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was filed on 15 November 1947; the hearings lasted from 6 January 1948 until 18 November that year. Five months later, on 11 April 1949, the judges presented their 833-page judgment. Sentences were handed down on 13 April 1949. Of all the twelve trials, this was the one that lasted longest and ended
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Count 7: War crimes and crimes against humanity through the enslavement and deportation of concentration camp prisoners and civilians in the occupied countries for slave labor
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7 years for counts 1 and 5; count 1 overturned and reduced to 5 years on 12 December 1949; commuted to served and released in October 1950; died in 1951
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7 years for counts 1 and 5; count 1 overturned and reduced to 5 years on 12 December 1949; released in January 1950; died in 1979
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7 years for counts 3 and 5; count 3 overturned and reduced to 5 years on 12 December 1949; released in January 1950; died in 1969
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Count 2: Taking part in a common plan or conspiracy to commit the aforementioned crimes (later dropped by the NMT in all trials)
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through atrocities against German nationals on political, racial, and religious grounds between 1933 and 1939 (count dropped)
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20 years for counts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 8; commuted to 10 years in January 1951; released in December 1951; died in 1962
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15 years for counts 1, 6, 7, and 8; commuted to 10 years in January 1951; released in December 1951; died in 1957
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25 years imprisonment for counts 3, 5, 7, and 8; commuted to 10 years in January 1951; released in December 1951
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20 years for counts 5, 7, and 8; commuted to 10 years in January 1951; released in December 1951; died in 1977
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for overall German governmental administration. The defendants in this case were officials of various
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for the numerous atrocities committed both in Germany and in occupied countries during the war.
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15 years for counts 6 and 7; commuted to 10 years in January 1951; released in December 1951
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10 years for counts 1, 5, 6, and 8; commuted to time served and released in February 1951
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Time served (3 years and 10 months) for counts 5, 6, and 8. Died in a car crash in 1953.
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Successor of von Weizsäcker as Secretary of State in the Foreign Ministry (until 1945).
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10 years for counts 5 and 6; commuted to time served and released in February 1951
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Theodor von Hornbostel testifies for the prosecution during the Ministries Trial
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15 years for counts 5-8; commuted to time served and released in February 1951
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The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the Origins of International Criminal Law
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7 years for counts 5, 6, and 8; released in August 1950; died in 1953
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Secretary in the Ministry of Armament; head of the planning office.
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Secretary in the Foreign Ministry; head of the political division.
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The defendants were all indicted on at least one of seven counts:
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The judges in this case, heard before Military Tribunal VI, were
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the U.S. authorities held in their occupation zone in Germany in
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4 years for count 3; released after the judgment; died in 1968
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5 years for count 8; released in December 1949; died in 1960
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7 years for counts 5 and 8; released in 1950; died in 1952
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United States of America vs. Ernst von Weizsäcker, et al.
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Secretary in the Foreign Ministry; deputy to Woermann.
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ministries, facing various charges for their roles in
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Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland
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