Editing High Command Trial (section)

== Defendants and judgements==
Of the 14 defendants indicted, [[Otto Schniewind]] and [[Hugo Sperrle]] were acquitted on all counts. [[Johannes Blaskowitz]] committed suicide during the trial and the 11 remaining defendants received prison sentences ranging from three years to lifetime imprisonment. All sentences included time already served in custody since 7 April 1945. The table below shows, with respect to each charge, whether the accused were either indicted but not convicted (I) or indicted and found guilty (G) and is listed by defendant, charge and outcome. 

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! rowspan=2 | Name
! colspan=4 | Count
! rowspan=2 | Penalty
! rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Notes
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| [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L08126, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb.jpg|75px]]
| data-sort-value="Leeb, Wilhelm von"| [[Wilhelm von Leeb]]
| I||I||G||I
| Time served ||Former ''[[Generalfeldmarschall]]''. Commander of [[Army Group North]] in the Soviet Union (June 1941 – January 1942). Convicted of transmitting the [[Barbarossa decree]] and its criminal application by subordinate units.{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=150}} Released after trial as time served.{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=150}} Died in 1956.

|- valign="top"
| [[File:Hugo Sperrle, defendant in High Command Trial.jpg|75px]]
| data-sort-value="Sperrle, Hugo" | [[Hugo Sperrle]]
| I||I||I||I
| Acquitted ||Former [[Luftwaffe]] ''Generalfeldmarschall''. Commanded ''[[Luftflotte 3]]'' (February 1939 – August 1944). Died in 1953.

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| [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R63872, Georg von Küchler.jpg|75px]]
| data-sort-value="Küchler, Georg" | [[Georg von Küchler]]
| I||G||G||I
| 20 years ||Former ''Generalfeldmarschall''. Commander of [[18th Army (Wehrmacht)|18th Army]] on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]], and later of [[Army Group North]]. While it was not discovered yet at the time of his trial, he had been directly involved in the murder of mentally disabled people. In December 1941, with Küchler's express consent, the ''[[Sicherheitsdienst|SD]]'' shot 240 mental patients.{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=95}} Sentence reviewed in 1951, commuted to 12 years. Released in 1953 on good time credit.{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=218}} Died in 1968.
|- valign="top"
| [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2004-004-05, Johannes Blaskowitz.jpg|75px]]
| data-sort-value="Blaskowitz, Johannes" | [[Johannes Blaskowitz]]
| —||—||—||—
| — ||Former ''[[Generaloberst]]''. Commanded [[Army Group G]] and [[Army Group H]] in France and the Netherlands (1944–1945). Committed suicide during the trial on 5 February 1948.{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=219}} 

|- valign="top"
| [[File:Hermann Hoth, defendant in High Command Trial.jpg|75px]]
| data-sort-value="Hoth, Hermann" | [[Hermann Hoth]]
| I||G||G||I
| 15 years ||Former ''Generaloberst''. Commanded the [[3rd Panzer Group]] during [[Operation Barbarossa]] in 1941, and the [[4th Panzer Army]] during the [[Wehrmacht]]'s [[Operation Blue|1942 summer offensive]].{{sfn|Heiber|2004|p=938}} In support of the [[Commissar Order]], issued a directive in November 1941 instructing his subordinate commanders to "immediately and pitilessly exterminate" "every sign of active or passive resistance (...) on the part of Jewish-Bolshevik agitators".{{sfn|Burleigh|1997|p=69}} Sentence was reviewed with no changes in 1951. Released on parole in 1954; released from parole / sentence reduced to time served in 1957. Died in 1971.{{sfn|Hebert|2010|pp=216–217}}

|- valign="top"
| [[File:Hans Reinhardt - DPLA - f287ca56d252894b1f320387dfdb6451.jpg|75px]]
| data-sort-value="Reinhardt, Georg-Hans" | [[Georg-Hans Reinhardt]]
| I||G||G||I
| 15 years ||Former ''Generaloberst''. Troops under Reinhardt's command implemented the Commissar Order on the Eastern Front and also deported civilians to concentration camps. Sentence reviewed in 1951, with no changes. Released in 1952 on compassionate grounds.{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=218}} Died in 1963.

