The following is a list of people who were formally indicted for committing war crimes on behalf of the

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during

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, including those who were acquitted or never received judgment. It does not include people who may have committed war crimes but were never formally indicted, or who were indicted only for other types of crimes.

The Nuremberg trials

Martin Bormann Martin Ludwig Bormann (17 June 1900 – 2 May 1945) was a German Nazi Party official and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery. He gained immense power by using his position as Adolf Hitler's private secretary to control the flow of information ...

– Guilty, sentenced ''in absentia'' to death by hanging. Later proven he committed suicide to avoid capture at the end of World War II in Europe, and remains discovered in 1972 were conclusively proven to be Bormann by forensic tests on the skull in 1998. Nonetheless,

Simon Wiesenthal Simon Wiesenthal (31 December 190820 September 2005) was a Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer. He studied architecture and was living in Lwów at the outbreak of World War II. He survived the Janowska concentration ...

, Hugh Thomas and

Reinhard Gehlen Reinhard Gehlen (3 April 1902 – 8 June 1979) was a German lieutenant-general and intelligence officer. He was chief of the Wehrmacht Foreign Armies East military intelligence service on the eastern front during World War II, spymaster of the ...

refused to accept this. Gehlen further argued Bormann was the secret Russian

double agent In the field of counterintelligence, a double agent is an employee of a secret intelligence service for one country, whose primary purpose is to spy on a target organization of another country, but who is now spying on their own country's organ ...

'Sasha'. *

Karl Dönitz Karl Dönitz (sometimes spelled Doenitz; ; 16 September 1891 24 December 1980) was a German admiral who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as head of state in May 1945, holding the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government fo ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. *

Hans Frank Hans Michael Frank (23 May 1900 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician and lawyer who served as head of the General Government in Nazi-occupied Poland during the Second World War. Frank was an early member of the German Workers' Par ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging *

Wilhelm Frick Wilhelm Frick (12 March 1877 – 16 October 1946) was a prominent German politician of the Nazi Party (NSDAP), who served as Reich Minister of the Interior in Adolf Hitler's cabinet from 1933 to 1943 and as the last governor of the Protectorate ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging *

Hans Fritzsche August Franz Anton Hans Fritzsche (21 April 1900 – 27 September 1953) was the ''Ministerialdirektor'' at the Propagandaministerium (Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda) of Nazi Germany. He was the preeminent German broadcast ...

– Acquitted. Tried, convicted and sentenced to nine years' imprisonment by a separate West German denazification court. Released September 1950. *

Walther Funk Walther Funk (18 August 1890 – 31 May 1960) was a German economist and Nazi official who served as Reich Minister for Economic Affairs (1938–1945) and president of Reichsbank (1939–1945). During his incumbency, he oversaw the mobi ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, released in 1957 due to poor health. *

Hermann Göring Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1 ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging but committed suicide by ingesting cyanide 2 hours before the sentence was to be carried out. *

Rudolf Hess Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position unt ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, committed suicide in prison in 1987. *

Alfred Jodl Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (; 10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946) was a German '' Generaloberst'' who served as the chief of the Operations Staff of the '' Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' – the German Armed Forces High Command – throughout Worl ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging.

Henri Donnedieu de Vabres Henri Donnedieu de Vabres (8 July 1880 – 14 February 1952) was a French jurist who took part in the Nuremberg trials after World War II. He was the primary French judge during the proceedings, with Robert Falco as his alternate. Donnedieu wa ...

called the verdict a mistake in 1947. In 1953, the

denazification Denazification (german: link=yes, Entnazifizierung) was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of the Nazi ideology following the Second World War. It was carried out by remov ...

courts reversed the decision and found Jodl not guilty. Within months, the decision of the denazification court was itself overturned. His property, confiscated in 1946, was returned to his widow. *

Ernst Kaltenbrunner Ernst Kaltenbrunner (4 October 190316 October 1946) was a high-ranking Austrian SS official during the Nazi era and a major perpetrator of the Holocaust. After the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, and a brief period under Heinrich Hi ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging. *

Wilhelm Keitel Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (; 22 September 188216 October 1946) was a German field marshal and war criminal who held office as chief of the '' Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' (OKW), the high command of Nazi Germany's Armed Forces, duri ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging. *

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (born Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach; 7 August 1870 – 16 January 1950) was a German foreign service official who became chairman of the board of Friedrich Krupp AG, a heavy industry con ...

– Medically unfit for trial. *

Robert Ley Robert Ley (; 15 February 1890 – 25 October 1945) was a German politician and labour union leader during the Nazi era; Ley headed the German Labour Front from 1933 to 1945. He also held many other high positions in the Party, including ''Gaul ...

– Committed suicide before his trial began. *

Konstantin von Neurath Konstantin Hermann Karl Freiherr von Neurath (2 February 1873 – 14 August 1956) was a German diplomat and Nazi war criminal who served as Foreign Minister of Germany between 1932 and 1938. Born to a Swabian noble family, Neurath began his di ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment (released 1954 on grounds of ill health). *

Franz von Papen Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen, Erbsälzer zu Werl und Neuwerk (; 29 October 18792 May 1969) was a German conservative politician, diplomat, Prussian nobleman and General Staff officer. He served as the chancellor of Germany ...

– Acquitted. Tried, convicted and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment by a separate West German denazification court. Released on appeal in 1949. *

Erich Raeder Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) was a German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II. Raeder attained the highest possible naval rank, that of grand admiral, in 1939, becoming the fir ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released 1955 on grounds of ill health). *

Joachim von Ribbentrop Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (; 30 April 1893 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945. Ribbentrop first came to Adolf Hitler's not ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging. *

Alfred Rosenberg Alfred Ernst Rosenberg ( – 16 October 1946) was a Baltic German Nazi theorist and ideologue. Rosenberg was first introduced to Adolf Hitler by Dietrich Eckart and he held several important posts in the Nazi government. He was the head o ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging. *

Fritz Sauckel Ernst Friedrich Christoph "Fritz" Sauckel (27 October 1894 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician, ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Thuringia from 1927 and the General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment (''Arbeitseinsatz'') from March 1942 unti ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging. *

Hjalmar Schacht Hjalmar Schacht (born Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht; 22 January 1877 – 3 June 1970, ) was a German economist, banker, centre-right politician, and co-founder in 1918 of the German Democratic Party. He served as the Currency Commissioner ...

– Acquitted *

Baldur von Schirach Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (9 May 1907 – 8 August 1974) was a German politician who is best known for his role as the Nazi Party national youth leader and head of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. He later served as ''Gauleiter'' and ''Re ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. *

Arthur Seyss-Inquart Arthur Seyss-Inquart (German: Seyß-Inquart, ; 22 July 1892 16 October 1946) was an Austrian Nazi politician who served as Chancellor of Austria in 1938 for two days before the ''Anschluss''. His positions in Nazi Germany included "deputy govern ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging. *

Albert Speer Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (; ; 19 March 1905 – 1 September 1981) was a German architect who served as the Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II. A close ally of Adolf Hitler, h ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. *

Julius Streicher Julius Streicher (12 February 1885 – 16 October 1946) was a member of the Nazi Party, the '' Gauleiter'' (regional leader) of Franconia and a member of the '' Reichstag'', the national legislature. He was the founder and publisher of the vir ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death by hanging.

Subsequent Nuremberg trials

The Doctors' Trial

* Hermann Becker-Freyseng – Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, commuted to 10 years * Wilhelm Beiglböck – Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, commuted to 10 years *

Kurt Blome Kurt Blome (31 January 1894 – 10 October 1969) was a high-ranking Nazi scientist before and during World War II. He was the Deputy Reich Health Leader (Reichsgesundheitsführer) and Plenipotentiary for Cancer Research in the Reich Research C ...

– Acquitted * Rhys Hamlo - Guilty, sentenced to death *

Viktor Brack Viktor Hermann Brack (9 November 1904 – 2 June 1948) was a member of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) and a convicted Nazi war criminal, who was one of the prominent organisers of the euthanasia programme Aktion T4; this Nazi initiative resulted in the ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Karl Brandt – Guilty, sentenced to death *

Rudolf Brandt Rudolf Hermann Brandt (2 June 1909 – 2 June 1948) was a German SS officer from 1933–45 and a civil servant. A lawyer by profession, Brandt was the Personal Administrative Officer to ''Reichsführer-SS'' (''Persönlicher Referent vom Reichsf ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death *

Fritz Fischer Fritz Fischer (5 March 1908 – 1 December 1999) was a German historian best known for his analysis of the causes of World War I. In the early 1960s Fischer advanced the controversial thesis at the time that responsibility for the outbreak of the ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to 15 years *

Karl Gebhardt Karl Franz Gebhardt (23 November 1897 – 2 June 1948) was a German medical doctor and a war criminal during World War II. He served as Medical Superintendent of the Hohenlychen Sanatorium, Consulting Surgeon of the ''Waffen-SS'', Chief Surgeon ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Karl Genzken – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to 20 years * Siegfried Handloser – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to 20 years * Waldemar Hoven – Guilty, sentenced to death *

Joachim Mrugowsky Joachim Mrugowsky (15 August 1905 – 2 June 1948) was a German bacteriologist who conducted experiments on humans at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He was Associate Professor, Medical Doctorate, Chief of Hygiene Institute of the Waffen-S ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death *

Herta Oberheuser Herta Oberheuser (15 May 1911 – 24 January 1978) was a German Nazi physician and convicted war criminal who performed medical atrocities on prisoners at the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison a ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, commuted to 10 years * Adolf Pokorny – Acquitted * Helmut Poppendick – Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment (commuted to time served in 1951) * – Acquitted * Gerhard Rose – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to 20 years * Paul Rostock – Acquitted * Siegfried Ruff – Acquitted * Konrad Schäfer – Acquitted * Oskar Schröder – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to 15 years *

Wolfram Sievers Wolfram Sievers (10 July 1905 – 2 June 1948) was ''Reichsgeschäftsführer'', or managing director, of the Ahnenerbe from 1935 to 1945. Early life Sievers was born in 1905 in Hildesheim in the Province of Hanover (now in Lower Saxony), the son ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Georg August Weltz – Acquitted

The Milch Trial

Erhard Milch Erhard Milch (30 March 1892 – 25 January 1972) was a German general field marshal ('' Generalfeldmarschall'') of Jewish heritage who oversaw the development of the German air force (''Luftwaffe'') as part of the re-armament of Nazi Germany fo ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to 15 years (released in 1954)

The Judges' Trial

Josef Altstötter Josef Altstötter (4 January 1892Verdict, Judge's trial, pages 1170 to 1177. Bad Griesbach (Rottal), Lower Bavaria – 13 November 1979, Nuremberg) was a high-ranking official in the German Ministry of Justice under the Nazi Regime. Following Wo ...

