List of convicted war criminals

This is a list of convicted war criminals as according to the conduct and rules of warfare as defined by the Nuremberg Trials following World War II as well as 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.

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  • Esad Landžo, Bosnian Muslim sentenced to 15 years for Čelebići prison camp[23]
  • Hubert Lanz (1896–1982), Nazi general, sentenced to 12 years in prison at the Nuremberg Hostages Trial, released in 1951.
  • Ernst Lautz (1887–1979), Chief Public Prosecutor of the People's Court, sentenced to 10 years in prison at the Nuremberg judges' trial, released in 1951.
  • Robert Ley (1890–1945), head of the labor force in Nazi Germany, indicted at the Nuremberg trials, committed suicide in custody.
  • Ernst von Leyser (1889–1962), Nazi general, sentenced to 10 years in prison at the Nuremberg Hostages Trial, released in 1951.
  • Wilhelm List (1880–1971), Nazi German field marshall, sentenced to life in prison at the Nuremberg hostages' trial, released in 1952.
  • Alexander Löhr (1885–1947), Austrian and German Air Force (Luftwaffe) commander
  • Hinrich Lohse (1896–1964), German politician
  • Werner Lorenz (1891–1974), German head of Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (Repatriation Office for Ethnic Germans) and an SS Obergruppenführer.
  • Georg Lörner (1899–1959), administrator and economist in the SS in Nazi Germany, sentenced to death, commuted and released in 1954.
  • Hans Lörner (Born 1893), senior leader of the SS in Nazi Germany, sentenced to 10 years in prison at the Nuremberg Pohl trial, released in 1951.
  • Milan Lukić (born 1967), commander of the White Eagles paramilitary group, sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Višegrad massacres during the Bosnian War.
  • Sreten Lukić (born 1955), former Chief of the Serbian Police, sentenced to 22 years in prison for war crimes committed during the Kosovo War.

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  • Friedrich Panzinger (1903–1959), German RSHA official
  • Franz von Papen (1879–1969), German diplomat and deputy chancellor
  • Radovan Paprica, convicted for wartime rape in the Yugoslav war[76]
  • Enver Pasha (1881–1922), Triumvir of the Ottoman Empire, sentenced to death in absentia for his role in the Armenian genocide.
  • Ante Pavelić (1889–1959), Croatian leader of the Ustaše, sentenced to death in absentia for multiple war crimes perpetrated during World War II.
  • Donald Payne ( 1970-) first member of the British armed forces to be convicted of a war crime, for the killing of Baha Mousa.He was jailed for one year and dismissed from the army.[78]
  • Joachim Peiper (1915–1976), SS-Standartenführer, 1st SS Panzer Division, Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler, held responsible for the Malmedy massacre during the Malmedy massacre trial
  • Philippe Pétain (1856–1951), Marshal of France and head of the collaborative Vichy France, sentenced to death first, then life imprisonment
  • Hans Petersen (1886–1963), Chief Justice of the people's court in Nazi Germany, charged and indicted in the Nuremberg judges' trial, released in 1947.
  • Milivoj Petković, Bosnian Croat officer for crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing[79]
  • Constantin Petrovicescu (1883–1949), Romanian soldier and member of the Iron Guard, sentenced to life in prison for war crimes committed during World War II.
  • Joja Plavanjac, Bosnian Serb soldier convicted of killing 11 POWs[70]
  • Biljana Plavšić (born 1930), Bosnian Serb politician and former president of the Republika Srpska. Sentenced to 11 years[80]
  • Paul Pleiger (1899–1985), German state adviser and corporate general director, sentenced to 15 years
  • Oswald Pohl (died 1951), German WVHA official
  • Hermann Pook (1901–1983), dentist for the SS in Nazi Germany, sentenced to 10 years in prison at the Nuremberg Pohl trial, released in 1951.
  • Helmut Poppendick (1902–1994), chief of personal staff in Nazi Germany, sentenced to 10 years in prison at the doctors' trial, released in 1951.
  • Slobodan Praljak (1945–2017), Bosnian Croat general sentenced to 20 years in prison by the ICC for war crimes committed against the Bosniak population. He committed suicide upon hearing of the verdict.
  • Dragoljub Pricac, Bosnian Serb, sentenced to 5 years for Omarska camp[50]
  • Predrag Prosic, Bosnian Serb soldier convicted of illegally detaining Bosniak civilians[81]

