Wilhelmstrasse Trial

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Nuremberg trial criminal trial subsequent Nuremberg trial war crimes trial

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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nuremberg trial → criminal trial → subsequent Nuremberg trial → war crimes trial →
alsoKnownAs	Ministries Trial → 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 authorities →
country	Germany →
defendant	Edmund Veesenmayer → Emil Puhl → Ernst Heinrich von Weizsäcker → Ernst Wilhelm Bohle → Ernst Woermann → Ernst von Weizsäcker → Ernst von Weizsäcker was the principal defendant → Franz Schlegelberger → Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland → Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff → Hans Heinrich Lammers → Herbert Backe → 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 → persecution and atrocities in occupied territories → planning and execution of aggressive war → role of German Foreign Office in Nazi policies →
languageOfProceedings	English → German →
legalBasis	Allied Control Council Law No. 10 →
location	American Zone of Occupation in Germany → Nuremberg →
namedAfter	Wilhelmstrasse, the street of many German government ministries in Berlin →
numberOfDefendants	21 →
partOf	Nuremberg Military Tribunals → Subsequent Nuremberg Trials →
prosecutor	United States of America →
result	several convictions and acquittals →
significance	clarified legal accountability for planning and waging aggressive war → contributed to development of international criminal law → established responsibility of ministerial officials for Nazi crimes →
startDate	1947-01-06 →
tribunal	U.S. Military Tribunal IV →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ernst von Weizsäcker ("Nuremberg Ministries Trial") → Hans Heinrich Lammers ("Nuremberg Ministries Trial") → Otto Dietrich ("Nuremberg Ministries Trial") →	participantIn
Ministries Trial → Ministries Trial ("Wilhelmstrassen-Prozess") →	alsoKnownAs
Paul Körner ("Nuremberg Ministries Trial") → Reich Ministry of Justice ("Nuremberg Judges’ Trial") →	subjectOf
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle ("Nuremberg Ministries Trial") →	facedTrialIn
Nuremberg ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") →	hosted
Heinrich Korschan ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") →	participatedIn
NMT Case X ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") →	partOf
Wilhelmstrasse Trial ("U.S. Military Tribunal IV") →	tribunal
Flick Trial ("U.S. Military Tribunal IV") →	tribunalType
Wilhelm Stuckart ("Nuremberg Ministries Trial") →	wasTriedBy