Phillips Nuremberg Trials Collection: Trial 7 - Hostages Case

This case is also known as the "Southeast Case" because the defendants were all officers leading the troops in southeastern Europe during the Balkans Campaign. The Balkans include Greece, Albania, and what was then Yugoslavia. They were charged with responsibility for the hostage-taking of civilians and the killing of the hostages and partisans beginning in 1941.

Counts: 1) Mass Murder; 2) Spoliation; 3) Illegal Executions; and 4) Slave Labor

Original Indictment

• Indictment
• Opening Statement of the United States of America
• Closing Statement on Behalf of the Prosecution
• Video of Sentencing

Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals Under Control Council Law No. 10

The 15-volume series, also known as “The Green Series,” focuses on the 12 trials of almost 200 defendants. This publication by the United States Government Printing Office is the official abridged record of the individual indictments and judgments, as well as the administrative materials that were common to all the trials.

• Volume 11, "The Hostage Case"

Style of the case: United States of America v. Wilhelm List, et al.

Indictment filed: 10 May 1947

Trial dates: 15 July 1947 - 3 February 1948

Judges:  Charles F. Wennerstrum (Iowa) (presiding judge), George J. Burke (Michigan), and Edward F. Carter (Nebraska)

Chief Prosecutor: Theodore Fenstermacher

Judgment: 19 February 1948

Sentencing: 19 February 1948