Nuremberg

36 important questions on Nuremberg

3) Hans Frank - Charges, Acquittal, Convictions, and Sentence

  • Charges: 1, 3, and 4.
  • Acquittal: 1.
  • Convictions: 3 + 4.
  • Sentence: Hanging

7) Herman Goering (January 12, 1893 - October 15, 1946) - Bio


With Hitler, Himmler, and Goebbels dead, Goering was the surviving leader and symbol of Nazism. He held 4 critical positions in the Nazi regime.
  • Commander-in-Chief of the Air Forces. (April 27, 1933 - April 23, 1945).
  • Chief of War Economy. (November 26, 1937 - January 15, 1938)
  • He was designated by Hitler as the Fuhrer's successor on September 1, 1939. But Hitler rescinded the appointment on April 23, 145.
  • Vice-Chancellor of Germany (February 6, 1941 - April 23, 1945)

7) Hermann Goering - Charges, Convictions, and Sentence

  • Charges: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Convictions: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Sentence: Hanging(Goering committed suicide by ingesting cyanide the night before his sentence was to be carried out)
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8) Rudolf Hess (1894 - 1987): BIO

Hess was Hitler's deputy for Nazi Party affairs from April 21, 1933 to May 12, 1941. He was the successor-designate in the event of Goering's unavailability.

He fled to Scotland on May 12, 1941 in an attempt to broker peace with the British
  • Deputy Fuhrer: April 21, 1933 to May 12, 1941
  • Reichsleiter: 1933-1941

8) Rudolf Hess - Charges, Acquittals, Convictions, and Sentence

  • Charges: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Acquittals: 3, 4
  • Convictions: 1, 2
  • Sentence: Life. (Hess committed suicide while serving a life sentence at Spandau Prison. Of the 7 defendants sentenced to prison terms, Hess's was the only sentence never commuted).

9) Alfred Jodl - Charges, convictions, and sentence

  • Charges: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Convictions: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Sentence: Hanging

10) Ernst Kaltenbrunner - Charges, Acquittal, Convictions, and Sentence

  • Charges: Counts 1, 3, 4
  • Acquittal: Count 1
  • Convictions: Counts 3 + 4
  • Sentence: Hanging

Reich Main Security Office (RHSA): Defined

  • A secret police, security and intelligence agency formed on September 27, 1939. Dissolved on May 8, 1945.
  • The RHSA was an organization subordinate to Heinrich Himmler in his dual capacities as Chef der Deutschen Polizei (Chief of German Police) and Reichsführer-SS, the head of the Nazi Party's Schutzstaffel (SS).
  • The organization's stated duty was to fight all "enemies of the Reich" inside and outside the borders of Nazi Germany.The RSHA controlled the security services of Nazi Germany and the Nazi Party(NSDAP). Its activities included intelligence-gathering, criminal investigation, overseeing foreigners, monitoring public opinion, and Nazi indoctrination.

11) Wilhelm Eitel - Charges, Convictions, and Sentence

  • Charges: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Convictions: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Sentence: Hanging

12) Constantin von Neurath (1873-1956): BIO.

Neurath was Ribbentrop's predecessor as Foreign Minister (1932-38), and subsequently Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia in Czechoslovakia (1939-43).
  • Reichminister of Foreign Affairs: June 1, 1932 to February 4, 1938.
  • Protector of Bohemia and Moravia: March 21, 1939 to August 4, 1943. He tried to resign in 1941, but his resignation was not accepted until August 1943. His power was only nominal after 1941.


Effectively in power from 1932 to 1941.

12) Constantin von Neurath - Charges, Convictions, and Sentence

  • Charges: 1, 2, 3, and 4.
  • Convictions: 1, 2, 3, and 4.
  • Sentence: 15 years (released in November 1954)

13) Franz von Papen: Charges and Acquittals

  • Charges: 1, 2
  • Acquittals: 1, 2 (Totally Acquitted by IMT).

14) Erich Reader: Charges, Convictions, and Sentence.

  • Charges: 1, 2, 3
  • Convictions: 1, 2, 3
  • Sentence: Life (released in September 1955).

15) Joachim von Ribbentrop: Charges, Convictions, and Sentence

  • Charges: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Convictions: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Sentence: Hanging

15) Alfred Rosenberg: Charges, Convictions, and Sentence

  • Charges: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Convictions: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Sentence: Hanging

16) Fritz Sauckel: Charges, Acquittals, Convictions, and Sentence

  • Charges: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Acquittals: 1, 2
  • Convictions: 3, 4
  • Sentence: Hanging

17) Hjalmar Schacht: Charges and Acquittals.

