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One of the [[Nuremberg Military Tribunals]], the '''Ministries Case''', also known as the '''Wilhelmstrasse Case''' after the location of the [[Reich Foreign Office]], and formally as Case No. 11, ''United States against [[Ernst von Weizsaecker]] et al.'', was a complex prosecution of civil servants for planning and implementing [[war crime]]s in Germany and Nazi-occupied countries. | One of the [[Nuremberg Military Tribunals]], the '''Ministries Case''', also known as the '''Wilhelmstrasse Case''' after the location of the [[Reich Foreign Office]], and formally as Case No. 11, ''United States against [[Ernst von Weizsaecker]] et al.'', was a complex prosecution of civil servants and [[SS]] headquarters personnel, for planning and implementing [[war crime]]s in Germany and Nazi-occupied countries. | ||
Defendants were accused of [[crimes against peace]] with respect to:<ref>{{citation | |||
| author = Office of Military Government for Germany (US) | title Indictment = Nuremberg Military Tribunal 11 - Ministries Case. Paper 1. | |||
| url = http://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/nmt11/1 | year = 1947 | |||
}}, p. 11</ref> | |||
*[[Anschluss|Austria]] (March 1938) | |||
*Czechoslovakia (October 1938 and March 1939) | |||
*[[German invasion of Poland|Poland]], the United Kingdom, and France (September 1939) | |||
*Denmark and Norway (April 1940) | |||
*Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (May 1940) | |||
*Yugoslavia and Greece (April 1941) | |||
*[[Operation Barbarossa|Soviet Union]] (June 1941) | |||
*United States of America (December 1941) | |||
==References== | |||
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Revision as of 23:09, 1 January 2011
One of the Nuremberg Military Tribunals, the Ministries Case, also known as the Wilhelmstrasse Case after the location of the Reich Foreign Office, and formally as Case No. 11, United States against Ernst von Weizsaecker et al., was a complex prosecution of civil servants and SS headquarters personnel, for planning and implementing war crimes in Germany and Nazi-occupied countries.
Defendants were accused of crimes against peace with respect to:[1]
- Austria (March 1938)
- Czechoslovakia (October 1938 and March 1939)
- Poland, the United Kingdom, and France (September 1939)
- Denmark and Norway (April 1940)
- Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (May 1940)
- Yugoslavia and Greece (April 1941)
- Soviet Union (June 1941)
- United States of America (December 1941)
References
- ↑ Office of Military Government for Germany (US) (1947), p. 11