This is a list of convicted war criminals found guilty of war crimes under the rules of warfare as defined by the World War II Nuremberg Trials (as well as by earlier agreements established by the Hague Conferences of 1899 and 1907, the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, and the Geneva Conventions of 1929 and 1949).
American Civil War (1861–1865) James Duncan, Confederate guard in Andersonville Prison Champ Ferguson (1821–1865), Confederate guerrilla leader sentenced to death for the murders of civilians, prisoners and wounded soldiers. Henry C. Magruder (1844–1865), Confederate guerrilla sentenced to death for the murders of eight civilians. Henry Wirz (1822–1865), Confederate administrator of Andersonville Prison
World War I (1914–1918)
Edith Cavell (1865-1915), abused the protection arising from medical status by helping POWs escape, sentenced to death Benno Crusius, sentenced to two years imprisonment for the murders of French prisoners of war at Saarburg Ahmed Djemal (1872-1922), Triumvir and Minister of the Navy of the Ottoman Empire, sentenced to death in absentia for his role in the Armenian genocide, assassinated as part of Operation Nemesis Karl Heynen, sentenced to ten month's imprisonment for beating and threatening to shoot prisoners of war Emil Müller, commander of Flavy-le-Martel prison camp, sentenced to six month's imprisonment for mistreatment of prisoners under command responsibility Robert Neumann, sentenced to six month's imprisonment for physically abusing prisoners of war Enver Pasha (1881–1922), Triumvir and Minister of War of the Ottoman Empire, sentenced to death in absentia for his role in the Armenian genocide, killed in action during the Basmachi Movement Mehmed Talat (1874-1921), Triumvir and Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, sentenced to death in absentia for his role in the Armenian genocide, assassinated as part of Operation Nemesis
World War II
European theatre Albania Bahri Omari (1889–1945), Minister of Foreign Affairs, sentenced to death and executed by firing squadhttp://www.albanianhistory.net/1945_Albanian-Treason-Trial/index.html Austria Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946), Chief of the SD, the Sicherheitspolizei and the Reich Security Main Office after Reinhard Heydrich's assassination. Highest-ranking SS official to stand trial at Nuremberg where he was found guilty and executed by hanging. Rudolf Creutz (1896-1980), member of the Nazi SS, ordered mass deportation, sentenced to 15 years in prison at the Nuremberg RuSHA trial, released in 1951. Alexander Löhr (1885–1947), Austrian and German Air Force (Luftwaffe) commander, executed for anti-partisan operations and the bombing of Belgrade. Franz Murer (1912–1994), SS officer, sentenced to 25 years in prison for multiple extrajudicial killings in Vilnius Artur Seyss-Inquart (1892–1946), government official, collaborator and High Commissioner of the Netherlands
Croatia Andrija Artuković (1899–1988), minister of Justice and Internal Affairs of the Ustaše regime, sentenced to death, but was not carried out because of his age and poor health. He died in custody. Miroslav Filipović (1915–1946), Ustaše official and administrator of the Jasenovac concentration camp Slavko Kvaternik (1878–1947), military commander and Minister of the Domobranstvo Ljubo Miloš (1919–1948), Ustaše official in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) Antun Najžer, physician and member of the Ustaše movement. He was sentenced to execution by a firing squad. Ante Pavelić (1889–1959), leader of the Ustaše, sentenced to death in absentia for multiple war crimes. Dinko Šakić (1921–2008), a convicted Croatian war criminal and commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp. Tomislav Sertić (1902–1945), member of the Ustaše regime Vjekoslav Servatzy (1889–1945), Ustaše military officer Slavko Štancer (1872–1945), commander-in-chief and inspector-general of the Domobranstvo
