International Military Tribunal of Nuremberg

Case Sheet · IMT Nuremberg

The United States, the French Republic, the United Kingdom, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics v. Hermann Wilhelm Göring, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Robert Ley, Wilhelm Keitel, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Walter Funk, Hjalmar Schacht, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Karl Dönitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Jodl, Martin Bormann, Franz von Papen, Artur Seyss-Inquart, Albert Speer, Constantin von Neurath, and Hans Fritzsche

Proceeding	Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg
Status	Closed · Sentence Served Acquitted Closed · Deceased

Context

The International Military Tribunal was established in the summer of 1945 to try the “major war criminals” of the Nazi regime for committing wars of aggression, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

Indictment

Indictment	18 October 1945
Crimes Charged	Common Plan or Conspiracy · art. 6 IMT Charter Crimes against peace Crimes against peace · art. 6(a) IMT Charter War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter
Plea	Not Guilty
Indicted Organisations	Die Reichsregierung (Reich Cabinet); Das Korps der Politischen Leiter der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei (Leadership Corps of the Nazi Party); Die Schutzstaffeln der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei (commonly known as the “SS”) and including Der Sicherheitsdienst (commonly known as the “SD”); Die Geheime Staatspolizei (Secret State Police, commonly known as the “GESTAPO”); Die Sturmabteilungen der N.S.D.A.P. (commonly known as the “SA”) and the General Staff and High Command of the German Armed Forces.
Termination of preoceedings	Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Health reasons Robert Ley Suicide · 25 October 1945

Trial

Tribunal	International Military Tribunal · Geoffrey Lawrence (president of IMT, UK Iona T. Nikitchenko (USSR), Alexander Volchkov (USSR alternate), Norman Birkett (UK alternate), Francis Biddle (US), John Parker (US alternate), Henri Donnedieu de Vabres (France), Robert Falco (France alternate)
Trial Opening	20 November 1945
Judgment	1 October 1946
Crimes at Judgment	Hermann Wilhelm Göring Common Plan or Conspiracy · art. 6 IMT Charter Crimes against peace Crimes against peace · art. 6(a) IMT Charter War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Rudolf Hess Common Plan or Conspiracy · art. 6 IMT Charter Crimes against peace Crimes against peace · art. 6(a) IMT Charter Joachim von Ribbentrop Common Plan or Conspiracy · art. 6 IMT Charter Crimes against peace Crimes against peace · art. 6(a) IMT Charter War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Wilhelm Keitel Common Plan or Conspiracy · art. 6 IMT Charter Crimes against peace Crimes against peace · art. 6(a) IMT Charter War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Ernst Kaltenbrunner War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Alfred Rosenberg Common Plan or Conspiracy · art. 6 IMT Charter Crimes against peace Crimes against peace · art. 6(a) IMT Charter War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Hans Frank War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Wilhelm Frick Crimes against peace Crimes against peace · art. 6(a) IMT Charter War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Julius Streicher Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Walter Funk Crimes against peace Crimes against peace · art. 6(a) IMT Charter War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Hjalmar Schacht Acquitted Karl Dönitz Crimes against peace Crimes against peace · art. 6(a) IMT Charter War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Erich Raeder Common Plan or Conspiracy · art. 6 IMT Charter Crimes against peace Crimes against peace · art. 6(a) IMT Charter War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Baldur von Schirach Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Fritz Sauckel War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Alfred Jodl Common Plan or Conspiracy · art. 6 IMT Charter Crimes against peace Crimes against peace · art. 6(a) IMT Charter War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Martin Bormann War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Franz von Papen Acquitted Artur Seyss-Inquart Crimes against peace Crimes against peace · art. 6(a) IMT Charter War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Albert Speer War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Constantin von Neurath Common Plan or Conspiracy · art. 6 IMT Charter Crimes against peace Crimes against peace · art. 6(a) IMT Charter War crimes War crimes · art. 6(b) IMT Charter Crimes against humanity  Crimes Against Humanity · art. 6(c) IMT Charter Hans Fritzsche Acquitted
Sentence	Hermann Wilhelm Göring Death Rudolf Hess Life imprisonment Joachim von Ribbentrop Death Wilhelm Keitel Death Ernst Kaltenbrunner Death Alfred Rosenberg Death Hans Frank Death Wilhelm Frick Death Julius Streicher Death Walter Funk Life imprisonment Karl Dönitz 10 years of imprisonment Erich Raeder Life imprisonment Baldur von Schirach 20 years of imprisonment Fritz Sauckel Death Alfred Jodl Death Martin Bormann Death in absentia Artur Seyss-Inquart Death Albert Speer 20 years of imprisonment Constantin von Neurath 15 years of imprisonment
Sentence Served	Hermann Wilhelm Göring Suicide · 15 October 1946  Rudolf Hess Death · 17 August 1987 Joachim von Ribbentrop Executed · 16 October 1946 Wilhelm Keitel Executed · 16 October 1946 Ernst Kaltenbrunner Executed · 16 October 1946 Alfred Rosenberg Executed · 16 October 1946 Hans Frank Executed · 16 October 1946 Wilhelm Frick Executed · 16 October 1946 Julius Streicher Executed · 16 October 1946 Walter Funk Released · 16 May 1957 Karl Dönitz Released · 1 October 1956 Erich Raeder Released · 26 September 1955 Baldur von Schirach Released · 30 September 1966 Fritz Sauckel Executed · 16 October 1946 Alfred Jodl Executed · 16 October 1946 Martin Bormann Died before arrest Artur Seyss-Inquart Executed · 16 October 1946 Albert Speer Released ·  1 October 1966 Constantin von Neurath Released · 6 November 1954

Key Documents

Judgment	IMT Judgment (1946)