and euthanasia programs.[2][24] Central to the prosecution's evidence were thousands of captured SS documents from WVHA files, which detailed administrative orders, financial reports, and operational statistics, establishing the defendants' knowledge and participation in atrocities.[26] Key exhibits included Pohl's own affidavits (e.g., NO-2616, NO-2714), which outlined his oversight of camp industries and loot distribution; reports on prisoner numbers, such as NO-1990 documenting over 500,000 inmates in August 1944 with projections to 612,000; and orders like NO-2305 mandating the extraction and delivery of gold teeth from deceased prisoners to the Reichsbank.[24] Further documents evidenced plunder from "Action Reinhardt" (e.g., NO-2714 on looted goods yielding millions of Reichsmarks) and shipments of Zyklon B gas (NO-2359), linking WVHA logistics to extermination at sites like Auschwitz.[24][2] The prosecution highlighted economic motives, citing WVHA reports (e.g., R-129) on shifting camps toward "economic use" and Himmler's orders integrating camps into SS industries like DEST and DAW, which exploited an estimated 5 million deported civilians for slave labor in armaments.[24][13] Witness testimony supplemented the documents, with the prosecution calling 21 individuals, including former camp commandants, physicians, and survivors, to corroborate systemic abuses.[24] Rudolf Hoess, Auschwitz commandant, testified to approximately 2.5 million gassings by late 1943, attributing operational support to WVHA under Pohl.[24][2] Survivor Eugen Kogon estimated 600,000 to 1 million deaths across camps, describing starvation rations and forced marches; medical witnesses like Dr. Viktor Brack and Dr. Friedrich Entress detailed euthanasia selections and gassings tied to WVHA policies.[24] Evidence of experiments included affidavits on typhus infections at Natzweiler (NO-2466, with 50 of 150-200 prisoners dying) and high mortality rates, such as 14,000 deaths at Dachau from September 1944 to April 1945 due to disease and malnutrition.[24] Photographs of looted warehouses and films from liberated camps were also introduced to illustrate the scale of plunder and dehumanization.[2] The prosecution contended that WVHA officials, through offices like Amt D (camps) and Amt W (economic enterprises), knowingly enabled the "Final Solution" by prioritizing labor efficiency over human life, with selections dividing inmates into work-fit and extermination groups, and profiting from corpse utilization (e.g., gold extraction, soap production claims).[2][24] Specific to defendants, evidence linked Pohl to overall command, Georg Lörner to financing euthanasia transports, and others like Hermann Pook to dental gold orders without anesthesia.[24] Reports like the Stroop document (1061-PS) detailed 56,065 Jewish deaths in Warsaw, with proceeds funneled through WVHA channels.[24] This body of evidence, drawn from authentic SS records and corroborated by eyewitnesses, formed the basis for alleging that the defendants' administrative roles made them complicit in the deaths of millions across 20 main camps and over 1,000 subcamps by 1945.[26][1]Defense Strategies and Testimonies
The defense in the United States v. Pohl trial, conducted from January 13 to November 3, 1947, primarily argued that the defendants, as administrators within the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office (WVHA), lacked knowledge of atrocities in concentration camps and operated under economic necessities dictated by total war. Defendants contended that secrecy orders from Adolf Hitler, combined with censored media and restricted access to foreign reports, prevented awareness of extermination programs or inhumane treatments.[24] They emphasized that WVHA's Amtsgruppe D focused on utilizing prisoner labor for armaments production essential to Germany's survival, portraying camp shifts toward economic roles as humanitarian improvements rather than punitive measures.[24] Blame was frequently shifted to higher authorities like Heinrich Himmler or camp commandants, with claims that defendants held no punitive authority and acted ministerially under the Führerprinzip, rendering opposition futile.[24] All 18 defendants testified in their own defense, supported by 27 additional witnesses, in contrast to the prosecution's 21 witnesses and one tribunal-called expert.[24] Oswald Pohl, as WVHA chief, admitted visiting Auschwitz in 1943 and observing gas chambers and crematoria but denied prior knowledge of systematic gassings, asserting that Amtsgruppe D's administrative functions operated independently of extermination activities conducted by the camp's political leadership.