  • Charges:  1, 2
  • Acquittals: 1, 2 (the IMT acquitted Schacht on all charges)

Note on Succession to Reichsminister of Economics--3 Key Players

  • 1) Hjalmar Schacht: August 3, 1934 to November 26, 1937
  • 2) Hermann Goering: November 26, 1937 to January 15, 1938
  • 3) Walther Funk: February 5, 1938 to May 1, 1945

19) Baldur von Schnarch: Charges, Acquittal, Conviction, and Sentence.

  • Charges: Counts 1 + 4.
  • Acquittal: Count 1.
  • Conviction: Count 4.
  • Sentence: 20 years (released September 1966)

20) Arthur Seyss-Inquart: Charges, Acquittal, Convictions, and Sentence

  • Charges: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Acquittal: 1
  • Convictions: 2, 3, 4
  • Sentence: Hanging

21) Albert Speer: Charges, Acquittals, Conviction, and Sentence.

  • Charges: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Acquittals: 1, 2
  • Convictions: 3, 4
  • Sentence: 20 years (released in September 1966)

22) Julius Streicher: Charges, Acquittal, Conviction, Sentence

  • Charges: 1, 4
  • Acquittal: 1
  • Conviction: 4
  • Sentence: Hanging

London Charter Article 6(a).

(a) CRIMES AGAINST PEACE: namely, [1] planning, preparation, initiation or waging of [a] a war of aggression, or [b] a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances, or [2] participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing;

London Charter Art 6(b):

(b) WAR CRIMES: namely, violations of the laws or customs of war.


Such violations shall include, but not be limited to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation to slave labor or for any other purpose of civilian population of or in occupied territory, murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity;

London Charter Art 6(c):

(c) CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY: namely, [1] murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, and other inhumane acts committed against any civilian population, before or during the war; or [2] persecutions on political, racial or religious grounds in execution of or in connection with any crime within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, whether or not in violation of the domestic law of the country where perpetrated.

London Charter Art 6 tacked-on provision

Leaders, organizers, instigators and accomplices participating in the formulation or execution of a common plan or conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing crimes are responsible for all acts performed by any persons in execution of such plan.

3 defendants acquitted on ALL charges

  1. Papen
  2. Schacht
  3. Fritzsche

4 Defendants charged, but acquitted on Count 2

SSSP
  1. Papen
  2. Sauckel
  3. Schacht
  4. Speer

Count 3: 16 Defendants CONVICTED of war crimes

  1. Bormann
  2. Doenitz
  3. Frank
  4. Frick
  5. Funk
  6. Goering
  7. Jodl
  8. Kaltenbrunner
  9. Keitel
  10. Neurath
  11. Raider
  12. Ribbentrop
  13. Rosenberg
  14. Sauckel
  15. Seyss-Inquart
  16. Speer

Count 4, Crimes against Humanity: 4 defendants NOT CHARGED

  1. Doenitz
  2. Papen
  3. Raider
  4. Schacht 


DPRS

Count 4, Crimes against Humanity: 2 Defendants charged, but ACQUITTED

  1. Fritzsche
  2. Hess

10 Defendants were not indicted under ALL 4 counts. Who?

  1. Schacht - Counts 1, 2 (not 3 or 4)
  2. Paper - Counts 1, 2   (not 3 or 4)
  3. Schirach - Counts 1, 4 (not 2 or 3)
  4. Streicher - Counts 1, 4 (not 2 or 3)
  5. Doenitz - Counts 1, 2, 3 (not 4)
  6. Raeder - Counts 1, 2, 3 (not 4)
  7. Bormann - Counts 1, 3, 4 (not 2)
  8. Frank - Counts 1, 3, 4 (not 2)
  9. Fritzsche - Counts 1, 3, 4 (not 2)
  10. Kaltenbrunner - Counts 1, 3, 4 (not 2)

How many Defendants were charged under COUNT ONE

22

How many Defendants were charged under COUNT TWO?

16


Not BFF-KSS: (1) Bormann, (2) Frank, (3) Fritzsche, (4) Kaltenbrunner, (5) Schirach, (6) Streicher.

How many Defendants were charged under COUNT THREE

18 


Not P-SSS: (1) Papen, (2) Schacht, (3) Schirach, (4) Streicher.

How many Defendants were charged under COUNT FOUR

18

Not DPRS:(1) Doenitz, (2) Papen, (3) Raeder, (4) Schacht

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