An indictment filed on May 3 named 24 defendants, all in the IG Farben industrial concern, and listed five counts:. The IG Farben defendants hear the indictments against them before the start of the trial, case 6 of the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings. May 5, The trial began with the 24 defendants but ended with only 23, after the case against Max Brueggemann was discontinued on September 9, , because of illness.
The trial ran from August 27, , to June 11, , making it the third longest Nuremberg proceeding after the main International Military Tribunal trial and the Ministries Case the 11th subsequent trial. The Tribunal returned its judgment on July 29 and 30, acquitting all of the defendants on counts one and five, and the three defendants charged in count four.
Nine of the defendants were found guilty of the charges in count two and five were found guilty of the charges in count three. Altogether, ten of the defendants were acquitted completely. The thirteen defendants found guilty were sentenced on 30 July, receiving prison terms ranging from one and one half years to eight years in prison, including time already served.
She was among the attorneys who prepared the indictment against the German I. Farben chemical company at the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Items 1 through 1 of 2. In this capacity, Mayer became familiar with the German I. Farben chemical company, a large conglomerate that used slave labor during World War II. She was present as representatives from the Allied nations outlined the principles of law for the prosecution and trial of Europe's major war criminals.
Mayer reported to this commission as it prepared for upcoming war crimes trials. She was then among the attorneys including her future husband William Zeck who prepared the indictment against the I. Farben company at the Nuremberg trials. Farben chemical company, a large conglomerate that used forced labor during World War II. View the list of all donors. Your browser is out of date and may not support some of the features of this webpage.
