Ministries Trial

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Nuremberg trial subsequent Nuremberg proceeding war crimes trial

The Ministries Trial was one of the subsequent Nuremberg war crimes trials, prosecuting high-ranking officials of Nazi Germany’s government ministries for their roles in planning and executing aggressive war and other crimes.

Aliases (1)

The Ministries Case ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nuremberg trial → subsequent Nuremberg proceeding → war crimes trial →
alsoKnownAs	Wilhelmstrasse Trial → Wilhelmstrassen-Prozess →
charge	crimes against humanity → crimes against peace → membership in criminal organizations → war crimes →
country	Germany →
defendant	Ernst Wilhelm Bohle → Ernst von Weizsäcker → Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland → Hans Heinrich Lammers → Karl Ritter → Otto Dietrich → Walter Schellenberg → Wilhelm Stuckart →
endDate	1949-04-13 →
focus	exploitation and administration of occupied territories → persecution and extermination of Jews and other groups → planning and execution of aggressive war → use of forced labor →
heldAt	Palace of Justice, Nuremberg →
language	English → German →
legalBasis	Allied Control Council Law No. 10 →
location	Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany →
notableAspect	emphasized responsibility of civilian bureaucrats for Nazi crimes → examined continuity of German diplomatic and ministerial elites →
numberOfAcquittals	3 →
numberOfConvictions	18 →
numberOfDefendants	21 →
officialName	The United States of America vs. Ernst von Weizsäcker, et al. →
organizedBy	United States military authorities →
partOf	Subsequent Nuremberg Trials →
prosecutingAuthority	Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes →
sentenceType	prison sentences →
startDate	1947-01-06 →
subjectOfJurisdiction	civilian officials of Nazi German ministries →
triedInstitution	German Foreign Office → Reich Chancellery → Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories → Reich Ministry of Economics → Reich Ministry of Finance → Reich Ministry of Justice → Reich Ministry of Propaganda → Reich Ministry of the Interior →
triedRole	high-ranking officials of the Reich government →
verdictType	acquittals and convictions →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Wilhelmstrasse Trial → Wilhelmstrasse Trial ("The Ministries Case") →	alsoKnownAs
Wilhelm Keppler →	convictedIn
Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland →	facedTrialIn
Nuremberg trials →	hasPart
Ernst von Weizsäcker →	notableEvent
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle →	participantIn
Walter Schellenberg →	trial