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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes canonical	9
Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality	2
Chief Counsel for War Crimes, U.S. prosecution at Nuremberg	1
U.S. Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States government office ⓘ prosecution authority ⓘ
appliesLaw	Allied Control Council Law No. 10 ⓘ 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 ⓘ surface form: American Zone of Occupation in Germany Nuremberg trials ⓘ surface form: Nuremberg Military Tribunals
archivesAt	National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ 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 ⓘ surface form: 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	Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ surface form: American Zone of Occupation in Germany Bavaria ⓘ Nuremberg ⓘ
mainSubject	Nazi war crimes ⓘ Nuremberg trials ⓘ surface form: Nuremberg Military Tribunals crimes against humanity ⓘ crimes against peace ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
operatedBy	Judge Advocate General’s Corps of each service ⓘ surface form: United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps United States Department of War ⓘ surface form: United States War Department
partOf	Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) ⓘ 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 ⓘ surface form: 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 (13)

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

Ministries Trial → prosecutingAuthority → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ⓘ

Krupp Trial → prosecutedBy → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ⓘ

Telford Taylor → positionHeld → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief Counsel for War Crimes, U.S. prosecution at Nuremberg

Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes → follows → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality

Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes → replaces → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality

NMT Case X → prosecutingAuthority → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ⓘ

Doctors' Trial → organizedBy → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ⓘ

Nuremberg Milch Trial → prosecutingAuthority → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ⓘ

trial preparation division → partOf → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ⓘ

subject surface form: Trial Preparation Division

trial preparation division → employedBy → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ⓘ

subject surface form: Trial Preparation Division

United States of America vs. Ernst von Weizsäcker, et al. → prosecutingAuthority → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ⓘ

WVHA Trial at Nuremberg → prosecutedBy → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ⓘ

Nuremberg Trials through Robert H. Jackson → hasKeyInstitution → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality