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The accused in the dock, pictured at the IG Farben Trial of the Nurenberg Trials at the court in Nurenberg, Germany, 1947. First row, from left: Carl Krauch, Hermann Schmitz, Georg von Schnitzler, Fritz Gajewski, Heinrich Hoerlein and August von Knierim; second row, from left: Paul Haefliger, Max Ilgner, Friedrich Jaehne and Carl Lautenschlager; in the background Hans Kuehne. On August 14, 1947 the trial against 23 directors of the IG Farben corporation started. They were accused of 1) planning the war in Europe, 2) looting and robbery, 3) slave labour, 4) membership in a criminal organisation and 5) conspiracy against peace. All were acquitted of counts 1) and 5), but 13 defendants were found guilty on the other three charges. At the end of World War II, the International Military Tribunal was established by the USA, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union to indict and try former Nazi Party leaders as war criminals. (KEYSTONE/DPA/STR) === , ===