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Karl-Adolf Hollidt
Karl-Adolf Hollidt served as Wehrmacht commander. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Eastern Front through documented office, decisions, supervision or operational conduct. It does not assign every crime committed by an institution or region to one individual.
Confirmed findings
- Karl-Adolf Hollidt: 1891-04-28–1985-05-22. (Source: Library of Congress, cited passage; Source: Nuremberg Military Tribunals judgment archive, cited passage; Source: University of Georgia School of Law, cited passage; Source: Munzinger Archiv, cited passage)
- As a Wehrmacht commander, he knowingly allowed prisoners of war and civilians to be used unlawfully for work supporting combat operations. (Source: Library of Congress, cited passage; Source: Nuremberg Military Tribunals judgment archive, cited passage; Source: University of Georgia School of Law, cited passage; Source: Munzinger Archiv, cited passage)
- In the High Command Case he was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment. (Source: Library of Congress, cited passage; Source: Nuremberg Military Tribunals judgment archive, cited passage; Source: University of Georgia School of Law, cited passage; Source: Munzinger Archiv, cited passage)
Place in the chain of responsibility
The profile separates the documented office and individual conduct from the wider crimes of the institution or subordinate formation. (Source: Library of Congress, cited passage; Source: Nuremberg Military Tribunals judgment archive, cited passage; Source: University of Georgia School of Law, cited passage; Source: Munzinger Archiv, cited passage)
Key events and mechanisms
- As a Wehrmacht commander, he knowingly allowed prisoners of war and civilians to be used unlawfully for work supporting combat operations. (Source: Library of Congress, cited passage; Source: Nuremberg Military Tribunals judgment archive, cited passage; Source: University of Georgia School of Law, cited passage; Source: Munzinger Archiv, cited passage)
- In the High Command Case he was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment. (Source: Library of Congress, cited passage; Source: Nuremberg Military Tribunals judgment archive, cited passage; Source: University of Georgia School of Law, cited passage; Source: Munzinger Archiv, cited passage)
The circle records authority, function and agency. Several profiles may describe different parts of the same persecution chain, so profile-level totals must not be added together.
Postwar accountability
In the High Command Case he was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment. (Source: Library of Congress, cited passage; Source: Nuremberg Military Tribunals judgment archive, cited passage; Source: University of Georgia School of Law, cited passage; Source: Munzinger Archiv, cited passage)
Limits of the evidence
Only claims tied to the cited evidence are included. No individual victim total or additional order is attributed without separate proof. No portrait was selected because rights were not verified. (Source: Library of Congress, cited passage; Source: Nuremberg Military Tribunals judgment archive, cited passage; Source: University of Georgia School of Law, cited passage; Source: Munzinger Archiv, cited passage)
Sources
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