Hostages Trial

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The Hostages Trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal at Nuremberg that prosecuted German generals for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Balkans.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hostages Trial canonical 13
The Hostages Case 2
Hostages Trial judgment 1

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Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nuremberg military tribunal ⓘ
post–World War II trial ⓘ
war crimes trial ⓘ
chargesIncluded crimes against humanity ⓘ
participation in a common design or conspiracy ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
concernedConflict World War II ⓘ
concernedRegion Southeast Europe ⓘ
linked to: Balkans
concernedTheater Balkans ⓘ
defendantsIncluded Ernst Dehner ⓘ
Ernst von Leyser ⓘ
Ferdinand Jodl ⓘ
Franz Böhme NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hermann Foertsch ⓘ
Hubert Lanz ⓘ
Karl von Le Suire ⓘ
Lothar Rendulic ⓘ
Maxime de Angelis ⓘ
Walter Kuntze ⓘ
Wilhelm List ⓘ
Wilhelm Speidel ⓘ
endDate 1948-02-19 ⓘ
establishedPrecedentFor doctrine of command responsibility in international criminal law ⓘ
limitations on reprisals against civilians ⓘ
examinedPractice destruction of villages ⓘ
hostage-taking ⓘ
mass executions of hostages ⓘ
reprisals against civilians ⓘ
focusedOn German military operations in the Balkans ⓘ
occupation policies in Albania ⓘ
occupation policies in Greece ⓘ
occupation policies in Yugoslavia ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Southeast Case ⓘ
United States of America v. Wilhelm List et al. ⓘ
heldAt Nuremberg ⓘ
heldInCountry Germany ⓘ
isPartOfSeries twelve Subsequent Nuremberg Trials conducted by U.S. authorities ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalIssue command responsibility of military leaders ⓘ
legality of hostage shootings ⓘ
limits on reprisals under international law ⓘ
locatedIn Palace of Justice, Nuremberg ⓘ
numberOfDefendants 12 ⓘ
organizedBy United States military authorities ⓘ
partOf Subsequent Nuremberg Trials ⓘ
linked to: Nuremberg trials
presidingJudgesIncluded Charles F. Wennerstrum ⓘ
Edward F. Carter ⓘ
George J. Burke ⓘ
prosecutedBy United States of America ⓘ
resultedIn acquittals of some defendants ⓘ
convictions of several defendants ⓘ
sentencesIncluded death sentences ⓘ
fixed-term imprisonment ⓘ
life imprisonment ⓘ
startDate 1947-07-08 ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wilhelm List → participantIn → Hostages Trial ⓘ
Lothar Rendulic → participantIn → Hostages Trial ⓘ
Hermann Foertsch → participantIn → Southeast Case (Hostages Trial) ⓘ
linked to: Hostages Trial
United States of America v. Wilhelm List et al. → alsoKnownAs → The Hostages Case ⓘ
linked to: Hostages Trial
Southeast Case → hasAlternativeName → Hostages Trial ⓘ
Southeast Case → hasAlternativeName → The Hostages Case ⓘ
linked to: Hostages Trial
OKW Trial → relatedTo → Hostages Trial ⓘ
Walter Kuntze → facedWithJudicialProcess → Hostages Trial ⓘ
Ernst Dehner → wasTriedIn → Hostages Trial ⓘ
Maxime de Angelis → participantIn → Hostages Trial ⓘ
Ernst von Leyser → notableEvent → Hostages Trial ⓘ
Ernst von Leyser → subjectOf → Hostages Trial ⓘ
Ernst von Leyser → facedTrialIn → Hostages Trial ⓘ
Siegmund List → participantIn → Hostages Trial ⓘ
Siegmund List → subjectOf → Hostages Trial judgment ⓘ
linked to: Hostages Trial
George J. Burke → participatedIn → Hostages Trial ⓘ