Southeast Case

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Southeast Case is the name commonly used for the Hostages Trial, one of the post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunals prosecuting German officers for war crimes against civilians and prisoners in the Balkans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nuremberg Military Tribunal case
war crimes trial
appliesToConflict World War II
appliesToTerritory Albania
Greece
Norway
Southeast Europe
linked to: Balkans

Yugoslavia
basedOnEvents German occupation policies in Southeast Europe
charge crimes against humanity
ill-treatment and murder of prisoners of war
murder of civilians
murder of hostages
plunder and devastation not justified by military necessity
war crimes
country United States of America
dateOfJudgment 1948-02-19
defendant Ernst Dehner
Ernst von Leyser
Franz Boehme
linked to: Franz Böhme

Helmuth Felmy
Hermann Foertsch
Hubert Lanz
Karl von Le Suire
Kurt von Geitner
Lothar Rendulic
Maxime de Angelis
Walter Kuntze
Wilhelm List
endTime 1948-02-19
focus German military operations in the Balkans
hasAlternativeName Hostages Trial
The Hostages Case
linked to: Hostages Trial
jurisdiction United States military tribunal
language English
German
legalPrincipleDiscussed command responsibility
hostage-taking and reprisal killings
superior orders
location American Zone of Occupation in Germany
Nuremberg
Palace of Justice, Nuremberg
numberInSeries 7
numberOfDefendants 12
outcome several acquittals
several convictions
partOf Nuremberg Military Tribunals
linked to: Nuremberg trials

Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
prosecutingAuthority Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes (United States)
startTime 1947-07-08
subjectOf Nuremberg Military Tribunals, Volume XI: The Hostages Case

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Hostages Trial hasAlternativeName Southeast Case