Flick Trial Indictment
Flick and five executives were indicted for offences including slave labour, plunder and support for the SS.
Role range: 1939-1945
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Friedrich Flick Biography and Timeline
Follow Friedrich Flick through 11 dated historical records for Germany.
Friedrich Flick, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1947–1948Years on this page
1947
Flick Amended Indictment Filed
An amended indictment refines the charges against Flick and five associates concerning forced labour, plunder and financial support for the SS.
Role range: 1939-1945
Flick Trial Opens
The fifth Subsequent Nuremberg Proceeding opened against Friedrich Flick and five associates.
Role range: 1939-1945
Flick Arraigned before Military Tribunal IV
Flick is arraigned with the other defendants and enters a plea as the industrialist prosecution moves into open court.
Role range: 1939-1945
Flick Defence Case Opens
The defence opens its case and Flick begins giving evidence about his companies, wartime labour practices and relations with Nazi institutions.
Role range: 1939-1945
Flick Cross-Examination Begins
Prosecutors begin cross-examining Flick about corporate decisions, forced labour, occupied property and payments connected with the SS.
Role range: 1939-1945
Flick Prosecution Closing Statement
The prosecution delivers its closing argument, summarising allegations of slave labour, plunder and support for criminal SS organisations.
Role range: 1939-1945
Flick Defence Closing Arguments Begin
Defence counsel begins final argument for Flick and his co-defendants, challenging the legal and factual basis of the prosecution case.
Role range: 1939-1945
Flick Prosecution Rebuttal Delivered
The prosecution answers the defence closing submissions before the Tribunal withdraws to consider the industrialist case.
Role range: 1939-1945
Flick Trial Judgment and Sentence
Flick was convicted on selected counts and sentenced to seven years imprisonment.
Role range: 1939-1945
1948
Flick Sentences Affirmed by Military Governor
The United States Military Governor affirms the sentences imposed in the Flick Case after post-trial review.
Role range: 1939-1945
Records, sources and methodology
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