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Also Known As conventional war crime

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Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German minister
Adolf Eichmann listening to an Israeli court's verdict
Adolf Eichmann
German military official
Radovan Karadžić
Radovan Karadžić
Bosnian Serb physician, author, and politician
Kesselring
Albert Kesselring
German field marshal
Baltasar Garzón
Spanish judge
Tōjō Hideki
Tōjō Hideki
prime minister of Japan
Koch, Ilse
Ilse Koch
German war criminal
Plavšić, Biljana
Biljana Plavšić
Bosnian Serb politician
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German diplomat
Martin Bormann
Martin Bormann
German Nazi leader
Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Alfried
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
German industrialist
Demjanjuk, John
John Demjanjuk
Ukrainian-born automobile worker
Manstein, Erich von
Erich von Manstein
German general
László Bárdossy
prime minister of Hungary
Alfred Rosenberg
Alfred Rosenberg
German Nazi leader
Albert Speer
Albert Speer
German architect and Nazi official
Wilhelm Keitel
Wilhelm Keitel
German military officer
Klaus Barbie
Nazi leader
Antonescu, Ion
Ion Antonescu
ruler of Romania
Julius Streicher.
Julius Streicher
German politician