Dachau trials

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military tribunal war crimes trial

The Dachau trials were a series of U.S. military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute Nazi war criminals, primarily for atrocities committed in concentration camps and against Allied prisoners.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Dachau trials canonical	2
Dora-Nordhausen trial	1
U.S. Military Tribunal at Dachau	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military tribunal ⓘ war crimes trial ⓘ
after	World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
aim	enforce laws of war ⓘ establish accountability for concentration camp atrocities ⓘ punish Nazi war criminals ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	American occupation zone in Germany ⓘ
appliesToPart	personnel of Nazi concentration camps ⓘ
charge	crimes against humanity ⓘ mistreatment of prisoners of war ⓘ murder of concentration camp inmates ⓘ murder of prisoners of war ⓘ torture of concentration camp inmates ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
defendant	Nazi officials ⓘ Wehrmacht personnel ⓘ camp commandants ⓘ concentration camp guards ⓘ members of the SS ⓘ
describedBySource	U.S. military court records ⓘ historical studies of war crimes trials ⓘ
endTime	1948 ⓘ
follows	liberation of Dachau concentration camp ⓘ
genre	military justice proceeding ⓘ
hasPart	Buchenwald concentration camp staff trial ⓘ Buchenwald trial NERFINISHED ⓘ Dachau main trial NERFINISHED ⓘ Flossenbürg trial NERFINISHED ⓘ Malmedy massacre trial NERFINISHED ⓘ Mauthausen concentration camp guards trial ⓘ Mauthausen-Gusen trial NERFINISHED ⓘ Mittelbau-Dora trial NERFINISHED ⓘ Nordhausen trial NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1945 ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ German ⓘ
legalBasis	Geneva Conventions (pre-1949) NERFINISHED ⓘ international humanitarian law ⓘ laws and customs of war ⓘ
locatedInTime	post-World War II era ⓘ
location	Dachau NERFINISHED ⓘ Dachau concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Nazi war crimes ⓘ concentration camp atrocities ⓘ crimes against Allied prisoners of war ⓘ violations of the laws of war ⓘ
organizedBy	United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Allied war crimes trials NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	prosecution of Kapos and prisoner functionaries ⓘ prosecution of SS guards ⓘ prosecution of camp commandants ⓘ prosecution of concentration camp personnel ⓘ prosecution of medical personnel ⓘ
significantOutcome	acquittals for some defendants ⓘ commutation of some death sentences ⓘ death sentences for some defendants ⓘ early release of some convicted war criminals ⓘ prison sentences for many defendants ⓘ
startTime	1945 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Otto Skorzeny → trial → Dachau trials ⓘ

Dora Trial at Dachau → alsoKnownAs → Dachau trials ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dora-Nordhausen trial

Dora Trial at Dachau → partOf → Dachau trials ⓘ

Dora Trial at Dachau → court → Dachau trials ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Military Tribunal at Dachau