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Wennerstrum Presides over Hostage Judgment

United States of America · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1948

Charles F. Wennerstrum19 February 1948

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Wennerstrum presided when the tribunal issued its Hostage Case judgment, addressing military command responsibility, reprisals and the treatment of civilians in occupied territory.

Names involved

Charles F. Wennerstrum

Provenance

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