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| [[File:Hans von Salmuth.jpg|75px]]
| data-sort-value="Salmuth, Hans" | [[Hans von Salmuth]]
| I||G||G||I
| 20 years ||Former ''Generaloberst''.  Salmuth implemented the Commissar Order, including murder and mistreatment of Soviet prisoners of war. He was also found guilty of murder, deportation, and hostage-taking of civilians. Sentence reviewed in 1951, commuted to 12 years and backdated to June 1945. Released in July 1953 on good time credit.{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=218}} Died in 1962.

|- valign="top"
|[[File:Karl Hollidt 238-OMT-XII-D-008 001.jpg|75px]]
| data-sort-value="Hollidt, Karl-Adolf" | [[Karl-Adolf Hollidt]]
| I||G||G||I
| 5 years ||Former ''Generaloberst''. Released on good time credit in December 1949.{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=219}} Died in 1985.

|- valign="top"
| [[File:Otto Schniewind, defendant in High Command Trial.jpg|75px]]
| data-sort-value="Schniewind, Otto" | [[Otto Schniewind]]
| I||I||I||I
| Acquitted ||Former [[General Admiral|''Generaladmiral'']]. [[Fleet commander (Kriegsmarine)]] (June 1941 – July 1944). Died in 1964.

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| [[File:Karl von Roques at the Nuremberg Trials.jpg|75px]]
| data-sort-value="Roques, Karl" | [[Karl von Roques]]
| I||G||G||I
| 20 years ||Former ''[[General of the Infantry (Germany)|General der Infanterie]]''. As commander of the rear areas of [[Army Group South]], Roques carried out extermination policies against [[Soviet partisans]], and Slavic & Jewish civilians. Died in custody on 24 December 1949.

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| [[File:Hermann Reinecke, defendant in High Command Trial.jpg|75px]]
| data-sort-value="Reinecke, Hermann" | [[Hermann Reinecke]]
| I||G||G||I
| [[Life imprisonment]] ||Former ''General der Infanterie''. Head of the OKW's General Office of the Armed Forces, responsible for creation and implementation of the POW policy that resulted in the [[German mistreatment of Soviet prisoners of war|deaths of approx. 3.3 million Soviet prisoners of war]].{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=3}} Released in October 1954. Died in 1973.

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| [[File:Walter-Warlimont.jpg|75px]]
| data-sort-value="Warlimont, Walter" | [[Walter Warlimont]]
| I||G||G||I
| [[Life imprisonment]] ||Former ''[[General of the Artillery (Germany)|General der Artillerie]]'' and Chief of the Department of National Defense in the OKW. Responsible for the Barbarossa decree which allowed the murder of civilians on the pretext of counteracting partisan activity.{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=3}} Sentence commuted to 18 years in 1951. Released in June 1954. Died in 1976.

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| [[File:Otto Wohler, defendant in High Command Trial.jpg|75px]]
| data-sort-value="Wöhler, Otto" | [[Otto Wöhler]]
| I||G||G||I
| 8 years ||Former ''General der Infanterie''. Convicted of implementing the Barbarossa decree, deportation of civilians for slave labor and cooperation with [[Einsatzgruppen]].{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=151}} Released in 1951. Died in 1987.
|- valign="top"
| [[File:Rudolf Lehmann, defendant in High Command Trial.jpg|75px]]
| data-sort-value="Lehmann, Rudolf"| [[Rudolf Lehmann (military judge)|Rudolf Lehmann]]
| I||G||G||I
| 7 years ||Former ''Generaloberstabsrichter''. Judge Advocate-General of the OKW and responsible for the Barbarossa decree which allowed the murder of civilians on the pretext of counteracting partisan activity{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=3}} He drafted the December 1941 [[Night and Fog decree]] which removed access to due process from the accused. Wehrmacht troops applied the order in France, Holland, Ukraine, and other occupied countries.{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=90}} Was involved in formulating the [[Commando Order]] and the Terror and Sabotage Decree.{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=151}} Released in 1950 on good time credit. Died in 1955.{{sfn|Hebert|2010|p=218}}
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