Charles F. Wennerstrum (October 11, 1889 – June 1, 1986) was an American lawyer who presided over and sharply criticized some of the Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II. Wennerstrum was born in Cambridge, Illinois and studied at Drake University, where he graduated in law in 1914. Elected county attorney of Lucas County in 1916, he served as a lieutenant of the U.S. Army in World War I. From January 1, 1941, until December 31, 1958, he served on the Iowa Supreme Court, where he was chief justice for two years. During that time, he also served as the presiding judge in the Hostages Case at the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials in Nuremberg, Germany in 1947/48, where some Generals of the German army were tried for having committed war crimes.
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| - Charles Frederick Wennerstrum (* 11. Oktober 1889 in Cambridge, Illinois; † 1. Juni 1986 in Des Moines, Iowa) war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist und Richter am Obersten Gericht von Iowa. Er wurde einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit als einer der Vorsitzenden US-amerikanischen Richter bei den Nürnberger Kriegsverbrecherprozessen bekannt. Wennerstrum graduierte am College of Liberal Arts der Drake University 1912 und zusätzlich am dortigen College of Law (Rechts-Fakultät) 1914. Er begann im Ort Adel als Rechtsanwalt zu praktizieren und wechselte im nächsten Jahr nach Chariton, wo er viele Jahre lebte. (de)
- Charles F. Wennerstrum (October 11, 1889 – June 1, 1986) was an American lawyer who presided over and sharply criticized some of the Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II. Wennerstrum was born in Cambridge, Illinois and studied at Drake University, where he graduated in law in 1914. Elected county attorney of Lucas County in 1916, he served as a lieutenant of the U.S. Army in World War I. From January 1, 1941, until December 31, 1958, he served on the Iowa Supreme Court, where he was chief justice for two years. During that time, he also served as the presiding judge in the Hostages Case at the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials in Nuremberg, Germany in 1947/48, where some Generals of the German army were tried for having committed war crimes. (en)
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| - Charles Frederick Wennerstrum (* 11. Oktober 1889 in Cambridge, Illinois; † 1. Juni 1986 in Des Moines, Iowa) war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist und Richter am Obersten Gericht von Iowa. Er wurde einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit als einer der Vorsitzenden US-amerikanischen Richter bei den Nürnberger Kriegsverbrecherprozessen bekannt. Wennerstrum graduierte am College of Liberal Arts der Drake University 1912 und zusätzlich am dortigen College of Law (Rechts-Fakultät) 1914. Er begann im Ort Adel als Rechtsanwalt zu praktizieren und wechselte im nächsten Jahr nach Chariton, wo er viele Jahre lebte. 1916 wurde er zum County Attorney des Lucas County gewählt, diese Stellung behielt er für drei Wahlperioden. Während des Ersten Weltkrieges diente er als Leutnant. Am 10. Juli 1930 wurde er zum Richter an das Zweite Juristische Bezirksgericht gewählt, wo er längere Zeit arbeitete, bis er auf die oberste Gerichtsbank berufen wurde. 1935 wurde Wennerstrum ein Mitglied des „Board of Trustees“ der Drake Universität. Seine Dienstzeit am dauerte von 1. Januar 1941 bis zum 31. Dezember 1958. Er war dort zwei Jahre lang Oberster Richter. Von 1947 bis 1948 war Wennerstrum der präsidierende Richter im Fall VII – Generäle in Südosteuropa der Nürnberger Kriegsverbrecherprozesse, in dem zehn deutsche Offiziere u. a. des Massenmords und völkerrechtswidriger Hinrichtungen (Geiselerschießungen) angeklagt waren. Nach seiner Pensionierung war Wennerstrum bis zu seinem Tod in Des Moines als Rechtsanwalt tätig. (de)
- Charles F. Wennerstrum (October 11, 1889 – June 1, 1986) was an American lawyer who presided over and sharply criticized some of the Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II. Wennerstrum was born in Cambridge, Illinois and studied at Drake University, where he graduated in law in 1914. Elected county attorney of Lucas County in 1916, he served as a lieutenant of the U.S. Army in World War I. From January 1, 1941, until December 31, 1958, he served on the Iowa Supreme Court, where he was chief justice for two years. During that time, he also served as the presiding judge in the Hostages Case at the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials in Nuremberg, Germany in 1947/48, where some Generals of the German army were tried for having committed war crimes. He assailed what he saw as the biased approaches of some prosecutors to the trials, suggesting that they were more interested in furthering their own careers than in seeing justice done; and asserting that far too many of them were Jews and consequently of suspect loyalty to the United States; "The whole atmosphere here is unwholesome.... Lawyers, clerks, interpreters and researchers are employed who became Americans only in recent years; whose backgrounds were embedded in Europe's hatreds and prejudices." 'The trials were to have convinced the Germans of the guilt of their leaders,' he said in 1948. 'They convinced the Germans merely that they lost the war to tough conquerors.' After retiring from the Supreme Court of Iowa, he opened a private law practice in Des Moines. (en)
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