Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes

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United States government office prosecution authority

The Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes was a U.S. government legal body established after World War II to investigate and prosecute major Nazi war criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals.

Aliases (2)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States government office → prosecution authority →
appliesLaw	Control Council Law No. 10 → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal → international humanitarian law → laws and customs of war →
appliesToJurisdiction	American Zone of Occupation in Germany → Nuremberg Military Tribunals →
archivesAt	National Archives at College Park → U.S. National Archives and Records Administration →
country	United States of America →
dissolved	late 1940s →
follows	Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality →
hasHistoricalPeriod	Allied occupation of Germany → post-World War II →
hasLanguage	English → French → German → Russian →
hasPart	administrative division → documentation division → investigative division → trial preparation division →
hasRole	collection of documentary evidence of Nazi crimes → investigation of Nazi war crimes → legal analysis of Nazi organizations → preparation of cases for Nuremberg Military Tribunals → prosecution of Nazi war criminals → support of denazification policy →
inception	1946 →
legalForm	temporary wartime agency →
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Time →
location	American Zone of Occupation in Germany → Bavaria → Nuremberg →
mainSubject	Nazi war crimes → Nuremberg Military Tribunals → crimes against humanity → crimes against peace → war crimes →
operatedBy	United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps → United States War Department →
partOf	Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) → United States Army →
replaces	Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality →
subjectHasRole	chief of counsel → deputy chief of counsel → interpreters → investigators → legal researchers → trial counsel →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ministries Trial → NMT Case X →	prosecutingAuthority
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ("Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality") →	follows
Doctors' Trial →	organizedBy
Telford Taylor ("Chief Counsel for War Crimes, U.S. prosecution at Nuremberg") →	positionHeld
Krupp Trial →	prosecutedBy
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ("Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality") →	replaces