Control Council Law No. 10
SOURCE The Avalon Project at Yale Law School. Available from http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
INTRODUCTION After the victory over the Nazis, a government of occupation was established under what was known as the Control Council. Although the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg was responsible for prosecuting the major Nazi war criminals, the Control Council issued Law No. 10 to provide a legal framework for the trials of 'lesser' Nazis. Many prosecutions were subsequently carried out, the most well-known being a series of specialized trials organized by the United States. These were held in the same courthouse at Nuremberg where the trial of the major criminals...
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