Buchenwald Trial

(April-August 1947)

Josias Erbprinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont: Life Imprisonment (Commutted to 20 Years Imprisonment)
Ilse Koch: Life Imprisonment (Commutted to 4 Years Imprisonment)
Hermann Pister: The Death Sentence (Died In Prison on the 28th September 1948)
SS Dr Hans Eisele: The Death Sentence (Sentenced in Absentia)
August Bender: 10 Years Imprisonment (Commutted to 3 Years Imprisonment)
Kapo Hans Wolf: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 19th Novermber 1948)
Werner Greunuss: Life Imprisonment (Commutted to 20 Years Imprisonment)
Helmut Roscher: The Death Sentence (Commutted to Life Imprisonment)
Franz Zinecker: Life Imprisonment
Phillip Grimm: The Death Sentence (Commutted to Life Imprisonment)
Hubart Krautwurst: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 26th Novermber 1948)
Emil Pleissner: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 26th Novermber 1948)
Albert Schwartz: The Death Sentence (Commutted to Life Imprisonment)
Hans Merbach: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 14th January 1949)
Friedrich Wilhelm: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 26th Novermber 1948)
Hermann Hackmann: The Death Sentence (Commutted to Life Imprisonment)
Dr Edwin Katzenellenbogen: Life Imprisonment (Commutted to 12 Years Imprisonment)
Wolfgang Otto: 15 Years Imprisonment
Hans - Theodor Schmidt: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 7th June 1951)
Gustav Heigel: The Death Sentence (Commutted to Life Imprisonment)
Quido Reimer: The Death Sentence (Commutted to Life Imprisonment)
Richard Köhler: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 26th Novermber 1948)
Max Schobert: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 19th Novermber 1948)
Kapo Dr Arthur Dietzsch: 15 Years Imprisonment
Hermann Helbig: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 19th Novermber 1948)
Walter Wendt: 15 Years Imprisonment (Commutted to 5 Years Imprisonment)
Hermann Grossmann: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 19th Novermber 1948)
Peter Merker: The Death Sentence (Commutted to 20 Years Imprisonment)
Josef Kestel: The Death Sentence (Executed on the 19th Novermber 1948)
Anton Bergmeier: The Death Sentence (Commutted to Life Imprisonment)
Otto Barnewald: The Death Sentence (Commutted to Life Imprisonment)

In this trial, before a U.S. military tribunal at Dachau, from the 11th April 1947 to the 14th August 1947, Thirty-one members of the staff of the Buchenwald camp were found guilty of atrocities and twenty-two were sentenced to death, eight being subsequently commutted, the rest to various terms of imprisonment. Twelve of the defendents were executed on various dates.