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The Trial of Wilhelm List and Others (The Hostages Trial)

United States Military Tribunal Nuremberg 8th July 1947 to 19th February 1948 (1948)

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The Trial of Wilhelm List and Others (The Hostages Trial)

Nuremberg Military Tribunal
United States Military Tribunal Nuremberg 8th July 1947 to 19th February 1948 (1948)

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Facts

During the Second World War, Wilhelm List and other German officers (the officers) (defendants) commanded forces in German-occupied areas of Greece, Yugoslavia, Albania, and Norway. As the occupation went on, resistance fighters in the occupied areas engaged in combat with German forces and captured, tortured, and killed German soldiers. In an effort to stop the resistance and regain control, Adolf Hitler personally ordered the killing of 100 hostages for each German killed and 50 hostages for each wounded German. During the occupation, hundreds of thousands of civilians in the occupied area were taken hostage and killed by German fighters. Following the war, the officers were charged with being principals or accessories to murder, plundering and looting, executing illegal orders, and the imprisonment and torture of prisoners in concentration camps. The officers were tried before an American military tribunal in Nuremburg, Germany.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Per curiam)

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