2 January 1947Milch Trial OpensErhard Milch
Military Tribunal II opened the trial of former Luftwaffe Field Marshal Erhard Milch.
Historical records for Germany in 1947, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Military Tribunal II opened the trial of former Luftwaffe Field Marshal Erhard Milch.
Pohl and other WVHA officials were indicted for war crimes, crimes against humanity and SS membership.
Hanged in Moscow for attrocities committed behind the estaern fron in 1941
Hanged in Moscow for attrocities committed behind the estaern fron in 1941
The Justice Case opened against former judges and Justice Ministry officials accused of using the legal system for persecution.
Executed by the Polish authorities for war crimes
Executed by the Polish authorities for war crimes
Pohl and the other WVHA defendants were arraigned before Military Tribunal II.
Flick and five executives were indicted for offences including slave labour, plunder and support for the SS.
Birth of Florian Schneider, later Kraftwerk co-founder and electronic sound innovator.
The Pohl Case opened against officials of the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office.
Milch was sentenced to life imprisonment after conviction on two counts.
The fifth Subsequent Nuremberg Proceeding opened against Friedrich Flick and five associates.
Krauch and other IG Farben executives were indicted for aggressive war, plunder, slave labour and related crimes.
List and other German commanders were indicted over reprisals, hostage killings and crimes in southeastern Europe.
Death of Bruno Brauner, found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed
Found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed
Found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed
Found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed
The death sentence is later commuted to life. Sentenced to death by a British Military Court for shooting 335 Italian civilians
The Hostage Case opened before Military Tribunal V.
Birth of Wolfgang Flur, later Kraftwerk electronic percussionist during the classic period.
Ohlendorf and other Einsatzgruppen leaders were indicted for mass murder, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The tribunal found Brandt guilty as it delivered the Doctors Trial verdicts.
The Doctors Trial judgment set out ten principles for permissible human experimentation, later known as the Nuremberg Code.
Brandt received a death sentence after conviction in the Doctors Trial.
Military Tribunal VI opened the IG Farben Case against company executives.
Blobel pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in the Einsatzgruppen Case.
The Einsatzgruppen Case opened before a United States military tribunal.
Military Tribunal I was reconstituted to hear the RuSHA Case against racial and resettlement officials.
Directs Ehe im Schatten, an early post-war DEFA film.
Ohlendorf testified in his own defence during the Einsatzgruppen Trial.
The Justice Case concluded its evidentiary phase with final statements from the defendants.
The RuSHA Case opened against officials involved in Nazi racial and resettlement policies.
Pohl was convicted and sentenced to death in the WVHA trial.
Krupp and the other defendants were arraigned before the United States military tribunal.
Weizsaecker and other senior officials were indicted in the Ministries Case.
Leeb and other senior Wehrmacht commanders were indicted in the High Command Case.
Military Tribunal III began delivering judgment in the Justice Case.
Rothaug received life imprisonment after conviction in the Justice Case.
The Krupp Case opened against industrial managers accused of plunder and forced-labour offences.
Flick was convicted on selected counts and sentenced to seven years imprisonment.
Death of Arthur Liebehenschel, executed by the Polish authorities for war crimes
Death of Erich Muhsfeldt, executed for war crimes
Publication of "Dr Faustus"
Hoess is executed for his part played in the slaughter at Auschwitz
Executed by the Polish authorities for war crimes
Executed by the Polish authorities for war crimes
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