United States military authorities in occupied Germany

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United States military authorities in occupied Germany were the post–World War II American occupation and governance bodies responsible for administering justice, including conducting war crimes trials, in the U.S. zone of occupied Germany.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government body ⓘ
military occupation authority ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction American sector of Berlin ⓘ
Bavaria in U.S. occupation zone ⓘ
Bremen enclave in U.S. occupation zone ⓘ
Hesse in U.S. occupation zone ⓘ
United States occupation zone in Germany ⓘ
Württemberg-Baden in U.S. occupation zone ⓘ
linked to: Württemberg-Baden

post–World War II Germany ⓘ
cooperatesWith British military authorities in occupied Germany ⓘ
French military authorities in occupied Germany ⓘ
Soviet military authorities in occupied Germany ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1949 ⓘ
follows Allied Control Council directives ⓘ
hasPart Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) ⓘ
U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Department in Germany ⓘ
U.S. military commissions in Germany ⓘ
U.S. military government courts in Germany ⓘ
U.S. military tribunals in Germany ⓘ
hasRole administration of justice ⓘ
conduct of war crimes trials ⓘ
control of German courts ⓘ
control of German prosecutors in U.S. zone ⓘ
denazification enforcement ⓘ
establishment of military government courts ⓘ
implementation of Allied Control Council decisions in U.S. zone ⓘ
legislation by military government ordinances ⓘ
licensing and control of German legal professionals ⓘ
military government ⓘ
occupation administration ⓘ
oversight of German police ⓘ
oversight of German prison system in U.S. zone ⓘ
promulgation of occupation law in Germany ⓘ
prosecution of Nazi officials ⓘ
prosecution of crimes against humanity in U.S. zone ⓘ
prosecution of war crimes against Allied nationals ⓘ
review of German court decisions ⓘ
security and public order ⓘ
support for reestablishment of German self-government ⓘ
legalBasis Allied declaration of supreme authority over Germany (1945) ⓘ
JCS 1067 (Joint Chiefs of Staff directive to U.S. forces in Germany) ⓘ
subsequent U.S. occupation directives for Germany ⓘ
location American occupation zone in Germany ⓘ
occupied Germany ⓘ
partOf Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ
startTime 1945 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

United States of America v. Ulrich Greifelt, et al. → jurisdiction → United States military authorities in occupied Germany ⓘ
Refugee and Displaced Persons Administration → appliesToJurisdiction → United States military government in occupied territories ⓘ
linked to: United States military authorities in occupied Germany
Control Council Law No. 1 → enactedBy → United States military government in Germany ⓘ
linked to: United States military authorities in occupied Germany
Dora Trial at Dachau → organizedBy → U.S. military government in Germany ⓘ
linked to: United States military authorities in occupied Germany
U.S. General Military Government Court → partOf → U.S. military government in Germany ⓘ
linked to: United States military authorities in occupied Germany
CCG/BE → cooperatesWith → United States occupation authorities in Germany ⓘ
linked to: United States military authorities in occupied Germany
Postwar demobilization and reorganization of U.S. armed forces → relatedTo → U.S. occupation forces in Germany and Japan ⓘ
linked to: United States military authorities in occupied Germany
Office of Military Government for Württemberg-Baden → partOf → U.S. occupation authorities in Germany ⓘ
linked to: United States military authorities in occupied Germany