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U.S. Chief of Counsel

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William S. Kaplan

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Katherine Fite

American Lawyer; Nuremberg Trials prosecution

• Born: 1905-01-01 (Boston)
• Died: 1989-06-20 1989-01-01
• Country of citizenship: United States of America
• Occupation: lawyer
• Participant in: Nuremberg trials (role: interviewer, prosecution)
• Employer: Robert H. Jackson
• Educated at: Vassar College (academic degree: Bachelor of Arts; until: 1926-01-01); Yale Law School (academic degree: Bachelor of Laws; until: 1930-01-01)
• Spouse: Francis F. Lincoln

U.S. Chief of Counsel

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Robert H. Jackson

American judge (1892-1954)

• Born: 1892-02-13 (Spring Creek Township)
• Died: 1954-10-09 (Washington, D.C.)
• Country of citizenship: United States of America
• Occupation: judge; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: Democratic Party
• Position held: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (nominated by: Franklin Delano Roosevelt; period: 1941-07-11 through 1954-10-09; replaced by: John Marshall Harlan II); Solicitor General of the United States (period: 1938-03-01 through 1940-01-18; replaced by: Francis Biddle; replaces: Stanley Forman Reed); United States Attorney General (period: 1940-01-18 through 1941-08-25; replaced by: Francis Biddle; replaces: Frank Murphy)
• Educated at: Albany Law School; Jamestown High School
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/66525309

William S. Kaplan

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Katherine Fite

American Lawyer; Nuremberg Trials prosecution

• Born: 1905-01-01 (Boston)
• Died: 1989-06-20 1989-01-01
• Country of citizenship: United States of America
• Occupation: lawyer
• Participant in: Nuremberg trials (role: interviewer, prosecution)
• Employer: Robert H. Jackson
• Educated at: Vassar College (academic degree: Bachelor of Arts; until: 1926-01-01); Yale Law School (academic degree: Bachelor of Laws; until: 1930-01-01)
• Spouse: Francis F. Lincoln

U.S. Chief of Counsel

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Robert H. Jackson

American judge (1892-1954)

• Born: 1892-02-13 (Spring Creek Township)
• Died: 1954-10-09 (Washington, D.C.)
• Country of citizenship: United States of America
• Occupation: judge; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: Democratic Party
• Position held: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (nominated by: Franklin Delano Roosevelt; period: 1941-07-11 through 1954-10-09; replaced by: John Marshall Harlan II); Solicitor General of the United States (period: 1938-03-01 through 1940-01-18; replaced by: Francis Biddle; replaces: Stanley Forman Reed); United States Attorney General (period: 1940-01-18 through 1941-08-25; replaced by: Francis Biddle; replaces: Frank Murphy)
• Educated at: Albany Law School; Jamestown High School
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/66525309

Warren F. Farr

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Reich Legal Gazette

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Adolf Hitler

Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)

• Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
• Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
• Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
• Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
• Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
• Member of: Nazi Party
• Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
• Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin

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Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)

• Born: 1893-01-12 (Rosenheim)
• Died: 1945-01-01 1946-10-15 (Nuremberg Court Prison Nuremberg) (reason for deprecated rank: error in referenced source or sources; reason for preferred rank: most precise value)
• Country of citizenship: German Empire; Nazi Germany
• Occupation: aircraft pilot; art collector; politician; war criminal
• Member of political party: Nazi Party (period: 1922-11-01 through 1923-11-23, 1928-04-01 through 1945-04-29)
• Member of: Sturmabteilung
• Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch; Nazi plunder; genocide; war crime
• Significant person: Alma Hedin (role: friend)

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Wilhelm Frick

German Nazi official (1877-1946)

• Born: 1877-03-12 (Alsenz)
• Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: German Völkisch Freedom Party; National Socialist Freedom Movement; Nazi Party
• Member of: AGV München; Thule Society
• Participant in: Aryanization; Beer Hall Putsch; International Military Tribunal (role: defendant)
• Position held: Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (period: 1943-08-24 through 1945-05-04; replaces: Konstantin von Neurath); Reichsminister des Innern (period: 1933-01-30 through 1943-08-20; replaced by: Heinrich Himmler; replaces: Franz Bracht); member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic

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Rudolf Hess

German Nazi leader (1894-1987)

