Phillips Nuremberg Trials Collection: Trial 8 - RuSHA Case

In the RuSHA Trial, the 14 defendants were all officials of various SS organizations responsible for the implementation of the Nazi "pure race" programs.

• Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt (RuSHA) - Race and Settlement Main Office
  • founded by Heinrich Himmler
• Reichskommissar für die Festigung des deutschen Volkstums (RKFDV) - Commission for the Consolidation of German Nationality or the Commission for the Strengthening of Germanism
  • Heinrich Himmler was Commissioner of the RKFDV
• Hauptamt Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle, (VoMi) - Main Welfare Office for Ethnic Germans or Repatriation Office for Ethnic Germans
• Lebensborn Society

The charges centered on these racial cleansing and resettlement activities.

Counts: 1) Crimes Against Humanity; 2) War Crimes; and 3) Membership in the SS

• Indictment
• Judgment and Sentence

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 4, "The RuSHA Case"
• Volume 5, "The RuSHA Case"

Style of the case: United States of America v. Ulrich Greifelt, et al.

Indictment filed: 1 July 1947

Trial dates: 20 October 1947 - 13 February 1948

Judges:  Lee B. Wyatt (Georgia) (presiding judge), Daniel T. O'Connell (Massachusetts), and Johnson T. Crawford (Oklahoma)

Chief Prosecutor:

Judgment: 10 March 1948

Sentencing: 10 March 1948