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The Nuremberg 24-

Martin Bormann Successor to Hess as Nazi Party Secretary. Sentenced to death in absentia, remains found in 1972	Karl Donitz Leader of the Kriegsmarine from 1943, succeeded Raeder. Initiator of the U-boat campaign. Became President of Germany following Hitler's death. Sentenced to 10 years	Hans Frank Ruler of the General Government in occupied Poland. Sentenced to death	Wilhelmm Frick Hitler's Minister of the Interior. Authored the Nuremberg Race Laws Sentenced to 10 years
Walther Funk Hitler's Minister of Economics. Succeeded Schacht as head of the Reichsbank. Released due to ill health on May 16th 1957. Sentenced to Life Imprisonment	Hermann Goring Reichsmarschall, Commander of the Luftwaffe, and several departments of the SS. Committed suicide the night before his execution. Sentenced to death	Rudolf Hess Hitler's deputy, flew to Scotland in 1941. Sentenced to Life Imprisonment	Alfred Jodl Wehrmacht Generaloberst, Keitel's subordinate. On February 28, 1953, Jodl was posthumously exonerated by a German de-Nazification court, which found him not guilty of crimes under international law. Sentenced to Death
Ernst Kaltenbrunner Highest surviving SS-leader. Chief of RSHA, the central Nazi intelligence organ. Also, commanded many of the Einsatzgruppen and several concentration camps. Sentenced to death	Wilhelm Keitel Head of Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. Sentenced to death	Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Major Nazi industrialist. Medically unfit for trial.	Robert Ley Head of DAF, The German Labour Front. Committed suicide on October 25, 1945, before the trial began
Konstantin von Neurath Minister of Foreign Affairs until 1938, succeeded by Ribbentrop. Later, Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. Resigned in 1943 due to dispute with Hitler. Released (ill health) November 6, 1954 Sentenced to 15 years	Franz von Papen Chancellor of Germany in 1932 and Vice-Chancellor under Hitler from 1933. Later, ambassador to Turkey. Although acquitted at Nuremberg, von Papen was reclassified as a war criminal in 1947 by a German de-Nazification court, and sentenced to eight years' hard labour.  He was acquitted following appeal after serving two years.	Erich Raeder Leader of the Kriegsmarine until his retirement in 1943, succeeded by Dönitz. Released (ill health) September 26, 1955 Sentenced to life imprisonment	Joachim von Ribbentrop Nazi Minister of Foreign Affairs Sentenced to death
Alfred Rosenberg Racial theory ideologist. Later, Protector of the Eastern Occupied Territories. Sentenced to death	Fritz Sauckel Plenipotentiary of the Nazi slave labor program. Sentenced to death	Hjalmar Schacht Pre-war president of the Reichsbank. Admitted to violating the Treaty of Versailles. Acquitted	Baldur von Schirach Head of the Hitler youth, later Gauleiter of Vienna. Sentenced to 20 years
Arthur Seyss-Inquart Instrumental in the Anschluss. Later, Gauleiter of occupied Holland. Sentenced to death	Albert Speer Hitler's favorite architect and personal friend. Responsible for several aspects of industry (esp. as Minister of Armaments) and a central figure in leadership. Sentenced to 20 years	Julius Streicher Incited hatred and murder against the Jews through his weekly newspaper, Der Stürmer Sentenced to death	Hans Fritzsche Popular radio commentator, and head of the news division of the Nazi Propaganda Ministry. Tried in place of Joseph Goebbels Acquitted