RuSHA Trial - Defendants

Defendants

Name	Function	Charges			Sentence
		1	2	3
Ulrich Greifelt	Chief of Staff of RKFDV	G	G	G	lifetime imprisonment; died 1949
Rudolf Creutz	Deputy to Greifelt	G	G	G	15 years; released 1955-died 1980
Konrad Meyer-Hetling	Office head in RKFDV	I	I	G	Time already served (since May 27, 1945); released after the judgment; died 1973
Otto Schwarzenberger	Office head in RKFDV	I	I	G	Time already served (since May 2, 1945); released after the judgment
Herbert Hübner	Chief of Poznań office of RKFDV and representative of RuSHA in western Poland	G	G	G	15 years; released 1951
Werner Lorenz	Head of VoMi	G	G	G	20 years; released 1955-died 1974
Heinz Brückner	Office head at VoMi	G	G	G	15 years; released 1951
Otto Hofmann	Head of RuSHA until April 20, 1943, later head of the SS in southwestern Germany	G	G	G	25 years; released 1954 died 1982
Richard Hildebrandt	Head of RuSHA, Hofmann's successor	G	G	G	25 years; died 1952
Fritz Schwalm	Chief of Staff of RuSHA and head of the "Immigration Office" (Einwandererzentrale, EWZ) in Łódź	G	G	G	10 years;released 1951
Max Sollmann	Head of the Lebensborn society	I	I	G	Time already served (since July 6, 1945); released after the judgment
Gregor Ebner	Head of Health Dept. of Lebensborn	I	I	G	Time already served (since July 5, 1945); released after the judgment; died 1974
Günther Tesch	Head of Legal Dept. of Lebensborn	I	I	G	Time already served (since May 13, 1945); released after the judgment
Inge Viermetz	Deputy to Sollmann	I	I		acquitted

I — Indicted G — Indicted and found guilty

The four Lebensborn members were not found guilty on counts 1 and 2 of the indictment. The tribunal considered the Lebensborn society not responsible for the kidnapping of children, which was carried out by others.

Greifelt died in the Landsberg prison on February 6, 1949. Hildebrandt was turned over to Polish authorities. He was put on trial for war crimes again in Poland and sentenced to death. He was hanged on March 10, 1952. Hübner, Brückner, and Schwalm were released in 1951. Also in that year, the sentences of Hofmann and Lorenz were reduced to 15 years, and that of Creutz to 10 years. Hofmann was released in 1954.