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02.06.2008

Hermann Goering

Sentenced

IMT - Nurenberg

Nazi Germany

Hermann Goering was born on 12 January 1893 into a well off German family. He attended the Karlsruhe cadets institute followed by the Gross Lichterfelde military college from which he graduated as a second-lieutenant in the infantry. At the beginning of the First World War in 1914, Goering served with the German infantry but was soon transferred to the air force due to problems with his knees. Here he gained a distinguished reputation as a fig...

02.05.2007

Wilhelm Frick

Sentenced

IMT - Nurenberg

Nazi Germany

Wilhelm Frick was born on 12 March 1877 in Alsenz in the region of Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1901, he obtained a Doctorate in Jurisprudence at the University of Heidelberg and began working in various local administrations before serving in the police headquarters beginning in 1917. In 1923, he made the acquaintance of Hitler and joined the Nazi party, the NSDAP. After participating in the attempted putsch of 9 November 1923, he was sentenced to 1...

13.04.2007

Walther Funk

Sentenced

IMT - Nurenberg

Nazi Germany

Walther Funk was born on 18 August 1890 in Königsberg. He studied law, economics, philosophy, the arts and music at Berlin University then later at the University of Leipzig. He enrolled in the infantry in 1914 but was discharged in 1916 for health reasons. He then began work as a journalist before being appointed, in 1922, Chief Editor of the Berliner Börsenzeitung, a newspaper specialised in finance and economics. On resigning from this posi...

02.01.2007

Rudolf Hess

Sentenced

IMT - Nurenberg

Nazi Germany

Rudolf Hess was born on 26 April 1894 in Alexandria, Egypt, the son of a German businessman. He joined the army as a volunteer during the First World war at the end of which he attained the rank of lieutenant after a period of service in the air force. After the war, he was active in extreme right wing movements and joined the NSDAP, the Nazi party, in 1920. Sentenced to 15 months imprisonment in 1924 following the failed Munich putsch (in 192...

30.12.2006

Martin Bormann

Sentenced

IMT - Nurenberg

Nazi Germany

Martin Bormann was born on 17 June 1900 in Halberstadt, in Sachsen-Anhalt, into a family of modest means. He served for a brief period in the artillery during the first world war, before joining right wing movements after the war. He became a member of the NSDAP, the Nazi party, in 1925. Between 1928 and 1930 he was a member of the SA. Rising through the ranks of the party, Bormann was elected to the Reichstag in 1933. From July 1933 until 194...

01.12.2006

Erich Raeder

Sentenced

IMT - Nurenberg

Nazi Germany

Erich Raeder was born on 24 April 1876 in Wandsbek close to Hamburg. He joined the Imperial Navy, following his secondary school studies, in 1894. During the First World War he took part in the famous Battle of Jutland. After the war, he continued to climb the ranks in the navy to the position of Admiral, and won overall command of the German fleet in October 1928. He was initially against the Nazi Party, but was won over to Hitler in 1933 when t...

01.11.2006

Hans Frank

Sentenced

IMT - Nurenberg

Nazi Germany

Hans Frank was born on 23 May 1900 in Karlsruhe. He obtained his Doctorate in Law in 1926, and become lawyer, then legal advisor to Adolf Hitler. He joined the NSDAP, the Nazi party, and participated in the SA. He headed the legal affairs office of the party’s supreme leadership. In 1930, he became a member of the Reichstag, the German Parliament. In 1939, Hans Frank was appointed Head of the Civilian Administration of the occupied territories...

22.09.2006

Konstantin Von Neurath

Sentenced

IMT - Nurenberg

Nazi Germany

Konstantin von Neurath was born on 2 February 1873 in Württemberg and studied law before joining the German Diplomatic Corps in 1901. He was sent to London in 1903 as Vice-Consul and became Consul of the embassy in 1909. He was posted to Istanbul in 1914. He was an infantry officer during the First World War and after being wounded returned to Istanbul, then to Germany where he became Governor of Württemberg. Between 1919 and 1932 he was sent fir...

19.07.2006

Wilhelm Keitel

Sentenced

IMT - Nurenberg

Nazi Germany

Wilhelm Keitel was born on 22 September 1882 in Helmscherode close to Hanover. He took up a military career becoming a Captain just as the First world War broke out. At the time Hitler came to power, an old friend of Keitel, Werner von Blomberg, became Minister of Defence. Through this contact, Keitel was introduced to the Fuhrer and became one of his most fervent advocates. From being General in 1934, Chief of Staff to Minister von Blomber...

19.06.2006

Franz Von Papen

Acquitted

IMT - Nurenberg

Nazi Germany

Franz von Papen was born on 29 October 1879 in Werl, in Westphalia. By profession a diplomat, he became Reich Chancellor in 1932. In 1933, he joined the government of Adolf Hitler as Vice-Chancellor only to leave it in 1934. Subsequently he became a special envoy to Austria, then from 1939 onwards was Ambassador to Turkey until 1944. Franz von Papen was also a member of the Reichstag, the German Parliament, emissary to the Saarland and reporte...

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