The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-02

were convicted Tor their part IN
helping Hitler scourge the world
with the greatest war OF all time.
Three Acquitted
Seven other defendants-includ-
ing black-browed Rudolf Hess, the
posturing crackpot Of the wal
crimes trial-were sentenced to
prison by the tribunal. Three men
Hans Fritsche, the propagandist'
Franz Won Papen, the diplomat,
and Hjalrnar Schacht, the financial
wizard-were acquitted, with the
Russian representation on the
tribunal dissenting.
Sentenced to hang, besides Goer-
ing, were Joachim Won Ribbentrop,
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keltel,
Ernst Kal t e n b r r, Alfred
Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Wilhelm
Frick, Julius streicher, Fritz
sauckel, Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl,
Arthur seyss-Inquart and Martin
Bormann (tried in absentia).
Sentenced to prison were Hess,
lWalther Funk and Grand Adm.
Erich Raeder, life terms; Baldur
Won schirach and Albert Speer, 20
years; Constantin o Neurath, ID
years, and Grand Adm. Karl
IDoenitz, 10 years. The prison terms
will be served in a four-power jail
in Berlin.
A world which had seen how
Hitler's war machine dealt out
death waited to find out how these
once naughty Nazi leaders would
take their fate. This waiting was
somehow symbolized by the glare
of the Kleig lights which shown
on the defendants as they walked
up to the bar of the court.
Goering Passive
Goering, the No. 2 Nazi and the
obvious leader of the group of de-
PENDANTS during the trial, retained
his fierce reserve. His medals
and %glittering uniform were gone.
A shabby gray suit hung Imply
about him.
In a cold and im%personal voice
Presiding Lord Justice Godfrey
Lawrence sentenced Coering to die
on the gallows. Not a muscle of
Goering's face moved.
The dandified Nazi foreign mini
ster, Won Ribbentrop, was not so
composed. Stunned when he heard
his death sentence, he had to be
helped from the room by military
tpolice.
This is the way some of the
others sentenced to die received
the courts verdict:
Keitel, Hitler's military yes-man,
heard his doom silently. Kalten-
Drummer, once chief of the dread
Gestapo, bowed ironically. Nazi
philosopher Rosenberg heard his
sentence impassively. Frank, the
killer of thousands of Jews, nodded
CURLY.
The most hated man in the dock
hated by the defendants them
selves - the Jew batter Julius
Streicher was expressionless when
he was condemned.
Frick, the protector of Bohemia
and Moravia," looked haggard.
Like Kaltenbrunner, he bowed to
the court. Nazi labor boss Sauckel
greeted his death sentence with an
ostentatious sneer. Jodl stared
languidly at the court.
Hess In Limelight
The tribunal announced the
sentences after completing the
reading of a 1oo,o oo-word, history
making judgment ruling that ag-
gressive warfare is "the. supreme
crime"
Aside from Goering, Hess prob
ably attracted the most attention
during the trial. Claiming that his
memory was faulty, Hess sat dur
ing the long days in court ap-
.parently paying little attention to
the proceedings before him.
His odd behavior, did not change
when it came time for him to be
sentenced. Brushing aside the ear
phones that would have told him
whether he was to live or die, he
stared blankly ahead of him as the
court sentenced him to life inn
prisonment.