– Guilty, sentenced to five years' imprisonment * Wilhelm von Ammon – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment * Paul Barnickel – Acquitted * Hermann Cuhorst – Acquitted * Karl Engert – Unfit to stand trial * Günther Joel – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment * Herbert Klemm – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment * Ernst Lautz – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment * Wolfgang Mettgenberg – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment * Günther Nebelung – Acquitted * Rudolf Oeschey – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment * Hans Petersen – Acquitted *

Oswald Rothaug Oswald Rothaug (17 May 1897 – 4 December 1967) was a Nazi jurist. Life Rothaug was born in Mittelsinn, Bavaria. In June 1933, Rothaug was named a prosecutor in Nuremberg, and in April 1937, he became the regional court director in Schwei ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment *

Curt Rothenberger Curt Ferdinand Rothenberger (30 June 1896, in Cuxhaven – 1 September 1959, in Hamburg) was a German jurist and leading figure in the Nazi Party. Hamburg In the immediate aftermath of the Nazi seizure of power Rothenberger was part of an unoffici ...

– Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment *

Franz Schlegelberger Louis Rudolph Franz Schlegelberger (23 October 187614 December 1970) was State Secretary in the German Reich Ministry of Justice (RMJ) who served as Justice Minister during the Third Reich. He was the highest-ranking defendant at the Judges' Tr ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment * Carl Westphal – Committed suicide after his indictment but before the beginning of his trial

The Pohl Trial

* Hans Heinrich Baier – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) * Hans Bobermin – Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, commuted to 15 years (released in 1951) * Franz Eirenschmalz – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to nine years' imprisonment * Heinz Karl Fanslau – Guilty, sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment, commuted to 15 years * August Frank – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to 15 years * Hans Hohberg – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) * Max Kiefer – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to 20 years (released in 1951) * Horst Klein – Acquitted * Georg Lörner – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to 15 years * Hans Lörner – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) * Karl Mummenthey – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to 20 years *

Oswald Pohl Oswald Ludwig Pohl (; 30 June 1892 – 7 June 1951) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. As the head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office and the head administrator of the Nazi concentration camps, he was a key figure in ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Hermann Pook – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) * Rudolf Scheide – Acquitted * Karl Sommer – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to 20 years' imprisonment * Erwin Tschentscher – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) * Josef Vogt – Acquitted * Leo Volk – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, commuted to 8 years

The Flick Trial

* Odilo Burkart – Acquitted *

Friedrich Flick Friedrich Flick (10 July 1883 – 20 July 1972) was a German industrialist and convicted Nazi war criminal. After the Second World War, he reconstituted his businesses, becoming the richest person in West Germany, and one of the richest people ...

– Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment, but then released by

John J. McCloy John Jay McCloy (March 31, 1895 – March 11, 1989) was an American lawyer, diplomat, banker, and a presidential advisor. He served as Assistant Secretary of War during World War II under Henry Stimson, helping deal with issues such as German sa ...

after three years * Konrad Kaletsch – Acquitted *

Otto Steinbrinck Otto Steinbrinck (19 December 1888 – 16 August 1949) was a highly decorated World War I naval officer and German industrialist who was later indicted and found guilty in the Nuremberg Flick Trial. Having had a very successful career as a U- ...

– Guilty, sentenced to five years' imprisonment, but died in prison in 1949 * Hermann Terberger – Acquitted *

Bernhard Weiss Bernhard Weiss (20 June 182714 January 1918) was a German Protestant New Testament scholar. He was the father of Johannes Weiss and the painter, Hedwig Weiss. Biography Weiss was born at Königsberg. After studying theology at the University ...

– Guilty, sentenced to two-and-one-half years' imprisonment

The IG Farben Trial

Otto Ambros Otto Ambros (19 May 1901 – 23 July 1990) was a German chemist and Nazi war criminal. He is known for his wartime work on synthetic rubber (polybutadiene, or "Buna rubber") and nerve agents (sarin and tabun). After the war he was tried at Nure ...

– Guilty, sentenced to eight years' imprisonment * Max Brüggemann – Ruled unfit to stand trial * Ernst Bürgin – Guilty, sentenced to two years' imprisonment * Heinrich Bütefisch – Guilty, sentenced to six years' imprisonment *

Walter Dürrfeld Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

– Guilty, sentenced to eight years' imprisonment * Fritz Gajewski – Acquitted *

Heinrich Gattineau Heinrich Gattineau (6 January 1905 – 27 April 1985) was a German economist, Sturmabteilung (SA) leader, director of IG Farben and defendant during the Nuremberg trials. Early years Gattineau was born in Bucharest, the son of Julius Gattineau, a G ...

– Acquitted * Paul Häfliger – Guilty, sentenced to two years' imprisonment * Erich von der Heyde – Acquitted * Heinrich Hörlein – Acquitted *

Max Ilgner Max Ilgner (28 June 1899 – 28 March 1966) was a German industrialist. He was a member of the board of IG Farben and held the title ''Wehrwirtschaftsführer'' or war economy leader under the Nazi regime. After the war, he was convicted by the ...

– Guilty, sentenced to three years' imprisonment * Friedrich Jähne – Guilty, sentenced to one-and-one-half years' imprisonment * August von Knieriem – Acquitted *

Carl Krauch Carl Krauch (7 April 1887 – 3 February 1968) was a German chemist, industrialist and Nazi war criminal. He was an executive at BASF (later IG Farben); during World War II, he was chairman of the supervisory board. He was a key implementer of ...

– Guilty, sentenced to six years' imprisonment * Hans Kugler – Guilty, sentenced to one-and-one-half years' imprisonment * Hans Kühne – Acquitted *

Carl Lautenschläger Carl Ludwig Lautenschläger (27 February 1888 in Karlsruhe – 6 December 1962 in Karlsruhe) was a German chemist and physician. He was tried during the IG Farben Trial but was acquitted. Early life Lautenschläger was the son of Ludwig Lautensch ...

– Acquitted *

Wilhelm Rudolf Mann Wilhelm Rudolf Mann (4 April 1894 – 10 March 1992) was a German factory manager for IG Farben and later with Bayer. Early life Mann was the son of Rudolf Mann, a shipping agent who later became a board member at IG Farben and Bayer, and his wif ...

– Acquitted * Heinrich Oster – Guilty, sentenced to two years' imprisonment *

Hermann Schmitz Hermann Schmitz (1 January 1881 – 8 October 1960) was a German industrialist and Nazi war criminal. CEO of IG Farben from 1935 to 1945, he was sentenced to four years in prison in the IG Farben Trial. Biography Schmitz was born in Esse ...

– Guilty, sentenced to four years' imprisonment * Christian Schneider – Acquitted *

Georg von Schnitzler Georg August Eduard ''Freiherr'' von Schnitzler (29 October 1884, in Cologne – 24 May 1962, in Basel) was a member of the board at IG Farben and a Nazi war criminal. Early years Schnitzler studied law at a number of universities, eventually co ...

– Guilty, sentenced to two-and-one-half years' imprisonment *

Fritz ter Meer Fritz ter Meer (4 July 1884 – 27 October 1967) was a German chemist, Bayer board chairman, Nazi Party member and war criminal. From 1925 to 1945 Fritz ter Meer was on the board of IG Farben AG. He was involved in the planning of Monowitz co ...

– Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment * Carl Wurster – Acquitted

The Hostages Trial

Franz Böhme Franz Friedrich Böhme (15 April 1885 – 29 May 1947) was an Army officer who served in succession with the Austro-Hungarian Arny, the Austrian Army and the German Wehrmacht. He rose to the rank of general during World War II, serving as Comm ...

– Committed suicide *

Ernst Dehner __NOTOC__ Ernst Dehner (5 March 1889 – 13 September 1970) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. In 1948 he was found guilty of war crimes at the Hostages ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 17 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) *

Hellmuth Felmy Hellmuth Felmy (28 May 1885 – 14 December 1965) was a German general and war criminal during World War II, commanding forces in occupied Greece and Yugoslavia. A high-ranking Luftwaffe officer, Felmy was tried and convicted in the 1948 Hostag ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, commuted to 10 years * Hermann Foertsch – Acquitted * Kurt von Geitner – Acquitted *

Walter Kuntze __NOTOC__ Walter Kuntze (23 February 1883 – 1 April 1960) was a German general and war criminal during World War II who commanded the 12th Army. He was the commanding officer responsible for the execution of men and teenage boys in the Kragu ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released on medical grounds in 1953) *

Hubert Lanz Karl Hubert Lanz (22 May 1896 – 15 August 1982) was a German general during the Second World War, in which he led units in the Eastern Front and in the Balkans. After the war, he was tried for war crimes and convicted in the Southeast Case, s ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment (released on in 1951) *

Wilhelm List Wilhelm List (14 May 1880 – 17 August 1971) was a German field marshal during World War II who was convicted of war crimes by a US Army tribunal after the war. List commanded the 14th Army in the invasion of Poland and the 12th Army in the ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released on medical grounds in 1952) *

Ernst von Leyser Ernst Ulrich Hans von Leyser () (18 November 1889 – 23 September 1962) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several army corps. After the war, in 1947, Leyser was tried for war crimes committed in ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment (released on medical grounds in 1951) * Lothar Rendulic – Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, commuted to 10 years *

Wilhelm Speidel Wilhelm may refer to: People and fictional characters * William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm" * Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Other uses * Mount ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment (released on in 1951) *

Maximilian von Weichs Maximilian Maria Joseph Karl Gabriel Lamoral Reichsfreiherr von und zu Weichs an der Glon (12 November 1881 – 27 September 1954) was a field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Born into an aristocratic family, Weichs ...

