Post-war Trial, Conviction, and Sentence
After his arrest by British troops he was first questioned as a witness in the Nuremberg Trials and was later himself charged. However, nothing could be proved about his alleged responsibility for the murders of Allied soldiers or forced labourers, so that he had to be acquitted for lack of evidence. Nevertheless, he received a prison sentence of 4 years and 9 months, only part of which he served, receiving a pardon.
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