Declaration on Atrocities

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World War II Allied statement diplomatic declaration political document

The Declaration on Atrocities was a World War II Allied statement condemning Nazi war crimes and affirming that those responsible would be tracked down and punished after the war.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Moscow Declaration on Atrocities	1
Statement on Atrocities	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II Allied statement ⓘ diplomatic declaration ⓘ political document ⓘ
addresses	atrocities in concentration camps and occupied areas ⓘ crimes committed against civilian populations ⓘ mass executions and deportations ⓘ
affirmsPrinciple	individual criminal responsibility for war crimes ⓘ postwar prosecution of war criminals ⓘ
aimsTo	deter further atrocities by Nazi forces ⓘ lay groundwork for postwar accountability mechanisms ⓘ
appliesTo	German officers and men involved in atrocities ⓘ war crimes committed in various European countries ⓘ
category	World War II diplomacy ⓘ documents of the Allied powers ⓘ international law history ⓘ
condemns	Nazi war crimes ⓘ atrocities committed by Nazi Germany in occupied Europe ⓘ
dateSigned	1943-10-30 ⓘ
declares	those responsible for atrocities will be punished after the war ⓘ those responsible for atrocities will be tracked down ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Declaration on Atrocities ⓘ surface form: Moscow Declaration on Atrocities
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Russian ⓘ other Allied languages through translation ⓘ
historicalContext	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
influenced	Nuremberg trials ⓘ surface form: Nuremberg Trials establishment of postwar war crimes tribunals ⓘ
languageCharacter	assurance to occupied peoples that justice would be sought ⓘ warning to Nazi perpetrators ⓘ
legalSignificance	early Allied commitment to prosecute war crimes ⓘ
partOf	Moscow Declaration ⓘ surface form: Moscow Declarations
placeSigned	Moscow ⓘ
precedes	London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ⓘ
relatedTo	Allied war aims ⓘ Moscow Conference of 1943 ⓘ development of international criminal law ⓘ
signedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
signedByRepresentative	Roosevelt administration ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt administration Joseph Stalin government ⓘ Churchill government ⓘ surface form: Winston Churchill government
states	major war criminals whose offenses have no particular geographical localization will be punished by joint decision of the Allies ⓘ perpetrators will be sent back to the countries where their crimes were committed for trial ⓘ
targetedEntity	Nazi leadership ⓘ Nazi officials responsible for atrocities ⓘ perpetrators of massacres in occupied territories ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Moscow Declaration → containsSection → Declaration on Atrocities ⓘ

this entity surface form: Statement on Atrocities

Declaration on Atrocities → hasAlternativeName → Declaration on Atrocities ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow Declaration on Atrocities

Moscow Conference of 1943 → hasOutcome → Declaration on Atrocities ⓘ