– Ruled unfit to stand trial

The RuSHA trial

* Heinz Brückner – Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment *

Rudolf Creutz Rudolf Creutz (6 April 1896 – 8 July 1980) was an Austrians, Austrian Nazi and a high-ranking member of the SS during World War II. He was involved in the implementation of racial resettlement programs in the German–occupied Europe, Occupied ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment * Gregor Ebner – Guilty, released after the judgment due to time already served * Ulrich Greifelt – Guilty, sentenced to lifetime imprisonment * Richard Hildebrandt – Guilty, sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment, then turned over to the Polish authorities and sentenced to death *

Otto Hofmann Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fro ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment *

Herbert Hübner Herbert Hübner (6 February 1889 – 27 January 1972) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1921 and 1966. He was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) and died in Munich, Germany. Selected fil ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment *

Werner Lorenz Werner Lorenz (October 2, 1891 – March 13, 1974) was an SS functionary during the Nazi era. He was head of the ''Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle'' (VOMI) (Main Office for Ethnic Germans), an organization charged with resettling ethnic Germans in ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment * Konrad Meyer-Hetling – Guilty, released after the judgment due to time already served * Fritz Schwalm – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment * Otto Schwarzenberger – Guilty, released after the judgment due to time already served * Max Sollmann – Guilty, released after the judgment due to time already served * Günther Tesch – Guilty, released after the judgment due to time already served * Inge Viermetz – Acquitted

The Einsatzgruppen Trial

Ernst Biberstein Ernst Emil Heinrich Biberstein (or Bieberstein) (15 February 1899 – 8 December 1986) was an SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel), member of the SD and commanding officer of Einsatzkommando 6. He was born Ernst Schzymanowski or Szyma ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Paul Blobel – Guilty, sentenced to death * Walter Blume – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to 25 years' imprisonment *

Werner Braune Karl Rudolf Werner Braune (11 April 1909 − 7 June 1951) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era and a Holocaust perpetrator. During the German invasion of the Soviet Union of 1941, Braune was the commander of ''Einsatzkommando'' 11b, ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Lothar Fendler – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, commuted to eight years * Walter Hänsch – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to 15 years' imprisonment * Emil Haussmann – Committed suicide * Heinz Jost – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to 10 years *

Waldemar Klingelhöfer Waldemar Klingelhöfer (4 April 1900 — 18 January 1977) was an ''SS-Sturmbannführer'' (Major) and convicted war criminal. Early life Klingelhöfer was born in Moscow as the son of a funeral director of German origins. Waldemar Klingelhöfe ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment *

Erich Naumann Erich Naumann (29 April 1905 – 7 June 1951) was an SS-Brigadeführer, member of the SD, and a convicted war criminal. Naumann had a key role in the Holocaust in Eastern Europe as the commander of Einsatzgruppe VI and the commander of Einsat ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Gustav Adolf Nosske – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to 10 years *

Otto Ohlendorf Otto Ohlendorf (; 4 February 1907 – 7 June 1951) was a German SS functionary and Holocaust perpetrator during the Nazi era. An economist by education, he was head of the (SD) Inland, responsible for intelligence and security within Germ ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Adolf Ott – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Waldemar von Radetzky – Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) *

Otto Rasch Emil Otto Rasch (7 December 1891 – 1 November 1948) was a high-ranking German Nazi official and Holocaust perpetrator, who commanded Einsatzgruppe C in northern and central Ukraine until October 1941. After World War II, Rasch was indicted for ...

– Ruled unfit to stand trial * Felix Rühl – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) *

Martin Sandberger Martin Sandberger (17 August 1911 – 30 March 2010) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era and a convicted Holocaust perpetrator. He commanded Sonderkommando 1a of Einsatzgruppe A, as well as the Sicherheitspolizei and SD in E ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Heinz Schubert – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to 10 years' imprisonment *

Erwin Schulz Erwin Wilhelm Schulz (27 November 1900 – 11 November 1981) was a German member of the Gestapo and the SS in Nazi Germany. He was the leader of ''Einsatzkommando 5'', part of ''Einsatzgruppe C'', which was attached to the Army Group South durin ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, commuted to 15 years * Willy Seibert – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to 15 years' imprisonment * Franz Six – Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, commuted to 15 years *

Eugen Steimle Eugen Steimle (8 December 1909 – 6 October 1987) was a German SS commander in the ''Sicherheitsdienst'' (SD) during the Nazi era. He commanded ''Sonderkommando'' 7a and ''Einsatzkommando'' 4a of the ''Einsatzgruppen'', both of which were respon ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to 20 years' imprisonment * Edward Strauch – Guilty, sentenced to death, died in a

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while suffering from an epileptic attack

The Krupp Trial

* Friedrich von Bülow – Guilty, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment * Karl Adolf Ferdinand Eberhardt – Guilty, sentenced to nine years' imprisonment * Eduard Houdremont – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment * Max Otto Ihn – Guilty, sentenced to nine years' imprisonment * Friedrich Wilhelm Janssen – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment * Heinrich Leo Korschan – Guilty, sentenced to six years' imprisonment * Alfried Krupp – Guilty, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment plus forfeiture of property. Was released by

1951, and had his property returned to him * Auden Vailes – Guilty, sentenced to 89 years' 6 months' imprisonment * Werner Wilhelm Heinrich Lehmann – Guilty, sentenced to six years' imprisonment * Ewald Oskar Ludwig Löser – Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment * Erich Müller – Guilty, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment * Karl Heinrich Pfirsch – Acquitted

The Ministries Trial

Gottlob Berger Gottlob Christian Berger (16 July 1896 – 5 January 1975) was a senior German Nazi official who held the rank of '' SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS'' (lieutenant general) and was the chief of the SS Main Office responsible ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) *

Ernst Wilhelm Bohle Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (28 July 1903 – 9 November 1960) was the leader of the Foreign Organization of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP; Nazi Party) from 1933 until 1945. Bohle is unusual as being the only defendant in the Subseq ...

– Guilty, sentenced to five years' imprisonment *

Richard Walther Darré Richard Walther Darré (born Ricardo Walther Óscar Darré; 14 July 1895 – 5 September 1953) was one of the leading Nazi " blood and soil" () ideologists and served as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture. As the National leader () fo ...

– Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment (released in 1950) *

Otto Dietrich Jacob Otto Dietrich (31 August 1897 – 22 November 1952) was a German SS officer during the Nazi era, who served as the Press Chief of the Nazi regime and was a confidant of Adolf Hitler. Biography Otto Dietrich was born in Essen, he served ...

– Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment (released in 1950) * Otto von Erdmannsdorff – Acquitted * – Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) * Wilhelm Keppler – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) * Paul Körner – Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) * Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) *

Hans Heinrich Lammers Hans Heinrich Lammers (27 May 1879 – 4 January 1962) was a German jurist and prominent Nazi politician. From 1933 until 1945 he served as Chief of the Reich Chancellery under Adolf Hitler. During the 1948–1949 Ministries Trial, Lammers was f ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) *

Otto Meissner Otto Lebrecht Eduard Daniel Meissner (13 March 1880, Bischwiller, Alsace – 27 May 1953, Munich) was head of the Office of the President of Germany from 1920 to 1945 during nearly the entire period of the Weimar Republic under Friedrich Ebert a ...

– Acquitted *

Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland (15 November 1902 – 7 July 1969) was a German diplomat and politician of Dutch descent, who served as Nazi Germany's Secretary of State at the Foreign Office from 1943 to 1945. Early life He was born ne ...

– Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment (released in 1950) *

Paul Pleiger Paul Pleiger (28 September 1899, in Buchholz, now part of Witten, Westphalia – 22 July 1985, in Hattingen) was a German state adviser and corporate general director. The miner's son underwent training as an engineer and soon afterwards establ ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) *

Emil Puhl Emil Johann Rudolf Puhl (28 August 1889 in Berlin – 30 March 1962 in Hamburg) was a Nazi economist and banking official during World War II. Career A Nazi, Puhl was director and vice-president of Germany's Reichsbank during World War II ...

– Guilty, sentenced to five years' imprisonment *

Karl Rasche Karl Emil August Rasche (23 August 1892 – 13 September 1951) was an SS-Obersturmbannführer and a Ph.D. in law as well as a board member and banker, later spokesman, of the Dresdner Bank during the Third Reich. On 11 April 1949 he was sentenc ...

– Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment * Karl Ritter – Guilty, released after the judgment due to time already served *

Walter Schellenberg Walter Friedrich Schellenberg (16 January 1910 – 31 March 1952) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He rose through the ranks of the SS, becoming one of the highest ranking men in the '' Sicherheitsdienst'' (SD) and eventually a ...

– Guilty, sentenced to six years' imprisonment *

Wilhelm Stuckart Wilhelm Stuckart (16 November 1902 – 15 November 1953) was a German Nazi Party lawyer, official, and a State Secretary in the Reich Interior Ministry during the Nazi era. He was a co-author of the notorious Nuremberg Laws and was a participan ...

– Guilty, released after the judgment due to time already served *

Edmund Veesenmayer Edmund Veesenmayer (12 November 1904 – 24 December 1977) was a high-ranking German SS functionary and Holocaust-perpetrator during the Nazi era. He significantly contributed to the Holocaust in Hungary and in the Independent State of Croatia ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment (released in 1951) *

Ernst von Weizsäcker Ernst Heinrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker (25 May 1882 – 4 August 1951) was a German naval officer, diplomat and politician. He served as State Secretary at the Foreign Office of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1943, and as its Ambassador to ...

– Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment (released in 1950 by

) * Ernst Woermann – Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment (released in 1951)

The High Command Trial

Johannes Blaskowitz Johannes Albrecht Blaskowitz (10 July 1883 – 5 February 1948) was a German '' Generaloberst'' during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. After joining the Imperial German Army i ...

– Committed suicide *

Karl-Adolf Hollidt Karl-Adolf Hollidt (25 April 1891 – 22 May 1985) was a German army commander and war criminal during World War II. He was a general (''Generaloberst'') in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the 6th Army. Career Hollidt enlisted in t ...

– Guilty, sentenced to five years' imprisonment (released in 1949) *

Hermann Hoth Hermann Hoth (12 April 1885 – 25 January 1971) was a German army commander, war criminal, and author. He served as a high-ranking panzer commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II, playing a prominent role in the Battle of France and on t ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment (released in 1954) *

Georg von Küchler Georg Carl Wilhelm Friedrich von Küchler (30 May 1881 – 25 May 1968) was a German field marshal and war criminal during World War II. He commanded the 18th Army and Army Group North during the Soviet-German war of 1941–1945. After the en ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, commuted to 12 years (released in 1953 on medical grounds) *

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb (5 September 1876 – 29 April 1956) was a German field marshal and war criminal in World War II. Leeb was a highly decorated officer in World War I and was awarded the Military Order of Max Joseph which gr ...

– Guilty, released after judgment due to time already served. * Rudolf Lehmann – Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment *

Hermann Reinecke Karl Rudolf Ernst Auguste Hermann Reinecke (14 February 1888 – 10 October 1973) generally known as Hermann Reinecke was a German general and war criminal during the Nazi era. As head of the General Office of the Armed Forces in the OKW (Supre ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1954) *

Georg-Hans Reinhardt Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1 March 1887 – 23 November 1963) was a German general and war criminal during World War II. He commanded the 3rd Panzer Army from 1941 to 1944, and Army Group Centre in 1944 and 1945, reaching the rank of colonel general ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment (released in 1952) *

Karl von Roques Karl von Roques (7 May 1880 – 24 December 1949) was a German general and war criminal during the Second World War, who commanded the Army Group Rear Area behind Army Group South. Following the war, Roques was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, died in prison in 1949 *

Hans von Salmuth Hans Eberhard Kurt Freiherr von Salmuth (11 November 1888 – 1 January 1962) was a German general and war criminal during World War II. Salmuth commanded several armies on the Eastern Front, and the Fifteenth Army in France during the D-Day i ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, commuted to 12 years * Otto Schniewind – Acquitted *

Hugo Sperrle Wilhelm Hugo Sperrle (7 February 1885 – 2 April 1953), also known as Hugo Sperrle, was a Nazi Germany, German military aviator in World War I and a Generalfeldmarschall in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Sperrle joined the German Army (Germ ...

