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Trial

Austria · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1945–1961Date range
4Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1945

Ernst Kaltenbrunner1945

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Found guilty of war crimes & hanged

1946

Lothar Rendulic1946

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Sentenced to 20 yrs for crimes that could not be proven & released in 1951

Arthur Seyss-Inquart1946

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Found guilty of war crimes & crimes against humanity & hanged

1960

Adolf Eichmann23 May 1960

Jerusalem · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurian announces Eichmann will stand trial

1961

Adolf Eichmann11 August 1961

Jerusalem · Warfare / World War, 2nd

1st day of trial under the Nazis & Nazi Collaborators Punishment Act

Adolf Eichmann11 December 1961

Jerusalem · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Sentenced to death after found guilty of all 12 charges brought against him

Names involved

Adolf EichmannArthur Seyss-InquartErnst KaltenbrunnerLothar Rendulic

Provenance

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