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Jardim, Tomaz
The Mauthausen Trial, 12/2011Book Chapter
The final two days of the Mauthausen trial were its most eventful. Not only did the prosecution and defense present their final arguments to the court, but the Dachau judges announced their verdicts, sentences, and a series of special findings designed to facilitate the more rapid prosecution of other Mauthausen personnel in subsequent proceedings. The brevity of this final trial phase typified the military trial process, while raising questions about its ultimate fairness. To summarize a case brought against sixty-one defendants, the prosecution spoke for a mere half hour, and the defense for even less. To arrive at sixty-one verdicts,
