Evening star., 1946-10-02

and created war. Two a0mralS,
Karl Doenitz and Erich Raeder, re-
ceive sentences Of 10 years and life
Imprisonment, respectively. They
are accused of building and direct
ing Hitler's navy in violation Of
existing treaties. Doenitz receives
his sentence with q tiny twitch OF
apparent relief at the corners OF his
tight drawn mouth. Raeder, how
ever, scowls at the judges bench be-
fore making his exit.
The elevator yields up q hand
some young man-Baldur Won
Schirach, Nazi youth leader whose
face is grave as he takes his place.
He Is another of the repentantS. He
only tried, he has said, to teach
Hitler,s youth the good" parts of
the Nazi doctrine, and he is sorry
things turned out so badly
The tragedy of Won Schirach's
position Is that he can now no
longer be harm even to the mil
lions Of young fanatics who learned
his bitter lesson so well. He folds
his hands meekly while Justice Law
renee reads his Sentence-20 years
imprisonment. But before he leaves,
his lip curls in slow and deliberate
Sneer.
Fritz Sauckey, who follows him,
had charge of enslaved foreign
workers during the war. Despite
his lengthy titles, this bald, round
headed little man with his Hitler
esque muStache was definitely q
small fry in the Nazi hierarchy-al-
most as small as Streicher. All
through the trial he has been torn
between protesting his innocence
and revealing his inner elation at
the thought that at last he is re-
ceiving recognition as a big shot.
Now Sauckel learns the form his
hard won recognition will take.
Death" says Justice Lawrence.
So it goes. A third generation
Prussian military professional, Al
fred Gustav Jodl. who planned and
waged the Fuehrer's war with ruth
less, dishonorable cunning, gets
death. So does Arthur Seyss- In
quart, who helped turn over Austria
to Hitler and ruled the beaten
Netherlands.
Albert Speer. Nazi ornaments
minister, bows deeply as the court
lets him of with 20 years. Con-
stantin Won Neurath, top flight
diplomat who was protector" of
Bohemia and Moravia, glares angrily
at his 15-year sentence. He is 731
years old.
Acquitted Trio Absent.
The three defendants whom the
court had earlier ruled innocent and
ordered eleased-Hjalmar Schacht,
Franz Won Papen and Hans Fritsche
were absent in this final lineup
before the bar Of justice. They had
listened impassively before the court
recessed as the judges summarized
their cases during agonizingly sus-
penseful moments, and at the news
that they were free men had con-
cealed their inner feelings to an as
founding degree.
1t was Won Papen's acquittal that
caused the biggest stir in the court
room as well as in the prisoners
dock. As the reading Of his judg-
ment started, this 67-year-old diplo-
matte gentleman, to whom people
and nations have always simply been
things to do things with, riveted
his eyes on the back of Roserberg's
neck. He never took them away
while the reading went on. His face
was sickly yellow, but it was COM
pletely impassive.
He had told the court he worked
only for peace. He had been work
ing, for his kind of peace for q long
time. He was q spy in the United
States during World War I and was
identified In connection with the
Black Tom explosion. He is the