Wilhelmstrasse Trial

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The Wilhelmstrasse Trial was one of the subsequent Nuremberg war crimes trials, prosecuting high-ranking officials of Nazi Germany’s ministries and government agencies for their roles in planning and executing aggressive war and atrocities.

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instanceOf Nuremberg trial
criminal trial
subsequent Nuremberg trial
war crimes trial
alsoKnownAs Ministries Trial
The Ministries Case
linked to: Ministries Trial

United States of America vs. Ernst von Weizsäcker, et al.
charge crimes against humanity
crimes against peace
membership in criminal organizations
war crimes
conductedBy United States military authorities
country Germany
defendant Edmund Veesenmayer
Emil Puhl
Ernst Heinrich von Weizsäcker
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle
Ernst Woermann
Ernst von Weizsäcker
Ernst von Weizsäcker was the principal defendant
Franz Schlegelberger
Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland
Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff
linked to: Ernst Woermann

Hans Heinrich Lammers
Herbert Backe
Karl Rasche
linked to: Carl Krauch

Karl Ritter
Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk
Otto Meissner
Paul Körner
Walter Darre
Wilhelm Keppler
Wilhelm Stuckart
endDate 1949-04-13
focus officials of Nazi German ministries and government agencies
persecution and atrocities in occupied territories
planning and execution of aggressive war
role of German Foreign Office in Nazi policies
languageOfProceedings English
German
legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10
location American Zone of Occupation in Germany
Nuremberg
namedAfter Wilhelmstrasse, the street of many German government ministries in Berlin
numberOfDefendants 21
partOf Nuremberg Military Tribunals
linked to: Nuremberg trials

Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
linked to: Nuremberg trials
prosecutor United States of America
result several convictions and acquittals
significance clarified legal accountability for planning and waging aggressive war
contributed to development of international criminal law
established responsibility of ministerial officials for Nazi crimes
startDate 1947-01-06
tribunal U.S. Military Tribunal IV

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Ministries Trial alsoKnownAs Wilhelmstrasse Trial
Ministries Trial alsoKnownAs Wilhelmstrassen-Prozess
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Nuremberg hosted Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
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Wilhelmstrasse Trial tribunal U.S. Military Tribunal IV
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Reich Ministry of Justice subjectOf Nuremberg Judges’ Trial
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Wilhelm Stuckart wasTriedBy Nuremberg Ministries Trial
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Ernst von Weizsäcker participantIn Nuremberg Ministries Trial
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Paul Körner subjectOf Nuremberg Ministries Trial
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NMT Case X partOf Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
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Flick Trial tribunalType U.S. Military Tribunal IV
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Ernst Wilhelm Bohle facedTrialIn Nuremberg Ministries Trial
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Hans Heinrich Lammers participantIn Nuremberg Ministries Trial
linked to: Wilhelmstrasse Trial
Otto Dietrich participantIn Nuremberg Ministries Trial
linked to: Wilhelmstrasse Trial
Heinrich Korschan participatedIn Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
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United States of America vs. Ernst von Weizsäcker, et al. court United States Military Tribunal IV
linked to: Wilhelmstrasse Trial
Emil Puhl subjectOf Nuremberg Ministries Trial
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Ernst Woermann participantIn Wilhelmstrasse Trial
Ernst Woermann facedTrialIn Wilhelmstrasse Trial