IG Farben Case

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs The IG Farben Trial
gptkbp:charge war crimes
crimes against humanity
slave labor
plunder
gptkbp:context Prosecution of industrialists for Nazi war crimes
gptkbp:defendant 24 IG Farben executives
gptkbp:endDate 1948-07-30
gptkbp:evidence Production of synthetic fuel and rubber for Nazi Germany
Plundering of occupied territories
Use of forced labor at Auschwitz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label IG Farben Case
gptkbp:judge gptkb:U.S._Military_Tribunal_VI
gptkbp:legacy Set precedent for corporate accountability in international law
gptkbp:location gptkb:Nuremberg,_Germany
gptkbp:notableDefendant gptkb:Fritz_ter_Meer
gptkb:Otto_Ambros
gptkb:Carl_Krauch
gptkb:Heinrich_Bütefisch
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:United_States_of_America_vs._Carl_Krauch,_et_al.
gptkbp:prosecutedBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials
gptkb:IG_Farben
gptkbp:result No convictions for mass murder or extermination
gptkbp:sentence prison terms ranging from 1.5 to 8 years
gptkbp:significance Addressed corporate complicity in Holocaust and WWII crimes
gptkbp:startDate 1947-08-27
gptkbp:trial gptkb:Case_VI
gptkbp:verdict 1 mistrial
10 acquitted
13 convicted
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nuremberg_IG_Farben_Trial
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6