War Crimes

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War Crimes

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Omar al-Bashir Politician 1-Jan-1944 President of Sudan

Ion Antonescu Head of State 15-Jun-1882 1-Jun-1946 Pro-Nazi dictator of Romania

Artur Axmann Government 18-Feb-1913 24-Oct-1996 Hitler Youth leader

Sepp Dietrich Military 28-May-1892 22-Apr-1966 Nazi general, guilty of war crimes

Hans Frank Military 23-May-1900 16-Oct-1946 Nazi King of Poland

Wilhelm Frick Government 12-Mar-1877 16-Oct-1946 Authored the Nuremberg Laws

Hans Fritzsche Government 21-Apr-1900 27-Sep-1953 Reich minister of radio propaganda

Walther Funk Government 18-Aug-1890 31-May-1960 Reich economic minister

Ante Gotovina Military 12-Oct-1955 Croatian war criminal

Ernst Kaltenbrunner Military 4-Oct-1903 16-Oct-1946 Commanded the Reich Central Security Office

Radovan Karadzic Head of State 19-Jun-1945 Indicted Serbian war criminal

Wilhelm Keitel Military 22-Sep-1882 16-Oct-1946 Just following orders

Alfried Krupp Business 13-Aug-1907 30-Jul-1967 Nazi munitions maker, convicted war criminal

Gustav Krupp Business 7-Aug-1870 16-Jan-1950 Industrialist, Nazi war criminal

Hans Heinrich Lammers Government 27-May-1879 4-Jan-1962 Chief of the Reich Chancellery

Josef Mengele Doctor 16-Mar-1911 7-Feb-1979 The Angel of Death

Lambdin P. Milligan Criminal 24-Mar-1812 21-Dec-1899 Ex Parte Milligan

Sir Henry Morgan Military 1635 25-Aug-1688 Knighted pirate of the Caribbean

Erich Raeder Military 24-Apr-1876 6-Nov-1960 Reich Admiral

Alfred Rosenberg Politician 12-Jan-1893 16-Oct-1946 Nazi Minister for Occupied Territories

Fritz Sauckel Military 27-Oct-1894 16-Oct-1946 Reich slavemaster

Arthur Seyss-Inquart Government 22-Jul-1892 16-Oct-1946 Reich Commissar of Austria, Netherlands

Kurt Student Military 12-May-1890 1-Jul-1978 Luftwaffe General

Charles Taylor Head of State 28-Jan-1948 Former Liberian president, war criminal

Hideki Tojo Head of State 30-Dec-1884 23-Dec-1948 Prime Minister of Japan, 1941-44

Walther von Brauchitsch Military 4-Oct-1881 18-Oct-1948 Nazi general, failed to capture Moscow

Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk Head of State 22-Aug-1887 4-Mar-1977 German Chancellor, 1945

Erich von Manstein Military 24-Nov-1887 10-Jun-1973 Nazi general

Konstantin von Neurath Diplomat 2-Feb-1873 15-Aug-1956 Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs

Joachim von Ribbentrop Diplomat 30-Apr-1893 16-Oct-1946 Reich Foreign Minister

William Walker Military 8-May-1824 12-Sep-1860 American "filibuster"

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