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OMGUS MILITARY TRIBUNAL - CASE THREE, NURNBERG, GERMANY OMT-III-D-61

1946-1948

JOSEPH ALTSTOETTER, former chief of Civil Law and Procedure Division in the Reich Ministry of Justice, stand stiffly at attention as the Tribunal pronounces sentence of imprisonment for five years. Although a general of the SS, Altstoetter was not found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. However, he was convicted of membership in a criminal organization, and will be confined for five years for having accepted rank, insignia, and honors from the SS and Himmler.

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OMGUS MILITARY TRIBUNAL - CASE THREE, NURNBERG, GERMANY OMT-III-D-61 / JOSEPH ALTSTOETTER, former chief of Civil Law and Procedure Division in the Reich Ministry of Justice, stand stiffly at attention as the Tribunal pronounces sentence of imprisonment for five years. Although a general of the SS, Altstoetter was not found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. However, he was convicted of membership in a criminal organization, and will be confined for five years for having accepted rank, insignia, and honors from the SS and Himmler.

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