Denmark Grethe Bartram (1924–2017), Nazi collaborator and informant, sentenced to death but commuted to life in prison and released in 1956 Johan Georg Fritz Beck (born 1900), Gestapo investigator, sentenced to 12 years in prison, released after three Kai Henning Bothildsen Nielsen (1919–1947), SS leader in Denmark, sentenced to death and executedhttps://jyllands-posten.dk/jpaarhus/ECE4463187/en-grimme-karl/ (1926–1946), Gestapo interpreter, sentenced to death and executedhttps://www.besaettelsenijylland.dk/historier/gestapo-i-oestjylland/ France Fernand de Brinon (1885–1947), collaborator and member of the Vichy government René Caron (1896–1942), perpetrator of the Abbeville massacre, sentenced to death by a German court-martial and executed by firing squad Joseph Darnand (1897–1945), Vichy chief of police. Émile Molet (1905–1942), perpetrator of the Abbeville massacre, sentenced to death by a German court-martial and executed by firing squad Philippe Pétain (1856–1951), Marshal of France and head of the collaborationist Vichy France, sentenced to death first, then life imprisonment
Hungary László Baky (1898–1946), Interior Ministry official Laszlo Bardossy (1890–1946), Prime Minister Franz Anton Basch (1901–1946), German Nazi leader in Hungary László Endre (1895–1946), Minister of the Interior Béla Imrédy (1891–1946), Prime Minister Andor Jaross (1896–1946), Nazi collaborator, executed by firing squad Ferenc Szálasi (1897–1946), head of state Dome Sztojay (died 1946), prime minister
Italy Nicola Bellomo (1881–1945), Italian Army general, executed by firing squad Pietro Caruso (1899-1944), police chief of Rome Guido Buffarini Guidi (1895–1945), Minister of the Interior for the Italian Social Republic, found guilty of committing ethnic cleansing and executed by firing squad in 1945 Giovanni Ravalli (1909–1998), soldier in the Royal Italian Army, initially received a life sentence but was pardoned after serving 13 years. Vincenzo Serrentino (1897–1947), judge of the Italian Extraordinary Court for Dalmatia
Nazi Germany A–C Otto Abetz (1903–1958), ambassador to France, sentenced to 20 years Josef Altstötter (1892–1979), Reich Ministry of Justice official, sentenced to five years in prison but was released on parole after only two-and-a-half years Otto Ambros (1901–1990), chemist, created unethical weapons used at concentration camps, sentenced to eight years in prison at the Nuremberg IG Farben trial, released in 1951. Wilhelm von Ammon (1903–1992), administrator in the Reich Ministry of Justice, sentenced to 10 years in prison at the Nuremberg judges' trial, released in 1951. Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899–1972), official and SS officer Hans Baier (1893–1969), economic administration for the SS, sentenced to 10 years in prison at the Nuremberg Pohl trial, released in 1951. Klaus Barbie (1913–1991), Gestapo officer Hermann Becker-Freyseng (1910–1961), consultant for aviation medicine, sentenced to 20 years in prison, taken into American custody until his death. Wilhelm Beiglböck (1905–1963), medical internist, sentenced to 15 years in prison in the Nuremberg doctors' trial. Gottlob Berger (1897–1975), SS official Werner Best (1903–1989), German Plenipotentiary of Denmark Hans Biebow (1902–1947), chief of the German Administration of the Łódź Ghetto Dorothea Binz (1920–1947), overseer at Ravensbrück concentration camp, sentenced to death at the Hamburg Ravensbrück trials Paul Blobel (1894–1951), Einsatzgruppe C official Hanns Bobermin (1903–1960), economic administrator for the SS, sentenced to 20 years in prison at the Nuremberg Pohl trial, released in 1951. Franz Böhme (1885–1947), general in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia, indicted for war crimes at the Nuremberg Hostages Trial, committed suicide in prison. Johanna Bormann (1893–1945), guard at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, sentenced to death at the Belsen trials Martin Bormann (1900–c. 1945), Nazi Party Chancellor, tried at Nuremberg in absentia Greta Bösel (1908–1947), assistant chief warden at Ravensbrück concentration