American Military Tribunal III

The collection is a microfiche copy of the official transcript of 'American Military Tribunal III in the Matter of the United States of America against Alfried Krupp, et al, defendants, sitting at Nuernberg, Germany, on 31 July 1948, 0900-1630 hours, the Honorable Hu C Anderson presiding'. Following World War Two a number of German industrialists were charged by the American Military Tribunal, US Military Government of Germany, of four major crimes: the planning, preparation, initiation and waging of aggressive war; the plunder and spoliation of occupied territories; crimes involving prisoners of war and slave labour; and a common plan or conspiracy to commit crimes against peace. This collection is a copy of the verdict and final result transcript of the trials of Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, head of Fried. Krupp AG (or the Krupp Concern), a major steelworks, machine, and mining company, and many of his associates and company executives, 1947-1948. The defendants were arraigned on 17 Nov 1947 and closing arguments were made on 30 Jun 1948. The trial involved the oral testimony of 117 witnesses; 1,471 documents admitted as evidence by the prosecution; and 2,829 documents admitted as evidence by the defence. The briefs and final pleas of defence counsel consisted of more than 1,500 pages and counsel for the defendants consumed five days in final arguments.