[24] Pohl justified the presence of children in camps as responses to partisan threats and claimed that extractions of gold teeth occurred only post-mortem from executed prisoners, with proceeds funding SS welfare without personal enrichment.[24] He further argued that Jewish property handling under Aktion Reinhardt involved looted assets from occupied territories, not direct camp victims, and portrayed WVHA's role as legal stewardship under wartime decrees.[24] Other defendants echoed themes of ignorance and limited scope. August Frank, head of Amt D-II, claimed unawareness of the full Jewish extermination scope and asserted that recovered valuables stemmed from natural deaths or pre-existing stockpiles rather than systematic murder.[24] Georg Lörner, involved in clothing and personnel, described himself as a nominal figurehead without insight into mistreatment, citing wartime shortages to explain inadequate inmate supplies while denying direct camp oversight. Heinz Fanslau maintained that his personnel assignments avoided knowledge of gassings, focusing solely on SS staffing needs.[24] Josef Vogt, an auditor, argued his inspections were passive and lacked authority over conditions, while Rudolf Scheide claimed transport logistics excluded inmate details.[24] Construction and medical officials like Max Kiefer and Franz Eirenschmalz denied awareness of gas chamber purposes despite planning crematoria expansions, attributing designs to hygiene or wartime demands.[24] Hermann Pook rejected orders for unanesthetized dental extractions, insisting on standard procedures, and Hans Hohberg professed ignorance of camp realities while highlighting personal anti-Nazi sentiments.[24] Legal and financial figures such as Leo Volk and Hans Baier contended their advisory roles on property or taxation presumed due process for inmates, without criminal endorsement.[24] Defense witnesses, including former subordinates, corroborated claims of compartmentalized operations and benevolent intents, such as efforts to enhance food rations for productivity, though the tribunal later deemed much testimony evasive and contradicted by documents revealing systemic awareness.[24]Judgments and Immediate Aftermath
Verdicts for Individual Defendants
The Military Tribunal IV issued its verdicts on November 3, 1947, convicting 15 of the 18 defendants on at least some of the charges under Counts 2 (war crimes, including slave labor and mistreatment in concentration camps), 3 (crimes against humanity), and 4 (membership in the criminal organization of the SS). Count 1 (conspiracy) was dismissed for all defendants prior to judgment. Three defendants—Horst Klein, Rudolf Scheide, and Josef Vogt—were acquitted on all remaining counts due to lack of evidence establishing their direct knowledge or participation in the criminal activities of the WVHA's concentration camp administration.[13][24] Sentences for the convicted ranged from death by hanging to 10 years' imprisonment, reflecting the tribunal's assessment of each defendant's hierarchical position, knowledge of atrocities, and role in exploiting forced labor for SS economic enterprises.[13] The following table summarizes the initial verdicts and sentences for each defendant:| Defendant | Position in WVHA | Guilty Counts | Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oswald Pohl | Chief of WVHA and Amtsgruppe W | 2, 3, 4 | Death by hanging |
| August Frank | Chief, Amtsgruppe A | 2, 3, 4 | Life imprisonment |
| Georg Lörner | Chief, Amtsgruppe B | 2, 3, 4 | Death by hanging |
| Heinz Fanslau | Chief, Amtsgruppe A (earlier period) | 2, 3, 4 | 25 years |
| Hans Lörner | Chief, Office 1, Amtsgruppe A | 2, 3, 4 | 10 years |
| Karl Mummenthey | Chief, Office 1, Amtsgruppe W | 2, 3, 4 | Life imprisonment |
| Franz Eirenschmalz | Chief, Office 6, Amtsgruppe C | 2, 3, 4 | Death by hanging |
| Karl Sommer | Deputy Chief, Office 2, Amtsgruppe D | 2, 3, 4 | Death by hanging |
| Max Kiefer | Deputy Chief, Amtsgruppe C | 2, 3, 4 | Life imprisonment |
| Hans Bobermin | Chief, Office 2, Amtsgruppe W | 2, 3, 4 | 20 years |
| Hans Baier | Executive Officer, Amtsgruppe W | 2, 3, 4 | 10 years |
| Hans Hohberg | Auditor, Amtsgruppe W | 2, 3 | 10 years |
| Hermann Pook | Chief Dentist, Office 3, Amtsgruppe D | 2, 3, 4 | 10 years |
| Erwin Tschentscher | Deputy Chief, Amtsgruppe B | 2, 3, 4 | 10 years |
| Leo Volk | Adviser to Pohl, Legal Section, Amtsgruppe W | 2, 3, 4 | 10 years |
| Horst Klein | Chief, Office 8, Amtsgruppe W | None | Acquitted |
| Rudolf Scheide | Chief, Office 5, Amtsgruppe B | None | Acquitted |
| Josef Vogt | Chief, Office 4, Amtsgruppe A | None | Acquitted |