camp, sentenced to death at the Hamburg Ravensbrück trials Herta Bothe (1921–2000), guard at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment at the Belsen trials Franz Böttger (1888–1946), SS-Oberscharführer, sentenced to death at the Dachau camp trial. Philipp Bouhler (1899–1945) Führer Chancellory official Viktor Brack (1904 –1948), Führer Chancellory official Otto Bradfisch (1903–1994), SS Obersturmbannführer, Leader of Einsatzkommando 8 of Einsatzgruppe B of the Security Police (Sicherheitspolizei) and the SD, and Commander of the Security Police in Litzmannstadt (Łódź) and Potsdam Karl Brandt (1904–1948), Plenipotentiary for Health official Rudolf Brandt (1909–1948), secretary of Heinrich Himmler Werner Braune (1909–1951), Einsatzgruppe D official Heinz Brückner (born 1913-† unknown), official on illegal extradition, sentenced to 15 years in prison at the Nuremberg RuSHA trial, released in 1951. Josef Bühler (1904–1948), German Generalgouvernement official (1885–1966), industrialist, created unethical weapons in Nazi-occupied Norway, sentenced to two years in prison at the Nuremberg IG Farben trial. Odilo Burkart (1899–1979), industrialist, charged and indicted with using slave labor at the Nuremberg Flick trial, released in 1947. Heinrich Bütefisch (1894–1969), Chemist, member of the SS, sentenced to six years in prison at the Nuremberg IG Farben trial, released in 1951. Carl Clauberg (1898-1957), gynecologist who conducted human experiments at the Auschwitz concentration camp
D–G Kurt Daluege (1897–1946), ORPO and Protektorat official Theodor Dannecker (1913–1945), SS deportation expert in France and Bulgaria Ernst Dehner (1889–1970), general, sentenced to 7 years in prison at the Nuremberg Hostages trial, released in 1951. Dominyk Delta (1892–1966), personal bodyguard to Adolf Hitler and commander of Nazi security Otto Dietrich (1898–1957), personal Press Secretary to Adolf Hitler Oskar Dirlewanger (1895-1945), Oberführer Karl Dönitz (1891–1980), naval commander and Hitler's appointed successor Wilhelm Dörr (1921–1945), guard at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, sentenced to death at the Belsen trials Anton Dostler (1891–1945), General Richard Drauz (1894–1946), Kreisleiter sentenced to death for murdering an American airman (1899–1967), industrialist at Monowitz concentration camp, sentenced to eight years in prison at the Nuremberg IG Farben trial. Herta Ehlert (1905–1997), guard at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment at the Belsen trials Adolf Eichmann (1906–1962), SS official August Eigruber (1907–1947), Gauleiter of Oberdonau (Upper Danube) and Landeshauptmann of Upper Austria Franz Eirenschmalz (born in 1901), economic administrator for the SS, sentenced to death at the Nuremberg Pohl trial, commuted and released in 1951. Franz von Epp (1882–1946), Bavarian politician Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff (1893–1946), general Heinz Fanslau (1909–1987), SS general, sentenced to 20 years in prison at the Nuremberg Pohl trial, released in 1954. Hellmuth Felmy (1885–1965), Nazi commander in Southern Greece, sentenced to 15 years in prison at the Nuremberg Hostages Trial, released in 1951. Fritz Fischer (1912–2003), doctor who committed experiments at Ravensbrück concentration camp, sentenced to life in prison at the Nuremberg doctor's trial, released in 1954. Friedrich Flick (1883–1972), industrialist, sentenced to 7 years in prison at the Nuremberg Flick trial. Otto Förschner (1902–1946), SS-Sturmbannführer, sentenced to death at the Dachau camp trial. Albert Forster (1902–1952), Gauleiter of the Free City of Danzig, sentenced to death and hanged. August Frank (1898–1984), SS administrator and economist, sentenced to life in prison at the Nuremberg Pohl trial, commuted to 15 years. Hans Frank (1900–1946), governor of Nazi-occupied Poland, sentenced to death and hanged. Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946), governor of Nazi-occupied Bohemia and Moravia, sentenced to death and hanged.