• Born: 1894-04-26 (Alexandria)
• Died: 1987-08-17 (Spandau Prison) (located in the administrative territorial entity: West Berlin)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: aircraft pilot; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Thule Society
• Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch
• Military rank: lieutenant

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Wilhelm Keitel

German field marshal

• Born: 1882-09-22 (Helmscherode) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Duchy of Brunswick)
• Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg) (country: Allied-occupied Germany)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Military rank: general field marshal
• Military branch: artillery
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/74027425

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Walther von Brauchitsch

German field marshal (1881-1948)

• Born: 1881-10-04 (Berlin)
• Died: 1948-10-18 (Hamburg)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: military personnel
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Military rank: general field marshal
• Military branch: Imperial German Army
• Position held: commander-in-chief (period: 1938-01-01 through 1941-01-01)

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Joachim von Ribbentrop

German Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany (1893–1946)

• Born: 1893-04-30 (Wesel)
• Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: diplomat; politician
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Schutzstaffel; Travellers Club
• Participant in: International Military Tribunal (role: defendant)
• Military rank: Oberleutnant

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Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk

German nobleman, jurist, and senior Nazi government official (1887-1977)

• Born: 1887-08-22 (Rathmannsdorf)
• Died: 1977-04-03 1977-03-04 (Essen)
• Country of citizenship: German Empire; Germany; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
• Occupation: diplomat; economist; jurist; military personnel
• Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1937-01-30)
• Participant in: Aryanization; Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (date: 1947-02-06; role: affiant)
• Significant person: Karl Brandt (role: acquaintance)
• Position held: Chancellor of Germany (period: 1945-05-01 through 1945-05-23; replaced by: Konrad Adenauer; replaces: Joseph Goebbels); Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (period: 1945-05-02 through 1945-05-23; replaces: Arthur Seyss-Inquart); German Foreign Minister (period: 1945-05-02 through 1945-05-23; replaced by: Georg Dertinger; replaces: Arthur Seyss-Inquart); Leading Minister (period: 1945-05-01 through 1945-05-23)

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Hans H. Lammers

German jurist, Nazi politician, and Head of the Reich Chancellery (1879-1962)

• Born: 1879-05-27 (Lubliniec)
• Died: 1962-01-04 (Düsseldorf)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: German National People's Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
• Member of: Schutzstaffel
• Participant in: Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, witness)
• Significant person: Adolf Hitler (role: superior); Karl Brandt (role: colleague)

French Republic as member of IMT

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United Kingdom as member of IMT

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United States as member of IMT

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USSR as member of IMT

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Robert H. Jackson

American judge (1892-1954)

• Born: 1892-02-13 (Spring Creek Township)
• Died: 1954-10-09 (Washington, D.C.)
• Country of citizenship: United States of America
• Occupation: judge; lawyer; politician
• Member of political party: Democratic Party
• Position held: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (nominated by: Franklin Delano Roosevelt; period: 1941-07-11 through 1954-10-09; replaced by: John Marshall Harlan II); Solicitor General of the United States (period: 1938-03-01 through 1940-01-18; replaced by: Francis Biddle; replaces: Stanley Forman Reed); United States Attorney General (period: 1940-01-18 through 1941-08-25; replaced by: Francis Biddle; replaces: Frank Murphy)
• Educated at: Albany Law School; Jamestown High School
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/66525309

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Francois de Menthon

French politician (1900-1984)

• Born: 1900-01-08 (Montmirey-la-Ville)
• Died: 1984-06-02 (Annecy Menthon-Saint-Bernard)
• Country of citizenship: France
• Occupation: judge; jurist; politician; university teacher
• Member of political party: Popular Republican Movement
• Member of: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
• Position held: Minister of Justice (member of cabinet: Q3111972; period: 1944-09-10 through 1945-05-30; replaced by: Pierre-Henri Teitgen); Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (period: 1949-08-13 through 1959-04-01; represents: France); member of the European Parliament; member of the French National Assembly
• Employer: University of Lyon; University of Pont-à-Mousson

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Hartley Shawcross

British politician (1902-2003)

