Wilhelmstrasse Trial
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The Wilhelmstrasse Trial was one of the subsequent Nuremberg war crimes trials, prosecuting high-ranking officials of Nazi Germany’s ministries and government agencies for their roles in planning and executing aggressive war and atrocities.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nuremberg Ministries Trial | 7 |
| Wilhelmstrasse Trial canonical | 4 |
| Subsequent Nuremberg Trials | 3 |
| U.S. Military Tribunal IV | 2 |
| Nuremberg Judges’ Trial | 1 |
| United States Military Tribunal IV | 1 |
| Wilhelmstrassen-Prozess | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T166872 — 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: Wilhelmstrasse Trial Context triple: [Ministries Trial, alsoKnownAs, Wilhelmstrasse Trial]
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Krupp Trial
The Krupp Trial was a post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunal in which leading executives of the German arms manufacturer Krupp were prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to their use of forced labor and support of Nazi aggression.
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B.
Nuremberg trials
The Nuremberg trials were a series of landmark military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute leading Nazi officials for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace.
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C.
IG Farben Trial
The IG Farben Trial was a post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunal prosecuting executives of the German chemical conglomerate IG Farben for war crimes, including the use of forced labor and involvement in the Holocaust.
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Local Court of Nuremberg
The Local Court of Nuremberg is a first-instance judicial authority in Nuremberg, Germany, responsible for handling civil, criminal, and other local legal matters within its jurisdiction.
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E.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
- 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: Wilhelmstrasse Trial Target entity description: The Wilhelmstrasse Trial was one of the subsequent Nuremberg war crimes trials, prosecuting high-ranking officials of Nazi Germany’s ministries and government agencies for their roles in planning and executing aggressive war and atrocities.
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A.
Krupp Trial
The Krupp Trial was a post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunal in which leading executives of the German arms manufacturer Krupp were prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to their use of forced labor and support of Nazi aggression.
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B.
Nuremberg trials
The Nuremberg trials were a series of landmark military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute leading Nazi officials for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace.
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C.
IG Farben Trial
The IG Farben Trial was a post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunal prosecuting executives of the German chemical conglomerate IG Farben for war crimes, including the use of forced labor and involvement in the Holocaust.
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D.
Local Court of Nuremberg
The Local Court of Nuremberg is a first-instance judicial authority in Nuremberg, Germany, responsible for handling civil, criminal, and other local legal matters within its jurisdiction.
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E.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nuremberg trial
ⓘ
criminal trial ⓘ subsequent Nuremberg trial ⓘ war crimes trial ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ministries Trial
ⓘ
Ministries Trial ⓘ
surface form:
The Ministries Case
United States of America vs. Ernst von Weizsäcker, et al. ⓘ |
| charge |
crimes against humanity
ⓘ
crimes against peace ⓘ membership in criminal organizations ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| conductedBy |
United States military representatives
ⓘ
surface form:
United States military authorities
|
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| defendant |
Edmund Veesenmayer
ⓘ
Emil Puhl ⓘ Ernst von Weizsäcker ⓘ
surface form:
Ernst Heinrich von Weizsäcker
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle ⓘ Ernst Woermann ⓘ Ernst von Weizsäcker ⓘ Ernst von Weizsäcker ⓘ
surface form:
Ernst von Weizsäcker was the principal defendant
Franz Schlegelberger ⓘ Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland ⓘ Ernst Woermann ⓘ
surface form:
Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff
Hans Heinrich Lammers ⓘ Herbert Backe ⓘ Carl Krauch ⓘ
surface form:
Karl Rasche
Karl Ritter ⓘ Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk ⓘ Otto Meissner ⓘ Paul Körner ⓘ Walter Darre ⓘ Wilhelm Keppler ⓘ Wilhelm Stuckart ⓘ |
| endDate | 1949-04-13 ⓘ |
| focus |
officials of Nazi German ministries and government agencies
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persecution and atrocities in occupied territories ⓘ planning and execution of aggressive war ⓘ role of German Foreign Office in Nazi policies ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings |
English
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German ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Allied Control Council Law No. 10 ⓘ |
| location |
Allied occupation of Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
American Zone of Occupation in Germany
Nuremberg ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin
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surface form:
Wilhelmstrasse, the street of many German government ministries in Berlin
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| numberOfDefendants | 21 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nuremberg trials
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surface form:
Nuremberg Military Tribunals
Nuremberg trials ⓘ
surface form:
Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
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| prosecutor | United States of America ⓘ |
| result | several convictions and acquittals ⓘ |
| significance |
clarified legal accountability for planning and waging aggressive war
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contributed to development of international criminal law ⓘ established responsibility of ministerial officials for Nazi crimes ⓘ |
| startDate | 1947-01-06 ⓘ |
| tribunal |
Wilhelmstrasse Trial
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
U.S. Military Tribunal IV
|
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Input
Subject: Wilhelmstrasse Trial Description of subject: The Wilhelmstrasse Trial was one of the subsequent Nuremberg war crimes trials, prosecuting high-ranking officials of Nazi Germany’s ministries and government agencies for their roles in planning and executing aggressive war and atrocities.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wilhelmstrassen-Prozess
this entity surface form:
U.S. Military Tribunal IV
this entity surface form:
Nuremberg Judges’ Trial
this entity surface form:
Nuremberg Ministries Trial
this entity surface form:
Nuremberg Ministries Trial
this entity surface form:
Nuremberg Ministries Trial
this entity surface form:
Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
this entity surface form:
U.S. Military Tribunal IV
this entity surface form:
Nuremberg Ministries Trial
this entity surface form:
Nuremberg Ministries Trial
this entity surface form:
Nuremberg Ministries Trial
this entity surface form:
Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
this entity surface form:
United States Military Tribunal IV