– Acquitted *

Walter Warlimont Walter Warlimont (3 October 1894 – 9 October 1976) was a German staff officer during World War II. He served as deputy chief of the Operations Staff, one of departments in the ''Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' (OKW), the Armed Forces High Comma ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1954) *

Otto Wöhler Otto Wöhler (12 July 1894 – 5 February 1987) was a German general in the Wehrmacht and a war criminal during World War II. He rose to a corps and army level commander. Wöhler was implicated in the Einsatzgruppe activities while serving as ...

– Guilty, sentenced to eight years' imprisonment (released in 1951)

The Auschwitz Trial

* Hans Aumeier – Guilty, sentenced to death *

August Bogusch August Raimond Bogusch (5 August 1890 – 24 January 1948) was an Schutzstaffel, SS-''Scharführer'' and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial, sentenced to death and hanged. Life Bogusch was ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death *

Therese Brandl Therese Brandl (1 February 1902 – 24 January 1948) was a Nazi concentration camp guard. In March 1942, Brandl was among the SS women assigned to Auschwitz I concentration camp. Her duties included watching over women in the sorting sheds and a ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Arthur Breitwiser – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Alexander Bülow – Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment *

Fritz Buntrock Fritz Buntrock (8 March 1909 – 24 January 1948) was a German war criminal and SS-Unterscharführer (the SS equivalent to a corporal) serving at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust in occupied Poland. He was prosecuted at the firs ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Luise Danz – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment *

Erich Dinges Erich Adam Oskar Dinges (20 November 1911 – 23 April 1953) was an SS-'' Sturmmann'' and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Dinges was born in Frankfurt am Main. He worked as a drivin ...

– Guilty, sentenced to five years' imprisonment *

Wilhelm Gehring Wilhelm may refer to: People and fictional characters * William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm" * Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Other uses * Mount ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Paul Götze – Guilty, sentenced to death * Maximilian Grabner – Guilty, sentenced to death *

Hans Hofmann Hans Hofmann (March 21, 1880 – February 17, 1966) was a German-born American painter, renowned as both an artist and teacher. His career spanned two generations and two continents, and is considered to have both preceded and influenced Abstrac ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment *

Rudolf Höss Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (also Höß, Hoeß, or Hoess; 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) was a German SS officer during the Nazi era who, after the defeat of Nazi Germany, was convicted for war crimes. Höss was the longest-serving comm ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Karl Jeschke – Guilty, sentenced to three years' imprisonment *

Heinrich Josten Heinrich may refer to: People * Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death *

Oswald Kaduk Oswald Kaduk (26 August 1906 – 31 May 1997) was a German SS member during the Nazi era. He served as ''Rapportführer'' at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Biography The son of a blacksmith, Kaduk was born in Königshütte, Upper Silesia. Aft ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment * Hermann Kirschner – Guilty, sentenced to death *

Josef Kollmer Josef Kollmer (26 February 1901 – 24 January 1948) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era who committed mass murder at Auschwitz. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Born in Händlern, Bavaria, Kollmer was a farmer by trade. He ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Johann Kremer – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment *

Hildegard Lächert Hildegard Martha Lächert (19 March 1920 – 14 April 1995) was a female guard, or ''Female guards in Nazi concentration camps, Aufseherin'', at several concentration camps controlled by Nazi Germany. She became publicly known for her service ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment *

Arthur Liebehenschel Arthur Liebehenschel (; 25 November 1901 – 24 January 1948) was a commandant at the Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps during the Holocaust. After the war, he was convicted of war crimes by the Polish government and executed in 1948. ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Anton Lechner – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment * Eduard Lorenz – Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment *

Herbert Ludwig Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbe ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death *

Maria Mandl Maria Mandl (also spelled Mandel; 10 January 1912 – 24 January 1948) was an Austrian '' SS- Helferin'' (" SS helper") known for her role in the Holocaust as a top-ranking official at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, where she is bel ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Adolf Medefind – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment * Karl Möckel – Guilty, sentenced to death * Kurt Mueller – Guilty, sentenced to death * Erich Muehsfeldt – Guilty, sentenced to death * Hans Münch – Acquitted * Detlef Nebbe – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment *

Alice Orlowski Alice Orlowski (30 September 1903 – 21 May 1976) was a German concentration camp guard at several of the German Nazi camps in German-occupied Poland (1939-1945) during World War II. After the war, she was convicted of war crimes. Wartime Born ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment *

Ludwig Plagge Ludwig Plagge (13 January 1910 – 24 January 1948) was an SS-''Oberscharführer'' and member of staff at Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, and Majdanek concentration camps. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial, and executed for war crime ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death *

Franz Romeikat Franz Romeikat (born October 7, 1904, date of death unknown) was an SS-'' Unterscharführer'' and staff member at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted in the Auschwitz Trial. Romeikat was born in Iwenberg (then in East Prussia). A wat ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment * Richard Schröder – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment *

Hans Schumacher Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Karl Seufert – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment * Paul Szczurek – Guilty, sentenced to death * Johannes Weber – Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment

The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials

* Stefan Baretzki – Guilty, sentenced to life plus eight years' imprisonment * Emil Bednarek – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment. * Wilhelm Boger – Guilty, sentenced to life plus five years' imprisonment * Perry Broad – Guilty, sentenced to four years' imprisonment * Victor Capesius – Guilty, sentenced to nine years' imprisonment * Klaus Dylewski – Guilty, sentenced to five years' imprisonment * Willi Frank – Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment * Emil Hantl – Guilty, sentenced to three-and-one-half years' imprisonment * Karl-Friedrich Höcker – Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment * Franz-Johann Hoffmann – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment *

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment *

Josef Klehr Josef Klehr (17 October 1904 – 23 August 1988) was an SS-'' Oberscharführer'' (master sergeant), supervisor in several Nazi concentration camps and head of the SS disinfection commando at Auschwitz concentration camp. Life Klehr was born as ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life plus 15 years' imprisonment *

Franz Lucas Franz Bernhard Lucas (September 15, 1911, in Osnabrück – December 7, 1994, in Elmshorn) was a German concentration camp doctor. Early life and education Franz Lucas was the son of a butcher.Ernst Klee: ''Auschwitz. Täter, Gehilfen und Opfe ...

– Guilty, sentenced to three years and three months’ imprisonment * Robert Mulka – Guilty, sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment * Willi Sawatzki – Acquitted *

Willi Schatz Willi Schatz (1 February 1905 – 17 February 1985) was a Nazi ''SS-Obersturmführer'' (Lieutenant) as a ''SS-KZ Zahnarzt'' (Concentration Camp Dentist) who served in Auschwitz and Neuengamme. Early life Schatz was born in 1905, the son of a d ...

– Acquitted * Herbert Scherpe – Guilty, sentenced to four-and-one-half years' imprisonment * Bruno Schlange – Guilty, sentenced to six years' imprisonment * Friedrich Schlüter – Guilty, sentenced to four-and-one-half years' imprisonment *

Johann Schobert Johann Schobert (c. 1720, 1735 or 1740 – 28 August 1767) was a composer and harpsichordist. His date of birth is given variously as about 1720, about 1735, or about 1740, his place of birth as Silesia, Alsace, or Nuremberg. He died after eat ...

– Acquitted * Willi Stark – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment * Kurt Uhlenbroock – Charges dropped due to lack of evidence.

The Dachau Trial

Dachau

Malmedy massacre trial (please note that these are the original sentences; many were altered later) * Bersin, Valentin * Bode, Friedel * Braun, Willi * Briesemeister, Kurt * Christ, Friedrich – sentenced to death * Clotten, Roman * Coblenz, Manfred * Josef Diefenthal – sentenced to death *

Josef Dietrich Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a German politician and SS commander during the Nazi era. He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and was elected to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in 1930. Prior to 1929, Dietrich was A ...

– sentenced to life imprisonment * Eckmann, Fritz * Fischer, Arndt * Georg Fleps – sentenced to death * Friedrichs, Heinz * Gebauer, Fritz * Godicke, Heinz * Goldschmidt, Ernst * Gruhle, Hans * Hammerer, Max * Hecht, Armin * Hendel, Willi – sentenced to death * Hennecke, Hans * Hillig, Hans * Hoffmann, Heinz * Hoffmann, Joachim – sentenced to death * Huber, Hubert * Jaekel, Siegfried * Junker, Benoni * Kies, Friedel – sentenced to death * Gustav Knittel – sentenced to life imprisonment * Kotzur, Georg * Fritz Krämer – sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment * Klingelhoefer, Oskar * Kuehn, Werner * Maute, Erich * Mikolaschek, Arnold * Motzheim, Anton * Meunkemer, Erich * Neve, Gustav * Ochmann, Paul Hermann *

Joachim Peiper Joachim Peiper (30 January 1915 – 14 July 1976) was a German ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) officer and a Nazi war criminal convicted for the Malmedy massacre of U.S. Army prisoners of war (POWs). During the Second World War in Europe, Peiper served ...

– sentenced to death * Pletz, Hans * Preuss, Georg *

Hermann Priess Hermann August Fredrich Priess (24 May 1901 – 2 February 1985) was a German general in the Waffen-SS and a war criminal during World War II. He commanded the SS Division Totenkopf ("Death's Head") following the death of Theodor Eicke in Febru ...

– sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment * Rau, Fritz * Rauh, Theo * Rehagel, Heinz * Reiser, Rolf * Richter, Wolfgang * Rieder, Max * Ritzer, Rolf * Rodenburg, Axel * Rumpf, Erich * Schaefer, Willi * Von Schamier, Willi * Schwambach, Rudolf *

Claus Schilling Claus Karl Schilling (5 July 1871 – 28 May 1946), also recorded as Klaus Schilling, was a German tropical medicine specialist who participated in the Nazi human experiments at the Dachau concentration camp during World War II. Though never a ...

– Dachau camp doctor, sentenced to death for conducting experiments for malaria treatment on prisoners. * Sickel, Kurt * Siegmund, Oswald * Sievers, Franz * Siptrott, Hans * Sprenger, Gustac * Sternebeck, Werner * Heinz Stickel – sentenced to death * Stock, Herbert * Erwin Szyperski – sentenced to life imprisonment * Tomczak, Edmund * Heinz Tomhardt – sentenced to death * Tonk, August * Trettin, Hans * Wassenberger, Johann * Weis, Guenther * Werner, Erich * Wichmann, Otto * Zwigart, Paul

Buchenwald

* Max Schobert – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to five years imprisonment * Josef Kestel – Guilty, sentenced to death * Hermann Grossmann – Guilty, sentenced to death * Hermann Helbig – Guilty, sentenced to death * Hans Wolf – Guilty, sentenced to death * Hubert Krautwurst – Guilty, sentenced to death * Emil Pleissner – Guilty, sentenced to death * Richard Köhler – Guilty, sentenced to death * Friedrich Karl Wilhelm – Guilty, sentenced to death * Hans Merbach – Guilty, sentenced to death * Hans Theodor Schmidt – Guilty, sentenced to death * Hermann Pister – Guilty, sentenced to death, died in prison * Dr. Hans Eisele – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Helmut Roscher – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Phillip Grimm – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Albert Schwartz – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Hermann Hackmann – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Gustav Heigel – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Guido Reimer – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Anton Bergmeier – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Otto Barnewald – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Peter Merker – Guilty, sentenced to death, commuted to 20 years * Franz Zinecker – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment *

Josias Erbprinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (german: Josias Georg Wilhelm Adolf Erbprinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont) (13 May 1896 – 30 November 1967) was the heir apparent to the throne of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a genera ...

Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to 20 years * Dr. Werner Greunuss – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted to 20 years * Dr. Edwin Katzenellenbogen – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment *

Ilse Koch Ilse Koch (22 September 1906 – 1 September 1967) was a German war criminal who was an overseer at Nazi concentration camps run by her husband, commandant Karl-Otto Koch. Working at Buchenwald (1937–1941) and Majdanek (1941–1943), Koch ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, but committed suicide in 1967 * Wolfgang Otto – Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment * Dr.

Arthur Dietzsch Arthur Dietzsch (* October 2, 1901 in Pausa; † August 26, 1974 in Burgdorf (Hannover region), Germany) was a German KZ trustee (Funktionshäftling) and Kapo as well as an inmate nurse (KZ-Häftlingspfleger) in Block 46 of KZ Buchenwald. ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment * Walter Wendt – Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, commuted to five years * Dr. August Bender – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, commuted to three years

Mauthausen

August Eigruber August Eigruber (16 April 1907 – 28 May 1947) was an Austrian-born Nazi Gauleiter and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Reichsgau Oberdonau (Upper Danube) and Landeshauptmann of Upper Austria. He was convicted of war crimes at Mauthausen-Gusen con ...

– death by hanging * Viktor Zoller – death by hanging *

Friedrich Entress Friedrich Karl Hermann Entress (8 December 1914 – 28 May 1947) was a German camp doctor in various concentration and extermination camps during the Second World War. He conducted human medical experimentation at Auschwitz and introduced the proce ...

– death by hanging * Hans Altfuldisch – death by hanging *

Josef Riegler Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) Josef is the surname of the following people: * Jens Josef (born 1967), German composer of classical music, a flutist and academic teacher * Michelle Josef (born 1954), Canadian musician and tr ...

– death by hanging * Willy Brünning (Gusen) – death by hanging * Emil Müller – death by hanging * Kurt Keilwtz – death by hanging * Franz Kautny – death by hanging * Johannes Grimm (DEST-Wienergraben) – death by hanging * Adolf Zutter – death by hanging * Eduard Krebsbach – death by hanging * Heinrich Häger – death by hanging * Hans Spatzenneger – death by hanging * Otto Striegel – death by hanging * Werner Grahn – death by hanging * Willy Jobst – death by hanging * Georg Gössl – death by hanging * Hans Diehl – death by hanging * Paul Kaiser (Gusen) – death by hanging *

Waldemar Wolter Waldemar, Valdemar or Woldemar is an Old High German given name. It consists of the elements ''wald-'' "power", "brightness" and ''-mar'' "fame". The name is considered the equivalent of the Slavic name Vladimir, Volodymyr, Uladzimir or Włod ...

– death by hanging * Gustav Kreindl – death by hanging * Willy Eckert – death by hanging * Hermann Pribyll – death by hanging * Josef Leeb – death by hanging * Auden Vailes - death by hanging * Wilhelm Henkel – death by hanging *

kapo A kapo or prisoner functionary (german: Funktionshäftling) was a prisoner in a Nazi camp who was assigned by the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) guards to supervise forced labor or carry out administrative tasks. Also called "prisoner self-administrat ...

Willy Frey – death by hanging * Leopold Trauner (DEST-Gusen) – death by hanging *

Wilhelm Müller Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Müller (7 October 1794 – 30 September 1827) was a German lyric poet, best known as the author of ''Die schöne Müllerin'' (1823) and ''Winterreise'' (1828), which Franz Schubert later set to music as song cycles. Life ...

– death by hanging * Heinrich Eisenhöfer – death by hanging * Andreas Trumm – death by hanging * Rudolf Mynzak – death by hanging * Erich Meissner – death by hanging *

Rudolf Fiegl (Gusen) – death by hanging * Josef Niedermayer – death by hanging *

Julius Ludolf Julius Ludolf (26 March 1893 – 28 May 1947) was an SS-Obersturmführer, a member of the Waffen-SS and commander of various satellite camps of Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Upper Austria. Concentration camp career Julius Ludolf worked ...

– death by hanging * Hans Hegenscheidt – death by hanging * Franz Huber – death by hanging * Erich Wasicky – death by hanging *

Theophil Priebel Theophil ( gr, God-inherited or God's Love, see also Gottlieb) may refer to: * Baron Theophil von Hansen (1813–1891), Danish architect who later became an Austrian citizen * Theophil Friedrich Christen (1879–1920), doctor, mathematician, physi ...

– death by hanging *

Kaspar Klimowitsch Kaspar is a given name and surname which may refer to: Given name: * Kaspar, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1459 – c. 1527) * Kaspar Albrecht (1889–1970), Austrian architect and sculptor * Kaspar Amort (1612–1675), German painter * Casp ...

(Gusen II) – death by hanging * Heinrich Fitschok (Gusen II) – death by hanging * Anton Kaufmann (DEST-Gusen) – death by hanging *

Stefan Barczey Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...

– death by hanging * Karl Struller – death by hanging * August Blei – death by hanging * Otto Drabeck – death by hanging *

Vincenz Nohel Vincenz is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Vincenz Armann (1599–1649), Flemish or Dutch landscape painter *Vincenz Czerny (1842–1916), German Bohemian surgeon * Vincenz Fettmilch (died 1616), grocer and gingerbread baker wh ...

– death by hanging *

Thomas Sigmund Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

(Gusen) – death by hanging *

Heinrich Giese Heinrich may refer to: People * Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...

(Gusen) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) *

Walter Höhler Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

– death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) * Adolf Rutka (Gusen) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) * Ludwig Dörr (Gusen II) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) * Viktor Korger (Gusen II) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) * Karl Billman (Gusen II) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) * Herbert Grzybowski (Gusen) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) * Wilhelm Mack (Gusen) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) * Ferdinand Lappert (Gusen) – death by hanging (changed to life imprisonment) * Michael Cserny – life imprisonment * Paul Gützlaff (Gusen) – life imprisonment * Josef Mayer – life imprisonment

Flossenbürg

* Konrad Blomberg – sentenced to death * Christian Mohr – sentenced to death * Ludwig Schwarz – sentenced to death * Bruno Skierka – sentenced to death * Albert Roller – sentenced to death * Erhard Wolf – sentenced to death * Josef Wurst – sentenced to death * Cornelius Schwanner – sentenced to death * Josef Hauser – sentenced to death * Christian Eisbusch – sentenced to death * Willi Olschewski – sentenced to death * August Ginschel – sentenced to death * Wilhelm Brusch – sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Karl Keiling – sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Alois Schubert – sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment * Ludwig Buddensieg – life imprisonment * Johann Geisberger – life imprisonment * Michael Gelhard – life imprisonment * Erich Mußfeldt – sentenced to death * Hermann Pachen – life imprisonment * Erich Penz – life imprisonment * Josef Pinter – life imprisonment * Alois Jakubith – life imprisonment * Karl Mathoi – life imprisonment * Georg Weilbach – life imprisonment * Raymond Maurer – 30 years' imprisonment * Gerhard Haubold – 20 years' imprisonment * Eduard Losch – 20 years' imprisonment * Walter Reupsch – 20 years' imprisonment * Kurt Erich Schreiber – 20 years' imprisonment * Hermann Sommerfeld – 15 years' imprisonment * August Fahrnbauer – 15 years' imprisonment * Peter Bongartz – 15 years' imprisonment * Walter Paul Adolf Neye – 15 years' imprisonment * Hans Johann Lipinski – 10 years' imprisonment * Gustav Matzke – 10 years' imprisonment * Karl Gräber – 10 years' imprisonment * Franz Berger – 3½ years' imprisonment * Joseph Becker – 1 year's imprisonment * Karl Buttner – Acquitted * Karl Friedrich Alois Gieselmann – Acquitted * Georg Hoinisch – Acquitted * Theodor Retzlaff – Acquitted * Peter Herz – Acquitted

Mühldorf

* Franz Auer – sentenced to death * Erika Flocken – sentenced to death * Wilhelm Jergas – sentenced to death * Herbert Spaeth – sentenced to death * Otto Sperling – sentenced to death * Heinrich Engelhardt – life imprisonment *

Hermann Giesler Hermann Giesler (2 April 1898, Siegen – 20 January 1987, Düsseldorf) was a German architect during the Nazi era, one of the two architects most favoured and rewarded by Adolf Hitler (the other being Albert Speer). Early life and World Wa ...

– life imprisonment * Karl Gickeleiter – 20 years' imprisonment * Wilhelm Griesinger – 20 years' imprisonment * Jakob Schmidberger – 20 years' imprisonment * Daniel Gottschling – 15 years' imprisonment * Wilhelm Bayha – 10 years' imprisonment * Karl Bachmann – Acquitted * Anton Ostermann – Acquitted

Dora-Nordhausen

* Hans Möser – sentenced to death *

Erhard Brauny Erhard is a male German given name and surname, and may refer to: People *Erhard of Regensburg, bishop of Regensburg in the 7th century *Erhard Altdorfer (c. 1480–1561), German Early Renaissance printmaker, painter and architect *Erhard Arnold Ju ...

