The RuSHA Case

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The RuSHA Case was one of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials in which SS officials were prosecuted for racial policies, including forced resettlement, kidnapping of children, and persecution tied to Nazi racial ideology.

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instanceOf Nuremberg trial
Subsequent Nuremberg Trial
United States military tribunal
chargeCategory crimes against humanity
membership in criminal organizations
war crimes
chargeDetail Germanization of foreign children
deportation of civilian populations
forced resettlement of populations
kidnapping of children
persecution on political grounds
persecution on racial grounds
persecution on religious grounds
plunder of property
racial persecution
conductedBy United States military authorities
defendant Heinrich Himmler (in absentia not tried, but central figure in background policies)
Konrad Meyer-Hetling
Rudolf Creutz
Ulrich Greifelt
defendantsCount 14
endDate 1948-03-10
focus Germanization policies in occupied territories
Lebensborn program activities
Nazi racial policies
SS population and settlement policies
hasAlternativeName The RuSHA Trial
linked to: RuSHA Trial

United States of America vs. Ulrich Greifelt et al.
heldAt Nuremberg
heldInCountry Germany
historicalSignificance clarified criminal responsibility for demographic and racial engineering policies
first major trial focused on Nazi racial and resettlement policies
languageOfProceedings English
German
legalBasis Control Council Law No. 10
locationOfCourt Palace of Justice, Nuremberg
mainDefendant Ulrich Greifelt
partOf Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
prosecutedBy United States of America
result several convictions
some acquittals
startDate 1947-10-20
tribunalNumber Case VIII
triedOrganization Lebensborn e.V.
Main Office for Repatriation of Ethnic Germans
RKFDV
Reich Commission for the Strengthening of Germandom
RuSHA
SS Race and Settlement Main Office

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Case VIII hasAlternativeName The RuSHA Case
Friedrich Fuchs trialNumber RuSHA Case
linked to: The RuSHA Case