Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)

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The Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) was the American occupation authority in post-World War II Germany responsible for administering, demilitarizing, and democratizing the U.S. zone, including overseeing major war crimes and industrial trials.

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Generate an image of the Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) (The Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) was the American occupation authority in post-World War II Germany responsible for administering, demilitarizing, and democratizing the U.S. zone, including overseeing major war crimes and industrial trials.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government agency ⓘ
military government ⓘ
occupation authority ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction American occupation zone in Austria (early phase, limited) ⓘ
American occupation zone in post-World War II Germany ⓘ
American sector of Berlin ⓘ
U.S. occupation zone in Germany ⓘ
archivesAt U.S. National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolved 1949 ⓘ
fieldOfWork military occupation administration ⓘ
postwar reconstruction ⓘ
transitional governance ⓘ
war crimes prosecution ⓘ
foundedBy United States Army ⓘ
hasTask administration of the U.S. occupation zone in Germany ⓘ
control of German industry ⓘ
control of German media and information policy ⓘ
demilitarization of Germany ⓘ
democratization of German political life ⓘ
denazification of German society ⓘ
education reform in the U.S. zone of Germany ⓘ
implementation of Allied Control Council decisions in the U.S. zone ⓘ
oversight of industrial trials at Nuremberg ⓘ
oversight of war crimes trials in the U.S. zone ⓘ
reestablishment of German political parties in the U.S. zone ⓘ
refugee and displaced persons administration ⓘ
reorganization of German economy ⓘ
reparations and restitution policy implementation ⓘ
supervision of German local and regional governments ⓘ
support for reconstruction of German infrastructure ⓘ
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
inception 1945 ⓘ
location Berlin ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
notableWork OMGUS reports on German economy and society ⓘ
operatedInTimePeriod post-World War II era ⓘ
parentOrganization United States Army ⓘ
War Department of the United States ⓘ
partOf Allied Control Council system ⓘ
Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ
replacedBy Allied High Commission for Germany ⓘ
United States High Commissioner for Germany ⓘ
shortName OMGUS ⓘ
significantEvent administration of Nuremberg Military Tribunals in the U.S. zone ⓘ
implementation of denazification questionnaires and tribunals ⓘ
participation in the dismantling of German heavy industry ⓘ
preparation for establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ

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IG Farben Trial → oversightBy → Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) ⓘ
Courtroom 600 → associatedWithOrganization → United States occupation authorities in Germany ⓘ
linked to: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes → partOf → Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) ⓘ
linked to: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
Parliamentary Council → convenedBy → United States military government in Germany ⓘ
linked to: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
United States High Commissioner for Germany → follows → Office of Military Government, United States ⓘ
linked to: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
United States High Commissioner for Germany → replaces → Office of Military Government, United States ⓘ
linked to: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
British military government in Germany → cooperatedWith → United States military government in Germany ⓘ
linked to: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
Frankfurt Documents → issuedBy → United States military government in Germany ⓘ
linked to: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
WVHA Trial at Nuremberg → authority → United States Military Government for Germany ⓘ
linked to: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
Nuremberg follow-up trials planning → participant → Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) ⓘ
U.S. General Military Government Court → foundedBy → Office of Military Government for Germany, United States ⓘ
linked to: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
U.S. General Military Government Court → appliesToJurisdiction → U.S. Zone military government ⓘ
linked to: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
Greater Hesse → createdBy → Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) ⓘ
United States military authorities in occupied Germany → hasPart → Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) ⓘ
Office of Military Government for Bavaria → partOf → Office of Military Government, United States ⓘ
linked to: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
Office of Military Government for Bavaria → parentOrganization → Office of Military Government, United States ⓘ
linked to: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
Office of Military Government for Hesse → partOf → Office of Military Government, United States ⓘ
linked to: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
Office of Military Government for Hesse → supervisedBy → Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) ⓘ
Office of Military Government for Württemberg-Baden → partOf → United States Army military government in Germany ⓘ
linked to: Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)