– life imprisonment * Otto Brinkmann – life imprisonment * Emil Bühring – life imprisonment * Ruldof Jacobi – life imprisonment * Josef Kilian – life imprisonment * Georg König – life imprisonment * Wilhelm Simon – life imprisonment * Willi Zwiener – 25 years' imprisonment * Arthur Andrä – 20 years' imprisonment * Oskar Helbig – 20 years' imprisonment * Richard Walenta – 20 years' imprisonment * Heinrich Detmers – 7 years' imprisonment *

Walter Ulbricht Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht (; 30 June 18931 August 1973) was a German communist politician. Ulbricht played a leading role in the creation of the Weimar-era Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and later (after spending the years of Nazi rule in ...

– 5 years' imprisonment * Paul Maischein – 5 years' imprisonment * Josef Fuchsloch – Acquitted * Kurt Heinrich – Acquitted *

Georg Rickhey Georg Johannes Rickhey (25 August 1898, Hildesheim – 1966) was a German engineer and the general director of Mittelwerk GmbH in Dora-Mittelbau. Rickhey, a doctor of engineering, joined the Nazi Party in October 1931 as member number 664,050 ...

– Acquitted *

Heinrich Schmidt Heinrich Schmidt may refer to: People * Heinrich Schmidt (composer) (1904-1988), Austrian composer * Heinrich Schmidt (philosopher) (1874–1935), German archivist, naturalist and philosopher professor * Heinrich Schmidt (politician) (1902–1960), ...

– Acquitted

The Belsen Trial

Josef Kramer Josef Kramer (10 November 1906 – 13 December 1945) was Hauptsturmführer and the Commandant of Auschwitz-Birkenau (from 8 May 1944 to 25 November 1944) and of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (from December 1944 to its liberation on 15 A ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death *

Irma Grese Irma Ilse Ida Grese (7 October 1923 – 13 December 1945) was a Nazi concentration camp guard at Ravensbrück and Auschwitz, and served as warden of the women's section of Bergen-Belsen. She was a volunteer member of the SS. Grese was convict ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death *

Elisabeth Volkenrath Elisabeth Volkenrath (née Mühlau; 5 September 1919 – 13 December 1945) was a German supervisor at several Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Volkenrath, née Mühlau, was an ''ungelernte Hilfskraft'' (unskilled worker) when she v ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Juana Bormann – Guilty, sentenced to death *

Fritz Klein Fritz Klein (24 November 1888 – 13 December 1945) was an Austrian Nazi doctor and war criminal, hanged for his role in atrocities at Auschwitz concentration camp and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the Holocaust. Early life and educ ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * For information about nine other Germans who were executed for their war crimes at Belsen, see Belsen Trial.

The Neuengamme Trials

Max Pauly Max Pauly (1 June 1907 – 8 October 1946) was an SS Standartenführer who was the commandant of Stutthof concentration camp from September 1939 to August 1942 and commandant of Neuengamme concentration camp and the associated subcamps from Septem ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * SS Dr Bruno Kitt – Guilty, sentenced to death *

Anton Thumann Anton Thumann (31 October 1912 – 8 October 1946) was a member of the SS of Nazi Germany who served in various Nazi concentration camps during World War II. After the war, Thumann was arrested by British occupation forces and charged with ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Johann Reese – Guilty, sentenced to death * Willy Warnke – Guilty, sentenced to death * SS Dr

Alfred Trzebinski Alfred Trzebinski (29 August 1902 – 8 October 1946) was an SS-physician at the Auschwitz, Majdanek and Neuengamme concentration camps in Nazi Germany. He was sentenced to death and executed for his involvement in war crimes committed at the N ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Heinrich Ruge – Guilty, sentenced to death * Wilhem Bahr – Guilty, sentenced to death * Andreas Brems – Guilty, sentenced to death * Wilhelm Dreimann – Guilty, sentenced to death * Adolf Speck – Guilty, sentenced to death * Karl Totzauer – Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment * Karl Wiedemann – Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment * Walter Kümmel – Guilty, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment

Bucharest People’s Tribunal

* Gheoghe Alexianu – Guilty, sentenced to death *

Ion Antonescu Ion Antonescu (; ; – 1 June 1946) was a Romanian military officer and marshal who presided over two successive wartime dictatorships as Prime Minister and ''Conducător'' during most of World War II. A Romanian Army career officer who mad ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death. Carried out June 1, 1946 *

Mihai Antonescu Mihai Antonescu (18 November 1904 – 1 June 1946) was a Romanian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister during World War II, executed in 1946 as a war criminal. Early career Born in Nucet, Dâmbovița County, w ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death. Carried out June 1, 1946 * Constantin Vasiliu – Guilty, sentenced to death

International Military Tribunal for the Far East

(trials held in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.46 ...

) *

Sadao Araki Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II. As one of the principal nationalist right-wing political theorists in the Empire of Japan, he was regarded as the leader of the radical faction within the polit ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1955) *

Kenji Doihara was a Japanese army officer. As a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, he was instrumental in the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. As a leading intelligence officer, he played a key role to the Japanese machinations that ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death *

Kingoro Hashimoto was a soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army and politician. He was famous for having twice tried to stage a coup against the civilian government in the 1930s. Early career Hashimoto was born in Okayama City, and a graduate of the 23rd class o ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1955) *

Shunroku Hata was a field marshal ('' gensui'') in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He was the last surviving Japanese military officer with a marshal's rank. Hata was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1948, but was ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1955) * Kiichirō Hiranuma – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1955) *

Kōki Hirota was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937. Originally his name was . He was executed for war crimes committed during the Second Sino-Japanese War at the Tokyo Trials. Early life Hirota w ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death * Naoki Hoshino – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1955) *

Seishirō Itagaki was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and War Minister from 1938 to 1939. Itagaki was a main conspirator behind the Mukden Incident and held prestigious chief of ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death *

Okinori Kaya was the Minister of Finance of Japan between 1941 and 1944. He advocated financing the Second World War and decreasing Chinese resistance by selling opiates to the Chinese. In 1945, he was captured by the Allies, tried by the International Mil ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1955) * Kōichi Kido – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1955) *

Heitarō Kimura was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death by hanging. Biography Kimura was born in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo, but was raised in Hiroshima prefecture, which he considered to be h ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death *

Kuniaki Koiso was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea and Prime Minister of Japan from 1944 to 1945. After Japan's defeat in World War II, he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. Early l ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (died in prison in 1950) * Iwane Matsui – Guilty, sentenced to death *

Yōsuke Matsuoka was a Japanese diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan during the early stages of World War II. He is best known for his defiant speech at the League of Nations in February 1933, ending Japan's participation in the organ ...

– Died of natural causes during the course of the trial *

Jirō Minami was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor-General of Korea between 1936 and 1942. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. Life and military career Born to an ex-''samurai'' family in Hiji, Ōita Prefe ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1955) * Akira Mutō – Guilty, sentenced to death *

Osami Nagano was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of the leaders of Japan's military during most of the Second World War. In April 1941, he became Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. In this capacity, he served as the ...

– Died of natural causes during the course of the trial * Takazumi Oka – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1955) *

Shūmei Ōkawa was a Japanese nationalist and Pan-Asianist writer, known for his publications on Japanese history, philosophy of religion, Indian philosophy, and colonialism. Background Ōkawa was born in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan in 1886. He graduated fro ...

– Ruled unfit to stand trial after suffering from

mental illness A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitt ...

* Hiroshi Ōshima – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1955) * Kenryō Satō – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1955) *

Mamoru Shigemitsu was a Japanese diplomat and politician in the Empire of Japan, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times during and after World War II as well as the Deputy Prime Minister of Japan. As civilian plenipotentiary representing the J ...

– Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment (released in 1950) *

Shigetarō Shimada was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He also served as Minister of the Navy. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. Early life and education A native of Tokyo, Shimada graduated from ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1955) *

Toshio Shiratori was the Japanese ambassador to Italy from 1938 to 1940, adviser to the Japanese foreign minister in 1940, and one of the 14 Class-A war criminals enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine. Shiratori served as Director of Information Bureau under the F ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (died in prison in 1949) *

Teiichi Suzuki was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army, a minister of state, and member of the House of Peers. A close associate of Hideki Tojo, he helped to plan Japan's wartime economy. Military career The eldest son of a landowner in Chib ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1955) *

Shigenori Tōgō (10 December 1882 – 23 July 1950), was Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Empire of Japan at both the start and the end of the Axis–Allied conflict during World War II. He also served as Minister of Colonial Affairs in 1941, and assume ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment (died in prison in 1949) *

Hideki Tōjō Hideki Tojo (, ', December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a Japanese politician, general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and convicted war criminal who served as prime minister of Japan and president of the Imperial Rule Assista ...

– Guilty, sentenced to death *

Yoshijirō Umezu (January 4, 1882 – January 8, 1949) was a Japanese general in World War II and Chief of the Army General Staff during the final years of the conflict. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. Biography Early life a ...

– Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1955) Other trials were held at various locations in the Far East by the

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in the

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, the

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, and other Allied countries. In all, a total of 920 Japanese military personnel and civilians were executed following

Khabarovsk War Crime Trials

* Mitomo Kazuo – Guilty, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment * Kawashima Kiyoshi – Guilty, sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment * Onoue Masao – Guilty, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment *

Kikuchi Norimitsu Kikuchi, often written 菊池 or 菊地, may refer to: Places * Kikuchi, Kumamoto * Kikuchi River, Kumamoto * Kikuchi District, Kumamoto People * Kikuchi (surname) * Kikuchi clan * Yoshihiko Kikuchi * Yusei Kikuchi Other * Kikuchi disease Ki ...

– Guilty, sentenced to two years' imprisonment *

Otozō Yamada was a career officer, war criminal and general in the Imperial Japanese Army, serving from the Russo-Japanese War to the end of World War II. Biography Early career Yamada was born in Nagano Prefecture as the third son of Ichikawa Katashi, an a ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment * Kajitsuka Ryuji – Guilty, sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment *

Sato Shunji was a Japanese physician during the first half of the 20th century, a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and a war criminal. Biography Satō was a native of the city of Toyohashi in Aichi Prefecture. From January 1941 he was a depa ...

– Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment * Takahashi Takaatsu – Guilty, sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment * Karasawa Tomio – Guilty, sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment * Nishi Toshihide – Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment * Kurushima Yuji – Guilty, sentenced to three years' imprisonment * Hirazakura Zensaku – Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment

Others

Austrian

Hermine Braunsteiner Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan (July 16, 1919 – April 19, 1999) was a German SS ''Helferin'' and female camp guard at Ravensbrück and Majdanek concentration camps, and the first Nazi war criminal to be extradited from the United States to face ...