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  • Mlado Radić Bosnian Serb, sentenced to 20 years for Omarska camp[50]
  • Erich Raeder (1876–1960), German grand admiral, sentenced to life imprisonment, later released
  • Friedrich Rainer (1903–1947?), German Gauleiter and an Austrian Landeshauptmann of Salzburg and Carinthia, sentenced to death
  • Ivica Rajić (born 1958), Bosnian Croat sentenced to 12 years[82]
  • Tonco Rajic, former member of the Croatian Defence Forces who mistreated POWs at Dretelj camp[83]
  • Taha Yassin Ramadan (1938–2007), Iraqi Vice President, 1991–2003, sentenced to life imprisonment, appealed to death
  • Hanns Albin Rauter (died 1949), German Higher SS and Police Leader in the Netherlands, sentenced to death
  • Giovanni Ravalli (1910–1998), soldier in the Royal Italian Army during World War II, initially received a life sentence but was pardoned after serving 13 years.
  • Hermann Reinecke (1888–1973), German OKW official, sentenced to life imprisonment, later released
  • Lothar Rendulic (1887–1971), German commander of 52nd Infantry Division, sentenced to 20 years (later 10)
  • Tharcisse Renzaho (born 1944), Rwandan soldier and head of the Civil Defence Committee for Kigali, sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Rwandan genocide.
  • Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893–1946), German foreign minister, sentenced to death
  • Juan Rivera Rondon, Lieutenant in the Peruvian army who participated in the Accomarca massacre[39]
  • Karl von Roques (died 1949), German Rear Area Army Group South commander
  • Gerhard Rose (1896–1992), expert on tropical disease in Nazi Germany, performed experiments in Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camp, sentenced to life in prison at the doctors' trial, released in 1955.
  • Alfred Ernst Rosenberg (1893–1946), German east minister, sentenced to death
  • Oswald Rothaug (1897–1967), Chief Justice of the special court in Nazi Germany, sentenced to Life in prison at the Nuremberg judges' Trial, released in 1956[9]
  • Curt Rothenberger (1896–1959), State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice in Nazi Germany, sentenced to 7 years in prison at the Nuremberg judges' Trial, released in 1950[9]
  • Abdullah Kadhem Ruaid (?), Iraqi Baathist official, sentenced to 15 years
  • Mizhar Abdullah Ruaid (1949–present), Iraqi Baathist official, sentenced to 15 years
  • Siegfried Ruff (1907–1989), physician who performed experiments at Dachau concentration camp, charged at the Nuremberg doctor's trial, avoided jail due to his work for the United States.
  • Georges Rutaganda (1958–2010), commander for the Interahamwe militia, sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Rwandan genocide.

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  • Mitar Vasiljević, Bosnian Serb sentenced to 20 years, later lowered to 15 years for war crimes in Višegrad[100]
  • Cyriel Verschaeve (1874–1949), Flemish priest and Nazi collaborator, sentenced to death in absentia.
  • Jorge Rafael Videla (1925–2013), President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981, found guilty of multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Dirty War and sentenced to life in prison.
  • Goran Viskovic, former member of the Bosnian Serb Army who was convicted of participating in a widespread and systematic attack against the non-Serb population in the Yugoslav Wars[101]
  • Josef Vogt (1884–1967), SS economic and administrative official, indicted in the Nuremberg Pohl trial, released in 1947.
  • Leo Volk (1909–1973), head of legal department of the SS in Nazi Germany, sentenced to 10 years in prison at the Nuremberg Pohl trial, released in 1951.
  • Zoran Vuković (born 1955), Bosnian Serb sentenced to 12 years[53]

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  • Robert Wagner (1895–1946), German Chief of Civil Administration in Alsace and Reichsstatthalter of Baden
  • Walter Warlimont (1894–1976), German OKW official
  • Maximilian von Weichs (1881–1954), German field marshal
  • Bernhard Weiss (died 1973), Nazi industrialist, sentenced to 2½ years in prison at the Nuremberg Flick trial.
  • Glendale Wells, specialist; he pleaded guilty to being an accessory in the death of the prisoner known as Dilawar.[102]
  • Georg August Weltz (1889–1963), radiologist in Nazi Germany, performed experiments at Dachau concentration camp, indicted for crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg doctors' trial, avoided jail due to his work in the medical field in Germany.
  • Carl Westphal (1902–1946), administrator for the ministry of Justice in Nazi Germany, committed suicide after being charged and indicted in the Nuremberg judges' trial.
  • Henry Wirz (1822–1865), Confederate administrator of the Andersonville Camp
  • Dieter Wisliceny (died 1948), German SS deportation expert in Greece, Slovakia and Hungary
  • Karl Wolff (1900–1984), Heinrich Himmler Chief of Staff

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Notes

Yugoslav Wars

After the Yugoslav Wars, an international Court was formed to try war criminals (ICTY). However, ICTY tried only a selected number of high-ranking people (a total of 161), with local Courts (in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia) starting trials mostly against individuals or soldiers who carried out orders of those high-ranking officers. Many of those have been convicted.

Croatia raised charges against 3666 people for war crimes, of which 1381 were dropped due to lack of evidence.[105]

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