• Born: 1902-02-04 (Giessen)
• Died: 2003-07-10 (Cowbeech Farmhouse)
• Country of citizenship: United Kingdom
• Occupation: autobiographer; barrister; businessperson; politician
• Member of political party: Labour Party (since: 1918-01-01)
• Member of: Gray's Inn
• Position held: Attorney General for England and Wales (period: 1945-08-04 through 1951-04-24; replaced by: Frank Soskice, Baron Stow Hill; replaces: David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir); Member of the 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: 1945 United Kingdom general election; electoral district: St Helens; end cause: dissolution of parliament); Member of the 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: 1950 United Kingdom general election; electoral district: St Helens; end cause: dissolution of parliament); Member of the 40th Parliament of the United Kingdom (elected in: 1951 United Kingdom general election; electoral district: St Helens; end cause: dissolution of parliament)
• Educated at: Dulwich College; London School of Economics and Political Science; University of Geneva

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Roman A. Rudenko

Soviet lawyer (1907-1981)

• Born: 1907-08-07 1907-07-30 (Nosivka) (reason for deprecated rank: item/value with less precision and/or accuracy; reason for preferred rank: most precise value)
• Died: 1981-01-23 (Moscow)
• Country of citizenship: Russian Empire; Soviet Union
• Occupation: jurist; military personnel; politician
• Member of political party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Member of: Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Participant in: 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party; 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Military rank: Lieutenant general of justice

IMT

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Geoffrey Lawrence

British judge (1880-1971)

• Born: 1880-12-02 (Builth Wells)
• Died: 1971-08-28 (Malmesbury)
• Country of citizenship: United Kingdom; Wales
• Occupation: judge; politician
• Member of: Inner Temple
• Military branch: British Army
• Position held: Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (period: 1947-01-01 through 1957-01-01; replaced by: Alfred Denning, Baron Denning; replaces: Hugh Macmillan, Baron Macmillan); Member of the House of Lords
• Educated at: Haileybury and Imperial Service College; New College; Summer Fields School

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Alexander Volchkov

Soviet judge during the Nuremberg Trials

• Born: 1902-08-01 (Sergachsky Uyezd)
• Died: 1978-01-01
• Country of citizenship: Soviet Union
• Occupation: judge; military personnel
• Military rank: polkovnik
• Position held: judge
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/133147662866060550331

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Iona T. Nikitchenko

Soviet jurist

• Born: 1895-06-28 (Don Host Oblast)
• Died: 1967-04-22 (Moscow)
• Country of citizenship: Russian Empire; Soviet Union
• Occupation: judge; jurist; military personnel
• Member of political party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Participant in: Great Purge
• Position held: judge
• Educated at: Moscow State University

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Francis Biddle

United States federal judge (1886-1968)

• Born: 1886-05-09 1886-05-19 (Paris)
• Died: 1968-10-04 (Hyannis)
• Country of citizenship: France; United States of America
• Occupation: judge; lawyer; politician; screenwriter
• Member of political party: Democratic Party
• Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Position held: Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Solicitor General of the United States (period: 1940-01-22 through 1941-08-25; replaced by: Charles H. Fahy; replaces: Robert H. Jackson); United States Attorney General (period: 1941-08-26 through 1945-06-26; replaced by: Thomas Campbell Clark; replaces: Robert H. Jackson)
• Educated at: Harvard Law School

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Henri Donnedieu de Vabres

French jurist

• Born: 1880-07-08 (Nîmes)
• Died: 1952-02-14 (6th arrondissement of Paris)
• Country of citizenship: France
• Occupation: criminologist; jurist; magistrate; pedagogue
• Member of: Institut de Droit International (since: 1932-01-01); Société générale des prisons (role: vice president)
• Position held: judge
• Employer: University of Paris
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/73936362

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Robert Falco

French judge at the Nuremberg Trials (1882-1960)

• Born: 1882-02-26 (Paris)
• Died: 1960-01-14 (Paris)
• Country of citizenship: France
• Occupation: judge; jurist
• Position held: judge
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/266864598
• ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/000000038299010X
• WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2015006464

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John Parker

American judge

• Born: 1885-11-20 (Monroe)
• Died: 1958-03-17 (Washington, D.C.)
• Country of citizenship: United States of America
• Occupation: judge; lawyer
• Member of political party: Republican Party
• Member of: Phi Beta Kappa Society
• Position held: Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Educated at: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill