Application

1. For the sentence of imprisonment for ten years inflicted on defendant Helmut Poppendick to be reduced to a tolerable term of imprisonment, perhaps to be commuted into a shorter term of confinement in a labor camp, and at the same time

2. For the 2¼ years’ detention already served by the defendant to be included in the then newly-determined term of imprisonment.

[Signature] G. Boehm,

Attorney-at-Law.

[59] According to German terminology a “Referent” (plural: “Referenten”) is an official with expert knowledge of a specialized subject in a government or private organization.

XIV. AFFIRMATION OF SENTENCES BY THE
MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE UNITED
STATES ZONE OF OCCUPATION

OFFICE OF MILITARY GOVERNMENT

FOR GERMANY (U. S.)

Office of the Military Governor

APO 742

Berlin, Germany

22 November 1947

AG 013. 3 (LD)

SUBJECT:Petitions for Review and for Habeas Corpus in the case of the United States of America v. Karl Brandt et al., Case 1, Military Tribunal I, Nuernberg, Germany (Medical Case)
TO:Secretary General
Military Tribunals
APO 696-A, U.S. Army

1. Inclosed herewith you will find original orders denying petitions for clemency submitted by the following persons convicted in Case Number 1 before Military Tribunal I:

Karl BrandtSiegfried Handloser
Oskar SchroederKarl Genzken
Karl GebhardtRudolf Brandt
Joachim MrugowskyHelmut Poppendick
Wolfram SieversGerhard Rose
Viktor BrackHermann Becker-Freyseng
Waldemar HovenWilhelm Beiglboeck
Herta OberheuserFritz Fischer

2. Please formally advise the petitioners through their respective attorneys of the action taken by the Military Governor upon these petitions.

For the Military Governor:

[Signed] G. H. Garde

G. H. Garde

Lieutenant Colonel, AGD

Adjutant General

Incls: a/s

Telephone Berlin 42361

HEADQUARTERS, EUROPEAN COMMAND

Office of the Commander-in-Chief

APO 742

Berlin, Germany
In the Case ofMilitary Tribunal I
The United States of AmericaCase No. 1
vs.
Karl Brandt, et alii