Southeast Case
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Southeast Case is the name commonly used for the Hostages Trial, one of the post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunals prosecuting German officers for war crimes against civilians and prisoners in the Balkans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Southeast Case canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7874589 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southeast Case Context triple: [Hostages Trial, hasAlternativeName, Southeast Case]
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A.
Southeastern
Southeastern is a British train operating company that runs passenger rail services across southeast London and the counties of Kent and East Sussex.
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B.
Southeast
Southeast is a Metro-North Railroad commuter rail station in Putnam County, New York, serving as a key park-and-ride hub and transfer point near the northern end of the Harlem Line.
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C.
Southeast
Southeast is the common abbreviation for the NBA’s Southeast Division, a grouping of professional basketball teams based in the southeastern United States.
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D.
Sunbelt
Sunbelt is a region of the United States known for its warm climate, rapid population growth, and expanding economic development, especially in the South and Southwest.
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E.
South-Eastern State
South-Eastern State was a former administrative region in southeastern Nigeria that was later renamed Cross River State.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southeast Case Target entity description: Southeast Case is the name commonly used for the Hostages Trial, one of the post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunals prosecuting German officers for war crimes against civilians and prisoners in the Balkans.
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A.
Southeastern
Southeastern is a British train operating company that runs passenger rail services across southeast London and the counties of Kent and East Sussex.
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B.
Southeast
Southeast is a Metro-North Railroad commuter rail station in Putnam County, New York, serving as a key park-and-ride hub and transfer point near the northern end of the Harlem Line.
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C.
Southeast
Southeast is the common abbreviation for the NBA’s Southeast Division, a grouping of professional basketball teams based in the southeastern United States.
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D.
Sunbelt
Sunbelt is a region of the United States known for its warm climate, rapid population growth, and expanding economic development, especially in the South and Southwest.
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E.
South-Eastern State
South-Eastern State was a former administrative region in southeastern Nigeria that was later renamed Cross River State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nuremberg Military Tribunal case
ⓘ
war crimes trial ⓘ |
| appliesToConflict | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Albania
NERFINISHED
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Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Yugoslavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnEvents | German occupation policies in Southeast Europe ⓘ |
| charge |
crimes against humanity
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ill-treatment and murder of prisoners of war ⓘ murder of civilians ⓘ murder of hostages ⓘ plunder and devastation not justified by military necessity ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfJudgment | 1948-02-19 ⓘ |
| defendant |
Ernst Dehner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ernst von Leyser NERFINISHED ⓘ Franz Boehme NERFINISHED ⓘ Helmuth Felmy NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermann Foertsch NERFINISHED ⓘ Hubert Lanz NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl von Le Suire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurt von Geitner NERFINISHED ⓘ Lothar Rendulic NERFINISHED ⓘ Maxime de Angelis NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Kuntze NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1948-02-19 ⓘ |
| focus | German military operations in the Balkans ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Hostages Trial
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Hostages Case NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States military tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
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German ⓘ |
| legalPrincipleDiscussed |
command responsibility
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hostage-taking and reprisal killings ⓘ superior orders ⓘ |
| location |
American Zone of Occupation in Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Palace of Justice, Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberInSeries | 7 ⓘ |
| numberOfDefendants | 12 ⓘ |
| outcome |
several acquittals
ⓘ
several convictions ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nuremberg Military Tribunals
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Subsequent Nuremberg Trials NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prosecutingAuthority | Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1947-07-08 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Nuremberg Military Tribunals, Volume XI: The Hostages Case NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Southeast Case Description of subject: Southeast Case is the name commonly used for the Hostages Trial, one of the post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunals prosecuting German officers for war crimes against civilians and prisoners in the Balkans.
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