English: Buchenwald Trial 11. August 1947 - 14. August 1947. The eight American officers of the U.S. military tribunal at the trial of former camp personnel and prisoners from Buchenwald. The court personnel pictured from left to right are Lt. Col. Morris, Col. Robertson, Col. Ackerman, Brig. Gen. Kiel, Lt. Col. Dwinell, Col. Pierce, Col. Dunnning, and Lt. Col. Walker.
Deutsch: Buchenwald-Hauptprozess vom 11. August 1947 - 14. August 1947. Die acht us-amerikanischen Offiziere des US-Militärgerichts während des Prozesses gegen die ehemalige Lagermannschaft und drei Funktionshäftlinge des KZ Buchenwald. Von links nachs rechts Lt. Col. Morris, Col. Robertson, Col. Ackerman, Brig. Gen. Kiel, Lt. Col. Dwinell, Col. Pierce, Col. Dunnning, and Lt. Col. Walker.
Italiano: Gli otto ufficiali americani del tribunale militare statunitense al processo di Buchenwald. Da sinistra a destra: Ten. Col. Morris, Col. Robertson, Col. Ackerman, Gen. Kiel, Ten. Col. Dwinell, Col. Pierce, Col. Dunning e Ten. Col. Walker.
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USHMM [Photograph #81890], courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
On March 4, 1947, American forces at Dachau charged 28 former camp personnel, 2 former kapos, and 1 former prisoner with participating in the operation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Among those charged were former camp doctors and SS officers, including Hermann Pister, who was commandant of the camp from 1942 to 1945; Josias Erbprinz zu Waldeck-Pyrmont, who was SS-Obergruppenfuehrer and head of judicial matters; and Ilse Koch, a former Aufseherin and the wife of Karl Koch, who was Buchenwald commandant from 1937 to 1941. The trial began on April 11 and the sentences were handed down on August 14, 1947. Altogether, 22 of the defendants were sentenced to death by hanging, 5 were sentenced to life in prison, and 4 received shorter sentences. Pister was sentenced to death and died in an American prison. Waldeck-Pyrmont was sentenced to life, but was released in December 1950 for health reasons. Ilse Koch was sentenced to life but was released in 1949 with a pardon by an American general. Strong pressure from the U.S. Senate resulted in her being recaptured. She was sentenced to life again in 1951 and committed suicide in prison in 1967.
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