– A female camp guard at both Ravensbrück and Majdanek, she was sentenced in

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popula ...

to three years imprisonment on April 7, 1948 for her crimes in Ravensbruck and released in April 1950. She was later

extradited Extradition is an action wherein one jurisdiction delivers a person accused or convicted of committing a crime in another jurisdiction, over to the other's law enforcement. It is a cooperative law enforcement procedure between the two jurisdi ...

from the

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 ...

in 1973 for her crimes in Majdanek. Sentenced to life imprisonment on June 30, 1981, she was released in 1996 due to poor health. * Amon Goeth – The

commandant Commandant ( or ) is a title often given to the officer in charge of a military (or other uniformed service) training establishment or academy. This usage is common in English-speaking nations. In some countries it may be a military or police ran ...

of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, he was sentenced to death on September 5, 1946 and executed by hanging in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula, Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland un ...

on September 13, 1946. * Konstantin Kammerhofer – The Higher SS and Police Leader in

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = " Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capi ...

, he was convicted of war crimes ''

in absentia is Latin for absence. , a legal term, is Latin for "in the absence" or "while absent". may also refer to: * Award in absentia * Declared death in absentia, or simply, death in absentia, legally declared death without a body * Election in ab ...

'' by

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

but was never extradited by Germany. * Richard Kaaserer – The SS and Police Leader in

Sandžak Sandžak (; sh, / , ; sq, Sanxhaku; ota, سنجاق, Sancak), also known as Sanjak, is a historical geo-political region in Serbia and Montenegro. The name Sandžak derives from the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, a former Ottoman administrative dis ...

and in Central

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of ...

. Involved in

Operation Kopaonik The Operation Kopaonik was a large-scale Axis offensive launched against the Mihailović's Chetniks in Axis occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. The operation was inspired by Heinrich Himmler who believed that the annihilation of Draža Mih ...

, he was sentenced to death on December 22, 1946 and executed by hanging in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 mi ...

on January 24, 1947. * August Meyszner – The Higher SS and Police Leader in German-occupied

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...

, he was sentenced to death on December 22, 1946 and executed by hanging in

on January 24, 1947. * Friedrich Rainer – The ''

Gauleiter A ''Gauleiter'' () was a regional leader of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) who served as the head of a '' Gau'' or '' Reichsgau''. ''Gauleiter'' was the third-highest rank in the Nazi political leadership, subordinate only to '' Reichsleiter'' and to ...

'' of

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

and

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, he was also the Chief of Civil Administration of

Upper Carniola Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...

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. Sentenced to death by hanging in

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in July 1947, he was reportedly executed in November 1950. *

Hanns Albin Rauter Johann Baptist Albin Rauter (4 February 1895 – 24 March 1949) was a high-ranking Austrian-born SS functionary and war criminal during the Nazi era. He was the highest SS and Police Leader in the occupied Netherlands and therefore the leading ...

– The Higher SS and Police Leader in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

, he was sentenced to death on May 4, 1948 at

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and executed by firing squad on March 25, 1949. * Walter Reder – A ''

Sturmbannführer __NOTOC__ ''Sturmbannführer'' (; ) was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank equivalent to major that was used in several Nazi organizations, such as the SA, SS, and the NSFK. The rank originated from German shock troop units of the First World War ...

'' in the

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, he led the

Marzabotto massacre The Marzabotto massacre, or more correctly, the massacre of Monte Sole, was a World War II war crime consisting of the mass murder of at least 770 civilians by Nazi troops, which took place in the territory around the small village of Marzabotto, ...

. Sentenced to life imprisonment by an Italian military court in October 1951, he was paroled in January 1985. *

Siegfried Seidl Siegfried Seidl (24 August 1911 – 4 February 1947) was an Austrian career officer and World War II commandant of the Theresienstadt concentration camp located in the present-day Czech Republic. He also was commandant of the Bergen-Belsen, ...

– The commandant of the

Theresienstadt Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ( German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstadt served as a waystation to the extermination ca ...

concentration camp, he was sentenced to death in

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on November 14, 1946 and executed by hanging on February 4, 1947. Franz Stangl, commandant at Treblinka and Sobibor

Croatian

* 1986 trial of

Andrija Artuković Andrija Artuković (19 November 1899 – 16 January 1988) was a Croatian lawyer, politician, and senior member of the ultranationalist and fascist Ustasha movement, who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Justice in ...

* 1945

Trial of Mile Budak The Trial of Mile Budak was the one-day trial of Mile Budak and a number of other members of the government of the Independent State of Croatia for high treason and war crimes on 6 June 1945 in Zagreb. The trial was held by the Military Court of t ...

Mile Budak Mile Budak (30 August 1889 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician and writer best known as one of the chief ideologists of the Croatian fascist Ustaša movement, which ruled the Independent State of Croatia during World War II in Yugoslavia ...

and others * 1998–1999 trial of

Dinko Šakić Dinko Šakić (8 September 1921 – 20 July 2008) was a Croatian Ustaše official who commanded the Jasenovac concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) from April to November 1944, during World War II. Born in the villag ...

Danish

* Søren Kam – (1921–2015) Member of the Nazi Party of Denmark, who fled from Denmark to Germany after the war, and later became a German citizen. On September 21, 2006, Kam was detained in the German town of

Kempten im Allgäu Kempten (, (Swabian German: )) is the largest town of Allgäu, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The population was about 68,000 in 2016. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later taken over by the Romans, who called the town ' ...

. He was wanted in Denmark for the assassination of Danish newspaper editor Carl Henrik Clemmensen in Copenhagen in August 1943.

Dutch

* Pieter Menten, sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined 100,000 guilders for war crimes in 1980, released in 1986, died 1987. Important Dutch collaborators sentenced by the special tribunals in The Netherlands in connection with the Second World War. There have been 14,562 convictions pronounced by the special tribunals, and 49,920 sentences by courts. The special tribunals sentenced in more than 10,000 cases to prison sentences of 3 years or more, and in 152 cases condemned the guilty persons to death, many of which were commuted to life sentences or less. The other courts decided in 30,784 cases on internment of 1 up to 10 years and in 38,984 cases on forfeit of certain civil rights.

French

Philippe Pétain Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), commonly known as Philippe Pétain (, ) or Marshal Pétain (french: Maréchal Pétain), was a French general who attained the position of Marshal of France at the end of Worl ...

- Sentenced to death, later commuted to life in prison, died in 1951 *

Pierre Laval Pierre Jean Marie Laval (; 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. During the Third Republic, he served as Prime Minister of France from 27 January 1931 to 20 February 1932 and 7 June 1935 to 24 January 1936. He again occ ...

- Sentenced to death and executed in 1945

German

* Otto Abetz – Sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in 1949, appealed in 1952, released in 1954 *

Richard Baer Richard Baer (9 September 1911 – 17 June 1963) was a German SS officer who, among other assignments, was the commandant of Auschwitz I concentration camp from May 1944 to January 1945, and right after, from February to April 1945, commandan ...

– Sturmbannführer, commander of the Auschwitz I concentration camp. Lived under the pseudonym of Karl Neumann after the War. Then discovered in 1960 and arrested. *

Klaus Barbie Nikolaus "Klaus" Barbie (25 October 1913 – 25 September 1991) was a German operative of the SS and SD who worked in Vichy France during World War II. He became known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortured prisoners—primar ...

– Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1987, died after serving four years' imprisonment *

Heinz Barth Heinz Barth (15 October 1920 – 6 August 2007) was a mid-ranking member in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a convicted war criminal who was responsible for the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre of 1944. Barth was the only SS ...

– Convicted in 1983 for his involvement in the

Oradour-sur-Glane massacre On 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Haute-Vienne in Nazi-occupied France was destroyed when 643 civilians, including non-combatant women and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company. A ne ...

; released in 1997; died in 2007 *

Rudolf Batz Rudolf Batz (10 November 1903 – 8 February 1961) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. From 1 July to 4 November 1941 he was the leader of Einsatzkommando 2 and as such was responsible for the mass murder of Jews and others in t ...

– Lived for 15½ years after the war under assumed identity; captured at

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

in November 1960; hanged himself in prison before trial *

Alois Brunner Alois Brunner (8 April 1912 – December 2001) was an Austrian (SS) SS-Hauptsturmführer who played a significant role in the implementation of the Holocaust through rounding up and deporting Jews in occupied Austria, Greece, Macedonia, France, ...

– Escaped, worked for the Gehlen Organization * Friedrich Christiansen – Arrested, tried and convicted of war crimes and sentenced in 1948 to 12 years' imprisonment in

Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both ban ...

; Released prematurely in December 1951 on grounds of ill health; Died in

Aukrug Aukrug is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 13 km west of Neumünster, and 35 km southwest of Kiel. Geography Aukrug is the seat of the ''Amt'' (coll ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

on December 3, 1972. * Kurt Christmann – SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of Einsatzkommando 10a in

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southe ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...

; Arrested, tried and convicted under Article 6 of the IMT Statute (Crimes Against Humanity) and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment on December 19, 1980; Died on April 4, 1987. * Luise Danz – Female guard at various concentration camps, including Plaszów, Majdanek,

Auschwitz-Birkenau Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed int ...

, and

Malchow Malchow () is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district), Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Geography It is situated on the river Elde, 25,5 km we ...

. Danz was brought to trial in 1996, but the charges were dismissed due to her advanced age and unfitness to stand trial *

Anton Dostler Anton Dostler (10 May 1891 – 1 December 1945) was a German army officer who fought in both World Wars. During World War II, he commanded several units as a General of the Infantry, primarily in Italy. After the Axis defeat, Dostler was execute ...

– Executed by an

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

firing squad in

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

on December 1, 1945 *

Adolf Eichmann Otto Adolf Eichmann ( ,"Eichmann"
'' Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...

, captured by

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i agents in 1960, convicted of high crimes against the Jewish nation and humanity, in Israel, and executed on June 1, 1962. *

Albert Forster Albert Maria Forster (26 July 1902 – 28 February 1952) was a Nazi German politician, member of the SS and war criminal. Under his administration as the ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Danzig-West Prussia (the other German-anne ...

- ''

'' of

Danzig-West Prussia Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia (german: Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreußen) was an administrative division of Nazi Germany created on 8 October 1939 from annexed territory of the Free City of Danzig, the Greater Pomeranian Voivodship ( Polish Corrido ...

, he was sentenced to death in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

in 1948 and hanged in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

on February 28, 1952. *

Karl Hermann Frank Karl Hermann Frank (24 January 1898 – 22 May 1946) was a prominent Sudeten German Nazi official in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia prior to and during World War II. Attaining the rank of '' Obergruppenführer'', he was in command of th ...

- A Sudeten German, he was the Higher SS and Police Leader in the Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia and oversaw the

Lidice massacre The Lidice massacre was the complete destruction of the village of Lidice in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, now the Czech Republic, in June 1942 on orders from Adolf Hitler and the successor of the '' Reichsführer-SS'' Heinrich Himml ...

