Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
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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.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T166881 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes Context triple: [Ministries Trial, prosecutingAuthority, Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes]
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Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is the independent organ responsible for examining situations, conducting investigations, and prosecuting individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression before the ICC.
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B.
Office of Strategic Services
The Office of Strategic Services was the United States’ World War II-era intelligence and covert operations agency that laid the groundwork for the modern American intelligence community.
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Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
The Bureau of Political-Military Affairs is the U.S. State Department office that coordinates diplomacy and defense policy, including security assistance, arms transfers, and military cooperation with foreign partners.
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D.
Registry of the International Criminal Court
The Registry of the International Criminal Court is the administrative organ responsible for the Court’s non-judicial functions, including support to judges, counsel, victims, and witnesses, and the overall management of court services.
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E.
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice is the federal executive department responsible for enforcing U.S. law, ensuring public safety, and overseeing agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is the independent organ responsible for examining situations, conducting investigations, and prosecuting individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression before the ICC.
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B.
Office of Strategic Services
The Office of Strategic Services was the United States’ World War II-era intelligence and covert operations agency that laid the groundwork for the modern American intelligence community.
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C.
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
The Bureau of Political-Military Affairs is the U.S. State Department office that coordinates diplomacy and defense policy, including security assistance, arms transfers, and military cooperation with foreign partners.
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D.
Registry of the International Criminal Court
The Registry of the International Criminal Court is the administrative organ responsible for the Court’s non-judicial functions, including support to judges, counsel, victims, and witnesses, and the overall management of court services.
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E.
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice is the federal executive department responsible for enforcing U.S. law, ensuring public safety, and overseeing agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government office
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prosecution authority ⓘ |
| appliesLaw |
Allied Control Council Law No. 10
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surface form:
Control Council Law No. 10
London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ international humanitarian law ⓘ laws and customs of war ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Allied occupation of Germany
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surface form:
American Zone of Occupation in Germany
Nuremberg trials ⓘ
surface form:
Nuremberg Military Tribunals
|
| archivesAt |
National Archives and Records Administration
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surface form:
National Archives at College Park
National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dissolved | late 1940s ⓘ |
| follows |
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality
|
| hasHistoricalPeriod |
Allied occupation of Germany
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post-World War II ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| hasPart |
administrative division
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documentation division ⓘ investigative division ⓘ trial preparation division ⓘ |
| hasRole |
collection of documentary evidence of Nazi crimes
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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 |
Allied occupation of Germany
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surface form:
American Zone of Occupation in Germany
Bavaria ⓘ Nuremberg ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Nazi war crimes
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Nuremberg trials ⓘ
surface form:
Nuremberg Military Tribunals
crimes against humanity ⓘ crimes against peace ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Judge Advocate General’s Corps of each service
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surface form:
United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps
United States Department of War ⓘ
surface form:
United States War Department
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| partOf |
Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS)
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surface form:
Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.)
United States Army ⓘ |
| replaces |
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality
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| subjectHasRole |
chief of counsel
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deputy chief of counsel ⓘ interpreters ⓘ investigators ⓘ legal researchers ⓘ trial counsel ⓘ |
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Subject: Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chief Counsel for War Crimes, U.S. prosecution at Nuremberg
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
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follows
→
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
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replaces
→
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality
subject surface form:
Trial Preparation Division
subject surface form:
Trial Preparation Division
United States of America vs. Ernst von Weizsäcker, et al.
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prosecutingAuthority
→
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
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Nuremberg Trials through Robert H. Jackson
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hasKeyInstitution
→
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
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this entity surface form:
U.S. Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality