– death by hanging Erich Wasicky – death by hanging Theophil Priebel – death by hanging Kaspar Klimowitsch (Gusen II) – death by hanging Heinrich Fitschok (Gusen II) – death by hanging Anton Kaufmann (DEST-Gusen) – death by hanging Stefan Barczey – death by hanging Karl Struller – death by hanging August Blei – death by hanging Otto Drabeck – death by hanging Vincenz Nohel – death by hanging Thomas Sigmund (Gusen) – death by hanging Heinrich Giese (Gusen) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) Walter Höhler – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) Adolf Rutka (Gusen) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) Ludwig Dörr (Gusen II) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) Viktor Korger (Gusen II) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) Karl Billman (Gusen II) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) Herbert Grzybowski (Gusen) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) Wilhelm Mack (Gusen) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) Ferdinand Lappert (Gusen) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) Michael Cserny – life imprisonment Paul Gützlaff (Gusen) – life imprisonment Josef Mayer – life imprisonment Second Mauthausen camp trial The second Mauthausen camp trial started on August 6, 1947. Altogether 8 former members of the camp's administration were accused of the same set of crimes as in the former trial. On August 21 the verdict was reached. Four Nazis were sentenced to death by hanging, one for life imprisonment, two for short-term sentences and one was acquitted of all the charges. Three of the death sentences were carried out on November 19, 1948. The death sentence against Michael Heller was reduced to life in prison in 1949. Defendants The defendants of the second Mauthausen camp trial (US v. Franz Kofler, et al. ), and their sentences, are as follows: Franz Kofler – death by hanging (executed on November 19, 1948) Gustav Petrat – death by hanging (executed on November 19, 1948) Kapo Quirin Flaucher – death by hanging (executed on November 19, 1948) Michael Heller – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) Emil Thielmann – life imprisonment Hermann Franz Bütgen – 3 years in prison Arno Albert Reuter – 2 years in prison Stefan Lennart – acquitted Additional trials An additional 56 trials took place between March and November 1947 within the framework of the Mauthausen cases of individuals or small