. Sentenced to death in

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

, he was hanged May 22, 1946 in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. *

Karl Frenzel Karl August Wilhelm Frenzel
(20 August 1911 – 2 September 1996) was an Oberscharführer __NOTOC__ ''Oberscharführer'' (, ) was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that existed between 1932 and 1945. ''Oberscharführer'' was first used as a rank of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA) and was created due to an expansion of the enlisted positions ...

'' who served at

Sobibór extermination camp Sobibor (, Polish: ) was an extermination camp built and operated by Nazi Germany as part of Operation Reinhard. It was located in the forest near the village of Żłobek Duży in the General Government region of German-occupied Poland. As a ...

. Frenzel aided in the implementation of the

Final Solution The Final Solution (german: die Endlösung, ) or the Final Solution to the Jewish Question (german: Endlösung der Judenfrage, ) was a Nazi plan for the genocide of individuals they defined as Jews during World War II. The "Final Solution to th ...

, taking part in the industrial-scale extermination of thousands of prisoners as part of

Operation Reinhard or ''Einsatz Reinhard'' , location = Occupied Poland , date = October 1941 – November 1943 , incident_type = Mass deportations to extermination camps , perpetrators = Odilo Globočnik, Hermann Höfle, Richard Thomalla, Erwin L ...

. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1966 but released in 1982 due to his ill health. *

Arthur Greiser Arthur Karl Greiser (22 January 1897 – 21 July 1946) was a Nazi German politician, SS-''Obergruppenführer'', ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' (Reich Governor) of the German-occupied territory of ''Wartheland''. He was one of the perso ...

- ''Gauleiter'' of

Wartheland The ''Reichsgau Wartheland'' (initially ''Reichsgau Posen'', also: ''Warthegau'') was a Nazi German ''Reichsgau'' formed from parts of Polish territory annexed in 1939 during World War II. It comprised the region of Greater Poland and adjacent ...

, he was sentenced to death for genocide in Poland and hanged in

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

on July 21, 1946. * Friedrich Hildebrandt - ''Gauleiter'' of

Mecklenburg Mecklenburg (; nds, label= Low German, Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schweri ...

, he was sentenced to death by the U.S. military for issuing orders to shoot parachuting U.S. airmen, and was hanged in Landsberg prison on November 5, 1948. * Friedrich Jeckeln - The Higher SS and Police Leader in Southern Russia and then in the Baltics, he was sentenced to death in the

Riga Trial The Riga Trial was a war crimes trial held in front of a Soviet military tribunal between 26 January and 3 February 1946 in Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union against six high ranking Wehrmacht officers, Höheren SS- und Polizeif ...

on February 3, 1946 and executed by hanging the same day. *

Herbert Kappler Herbert Kappler (23 September 1907 – 9 February 1978) was a key German SS functionary and war criminal during the Nazi era. He served as head of German police and security services (''Sicherheitspolizei'' and SD) in Rome during the Second W ...

– Sentenced by Italy to life imprisonment in 1947. Escaped from prison in 1977, then died in 1978 * Fritz Knochlein – Responsible for Le Paradis massacre in 1940, tried, convicted, and hanged by the forces of the

in 1949. * Erich Koch - The ''Gauleiter'' of

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label= Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

and ''Reichskommissar'' in Ostland and in Ukraine. He was sentenced to death in March 1959 in Poland but this was commuted to life imprisonment, and he died November 12, 1986. *

Kurt Meyer Kurt Meyer (23 December 1910 – 23 December 1961) was an SS commander and convicted war criminal of Nazi Germany. He served in the Waffen-SS (the combat branch of the SS) and participated in the Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, and ot ...

– Sentenced to death by a Canadian military court, later reduced to life imprisonment, then to 14 years' imprisonment, served 10 years. * Martin Mutschmann - ''Gauleiter'' of

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a ...

, he was sentenced to death in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

in January 1947 and executed by firing squad in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

on February 14, 1947. *

Emanuel Schäfer Emanuel Schäfer (20 April 1900 – 4 December 1974) was a high-ranking SS functionary (SS-''Oberführer'') and a protégé of Reinhard Heydrich in Nazi Germany. Born in 1900, Schäfer served in World War I. Post-war, he participated in fa ...

– Sentenced to six-and-a-half years' imprisonment, but died 1974 * Walter Schmitt – Chief of the

SS Personnel Main Office The SS Personnel Main Office (german: SS Personalhauptamt) was established on 1 June 1939 from the personnel department in Himmler's personal staff. It was responsible for the administration of personnel matters regarding all leaders and officers o ...

, he was sentenced to death in

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

and hanged in Dablice,

on September 18, 1945. * Willy Tensfeld – SS and Police Leader "Oberitalien-West," he was charged with war crimes against Italian partisans. Acquitted by a British military tribunal in April 1947. * Robert Heinrich Wagner - ''Gauleiter'' of

Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden i ...

and Chief of Civil Administration in

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

, he was known as the "Butcher of Alsace." Sentenced to death in France in May 1946, he was executed by firing squad on August 14, 1946.

Hungarian

László Bárdossy László Bárdossy de Bárdos (10 December 1890 – 10 January 1946) was a Hungary, Hungarian diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from April 1941 to March 1942. He was one of the chief architects of Hungary's involve ...

– Prime Minister of Hungary from April 1941 to March 1942. Sentenced to death. *

László Deák László Deák (1 July 1891 – 5 November 1946) was a Hungarian army officer who served in World War I and World War II. He was accused and convicted of war crimes due to his involvement in the massacre of Serbian and Jewish civilians durin ...

- Hungarian Colonel involved in the Novi Sad massacre. Later a Waffen-SS Colonel. Sentenced to death. * Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner - Hungarian General commanded the Novi Sad massacre. Later a Waffen-SS General. Deputy Minister of Defense under Szálasi. Sentenced to death. * József Grassy - Hungarian General involved in the Novi Sad massacre. Later a Waffen-SS General. Sentenced to death. *

Béla Imrédy Béla vitéz Imrédy de Ómoravicza ( hu, Vitéz ómoraviczai Imrédy Béla; 29 December 1891 in Budapest – 28 February 1946 in Budapest) was Prime Minister of Hungary from 1938 to 1939. Born in Budapest to a Catholic family, Imrédy studied ...

– Prime Minister of Hungary 1938–1939. Sentenced to death. *

Károly Beregfy Károly Beregfy (12 February 1888 – 12 March 1946) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence in the 1944–45 Arrow Cross Party government. He was born as Károly Berger in Cservenka (Crvenka). He ...

- Hungarian General and Minister of Defense under Szálasi. Sentenced to death. *

Ferenc Szombathelyi Ferenc Szombathelyi (17 May 1887 – 4 November 1946), born Ferenc Knausz or Ferenc Knauz, was a Hungarian military officer who served, from September 1941 to April 1944, as Head of the General Staff of the Royal Hungarian Army during World W ...

- Hungarian Chief of the General Staff September 1941 to April 1944. Sentenced to death. *

Ferenc Szálasi Ferenc Szálasi (; 6 January 1897 – 12 March 1946), the leader of the Arrow Cross Party – Hungarist Movement, became the "Leader of the Nation" (''Nemzetvezető'') as head of state and simultaneously prime minister of the Kingdom of Hunga ...

– Arrow Cross Party government Prime Minister of Hungary from October 1944 to March 1945. Sentenced to death. *

Döme Sztójay Döme Sztójay ( sr-cyr, Димитрије Стојаковић, 5 January 1883 – 22 August 1946) was a Hungarian soldier and diplomat of Serb origin, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary in 1944, during World War II. Biography Born i ...

– Prime Minister of Hungary from March to August 1944. Sentenced to death. * Gábor Vajna - Interior Minister under Szálasi. Sentenced to death. * Márton Zöldi - Hungarian gendarmerie commander involved in the Novi Sad massacre. Sentenced to death.

Italian

* Nicola Bellomo – sentenced to death by firing squad and executed on 11 September 1945. *

Pietro Caruso Pietro Caruso (10 November 1899 in Maddaloni – 22 September 1944 in Rome) was an Italian Fascist and head of the Rome police in 1944. Born in Campania in 1899, he fought in the Bersaglieri in the final months of World War I and participate ...

– sentenced to death by firing squad and executed on 22 September 1944. *

Guido Buffarini Guidi Guido Buffarini Guidi (17 August 1895 – 10 July 1945) was an Italian army officer and politician, executed for war crimes in 1945. Biography Buffarini Guidi was born in Pisa in 1895. When Italy entered World War I, he volunteered in an ...

– executed 10 July 1945. *

Pietro Koch Pietro Koch (18 August 1918 – 4 June 1945) was an Italian soldier and leader of the Banda Koch, a group notorious for its anti-partisan activity in the Republic of Salò. Biography The son of an Imperial German Navy officer, Koch was born in Be ...

– sentenced to execution by firing squad, sentence carried out 4 June 1945.

Japanese

Masaharu Homma was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Homma commanded the Japanese 14th Army, which invaded the Philippines and perpetrated the Bataan Death March. After the war, Homma was convicted of war crimes relating ...

– convicted of war crimes, sentenced to death, then executed on April 3, 1946. *

Hitoshi Imamura was a Japanese general who served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and was subsequently convicted of war crimes. Early career A native of Sendai city, Miyagi Prefecture, Imamura's father was a judge. Imamura graduated from th ...

– sentenced to imprisonment for ten years. *

Kiyotake Kawaguchi was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Biography A native of Kōchi Prefecture, Kiyotake graduated from the 26th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1914, and from the 34th class of the Army Staff College in ...

– imprisoned from 1946 to 1953. *

Tomoyuki Yamashita was a Japanese officer and convicted war criminal, who was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Yamashita led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore, with his accomplishment of conquerin ...

– executed on February 23, 1946.

Latvian

Konrāds Kalējs Konrāds Kalējs (26 June 1913 – 8 November 2001) was a Latvian soldier who was a Nazi collaborator and an alleged war criminal during World War II. He gained notoriety for evading calls for his prosecution across four countries, more than o ...

– Immigrated to

in 1950; moved to the United States in 1959; deported from the United States to Australia in 1994; fled from Australia to Canada in 1995; deported from Canada 1997; moved to England; and then to Australia. Died in Australia in 2001. A member of the

Arajs Kommando The Arajs ''Kommando'' (also: ''Sonderkommando Arajs''; ), led by SS commander and Nazi collaborator Viktors Arājs, was a unit of Latvian Auxiliary Police (german: Lettische Hilfspolizei) subordinated to the German ''Sicherheitsdienst'' (SD). It ...

. * Boļeslavs Makovskis – Fled from the United States to West Germany in 1987; put on trial in 1990; his trial was quashed. * Elmārs Sproģis – Exonerated in 1984.

Lithuanian

* Vladas Zajanckauskas – In 2005 at the age 89, his U.S. citizenship was ordered revoked in 2007. He was ordered to be deported.

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