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

23Records
1941–1952Date range
19Named people
4Places

Chronological records

1941

Adolf HitlerDecember 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Hitler has General Count von Sponeck court-martialled

1944

Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg23 October 1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Volksgerichtshof ("Peoples Court") sentences him to death

Wilhelm Keitel1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Member of "court of honour" sentencing officers to death

1945

Friedrich Fromm12 March 1945

Brandenburg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Executed after being found guilty by a Peoples Court

Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist1945

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Sent to communist Yugoslavia to face alleged war crimes charges

Hugo Sperrle1945

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Tried for war crimes but acquited & released in 1948

1946

Constantin Freiher von Neurath1 October 1946

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Sentenced to 15 yrs but released from Spandau prison in 1954. Found guilty of war crimes & crimes against humanity

Wilhelm Keitel16 October 1946

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Found guilty of war crimes & crimes against humanity & hanged

Martin Bormann1946

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The international military tribunal sentences Borman in absentia to death

Walther Funk1946

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Sentenced to life for managing the SS account of gold teeth taken from dead Jews

Rudolph Hess1946

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Sentenced at Nuremburg to life in prison at Spandau in Berlin

Joachim von Ribbentrop1946

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Found guilty of war crimes & of crimes against humanity

Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht1946

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Acquitted of all charges

Baldur von Schirach1946

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Sentenced to 20 years for deporting Jews while Governor of Vienna

Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer1946

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The prosecution introduces as evidence a photograph of Speer visiting Mauthausen concentration camp. Imprisoned for 20 years for the extensive use of slave labour. Claims he was "unpolitical" & had no knowledge of the crimes inside the Reich. Acquitted on the charge of having had knowledge of a "common plan for aggressive war"

1947

Franz von PapenFebruary 1947

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Sentenced to 8 months by a denazification court as a war criminal

Albrecht Kesselring6 June 1947

Venice · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The death sentence is later commuted to life. Sentenced to death by a British Military Court for shooting 335 Italian civilians

1948

Johannes von Blaskowitz5 February 1948

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Commits suicide after being indicted as a war criminal before being brought to trial

Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist1948

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Extradited to the Soviet Union where he is condemned to a 10-years sentence in 1952 for war crimes

1949

Franz von PapenJanuary 1949

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appeals against his sentence & is released

Otto AbetzJuly 1949

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Tried for the deportation of French Jews to the death camps, released in 1954. A French court sentences Abetz to 20 yrs imprisonment for war crimes

1952

Helmuth Otto Ludwig Weidling27 May 1952

Moscow · Warfare / World War, 2nd

A Soviet military tribunal sentences Weidling to 25 years of imprisonment for not surrendering Berlin sooner

Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist1952

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Condemned in Russia to a 10-years sentence in 1952 for war crimes

Names involved

Adolf HitlerAlbrecht KesselringBaldur von SchirachBerthold Konrad Hermann Albert SpeerConstantin Freiher von NeurathFranz von PapenFriedrich FrommFriedrich Werner von der SchulenburgHelmuth Otto Ludwig WeidlingHorace Greeley Hjalmar SchachtHugo SperrleJoachim von RibbentropJohannes von BlaskowitzMartin BormannOtto AbetzPaul Ludwig Ewald von KleistRudolph HessWalther FunkWilhelm Keitel

Provenance

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