Mauthausen-Gusen camp trials
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The Mauthausen-Gusen camp trials were a series of post–World War II military tribunals in which Allied authorities prosecuted SS personnel and collaborators for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mauthausen-Gusen camp trials canonical | 1 |
| Mauthausen-Gusen trial | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6240490 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Mauthausen-Gusen camp trials Context triple: [Mauthausen concentration camp, perpetratorTrial, Mauthausen-Gusen camp trials]
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Bergen-Belsen concentration camp trials
The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp trials were a series of post–World War II military tribunals in which British authorities prosecuted Nazi camp personnel for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed at the Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz concentration camps.
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Einsatzgruppen Trial
The Einsatzgruppen Trial was a post-World War II U.S. military tribunal at Nuremberg that prosecuted leaders of Nazi mobile killing units for mass murder and crimes against humanity committed in Eastern Europe.
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Buchenwald Trial
The Buchenwald Trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal held at Dachau in 1947 to prosecute SS personnel and collaborators for war crimes and atrocities committed at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
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Nuremberg Pohl Trial
The Nuremberg Pohl Trial was one of the subsequent Nuremberg military tribunals in which Oswald Pohl and other SS officials were prosecuted for their roles in administering Nazi concentration camps, forced labor, and the economic exploitation and murder of prisoners.
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Nuremberg Milch Trial
The Nuremberg Milch Trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal that prosecuted Luftwaffe Field Marshal Erhard Milch for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to forced labor and the exploitation of concentration camp prisoners.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Mauthausen-Gusen camp trials Target entity description: The Mauthausen-Gusen camp trials were a series of post–World War II military tribunals in which Allied authorities prosecuted SS personnel and collaborators for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex.
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A.
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp trials
The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp trials were a series of post–World War II military tribunals in which British authorities prosecuted Nazi camp personnel for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed at the Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz concentration camps.
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B.
Einsatzgruppen Trial
The Einsatzgruppen Trial was a post-World War II U.S. military tribunal at Nuremberg that prosecuted leaders of Nazi mobile killing units for mass murder and crimes against humanity committed in Eastern Europe.
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C.
Buchenwald Trial
The Buchenwald Trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal held at Dachau in 1947 to prosecute SS personnel and collaborators for war crimes and atrocities committed at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
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D.
Nuremberg Pohl Trial
The Nuremberg Pohl Trial was one of the subsequent Nuremberg military tribunals in which Oswald Pohl and other SS officials were prosecuted for their roles in administering Nazi concentration camps, forced labor, and the economic exploitation and murder of prisoners.
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E.
Nuremberg Milch Trial
The Nuremberg Milch Trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal that prosecuted Luftwaffe Field Marshal Erhard Milch for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to forced labor and the exploitation of concentration camp prisoners.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military tribunal
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war crimes trial ⓘ |
| aim |
establish individual responsibility for camp crimes
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punish perpetrators of atrocities at Mauthausen-Gusen ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Gusen concentration camp
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Mauthausen main camp ⓘ
linked to:
Mauthausen concentration camp
Mauthausen subcamps ⓘ
linked to:
Linz III subcamp
Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex ⓘ
linked to:
Mauthausen concentration camp
|
| charge |
crimes against humanity
ⓘ
membership in a criminal organization ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| conviction |
inhumane treatment of prisoners
ⓘ
murder of prisoners ⓘ participation in slave labor program ⓘ torture of prisoners ⓘ |
| country |
Austria
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| defendantRole |
SS personnel
ⓘ
camp guards ⓘ camp officials ⓘ civilian collaborators ⓘ kapos ⓘ |
| endTime | 1947 ⓘ |
| executionMethod | hanging ⓘ |
| follows | World War II ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Control Council Law No. 10
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linked to:
Allied Control Council Law No. 10
laws and usages of war ⓘ |
| location |
Dachau, Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
District of Dachau
Linz, Austria ⓘ
linked to:
Linz
|
| mainCase | United States of America v. Hans Altfuldisch et al. ⓘ |
| notableDefendant |
August Eigruber
ⓘ
Franz Ziereis ⓘ Hans Altfuldisch ⓘ Oswald Pohl ⓘ |
| numberOfDefendants | 61 ⓘ |
| partOf | Allied war crimes trials ⓘ |
| prosecutingAuthority |
Allied military authorities
ⓘ
linked to:
Allied occupation forces
United States Army ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Nuremberg trials ⓘ |
| sentence |
death penalty
ⓘ
life imprisonment ⓘ long-term imprisonment ⓘ |
| startTime | 1946 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historical research on Holocaust justice ⓘ |
| venue |
U.S. military court at Dachau
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linked to:
Dachau trials
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Subject: Mauthausen-Gusen camp trials Description of subject: The Mauthausen-Gusen camp trials were a series of post–World War II military tribunals in which Allied authorities prosecuted SS personnel and collaborators for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex.
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linked to: Mauthausen-Gusen camp trials