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The
Center houses over 1 million microfilmed pages of records of
WWII era trials of Japanese war criminals. These national-level
trials of Japanese were held by several different countries,
including the U.S., China, Britain and Australia; and in many
different locations, including Japan, Singapore, the Philippines,
and China.
Please
note: The Center also houses
records of U.S. Navy Trials and Australian Trials.
Information on these records is not online at this time, but
the microfilm reels are
available for research use. Please contact the Center for access
to microfilm reels.
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| U.S.
Army Trials of Japanese War Criminals Conducted in Yokohama, Japan |
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The trial records of Japanese War Criminals Tried at Yokohama, Japan,
between 1946 and 1949 (found and copied from the U.S. National Archives)
is one of the largest groups housed at the Center.
The
group is broken up into 2 sets: 59 microfilm reels of The records of
Trials and Clemency Petitions for Accused Japanese War Criminals Tried
at Yokohama, Japan (1946-1948); and 5 microfilm reels of Reviews of
the Yokohama Class B and C war crimes Trials by the 8th Army judge Advocate
(1946-1949).
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A complete
index of trials, as well as summaries of reviews are available:
- Index
of trials: 190 trials listed with date, location, and
defendants in MS Word format.
- Detailed
Information: Summary of 160 JAG Reviews of Yokohama trials
listen by primary defendant, including specifications, verdict,
defense and prosecution arguments and JAG recommendation.
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| British
Trials of Japanese War Criminals Conducted in Singapore |
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The Center currently holds records of 45 war crimes trials prosecuted
by the British, which took place in Singapore in the aftermath of WWII.
TheseTrials involved atrocities which took place in Japanese Occupied
areas of South East Asia and Asia during World War II, including: New
Britain, the Andaman Islands, Thailand (Siam), Burma, and Singapore.
The
number of accused tried in each trial ranges from 1 to 43. Most atrocities
were against Prisoners of War of various nationalities, mostly British,
Dutch and Australian. In some trials, the atrocities were against civilians
of the area where the crime took place.
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Details
from all 45 of these trials are available:
- Index
of Trials: 45 trials listed with defendants, victims,
crime scene and summary of charges listed in MS Word format.
- Details
of Trials: Summary of each case including findings, sentences, charges,
facts relating to charges, arguments raised by prosecution and defense.
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| U.S.
Army Trials of Japanese War Criminals Conducted in the Philippines |
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The "Records
of Trials of Accused Japanese War Criminal Tried at Manila, Philippines,
by Military Commission, U.S. Army" consists of 34 reels of microfilm
of trial documents.
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Details
of 7 of these trials are available. Click on a primary defendant below
for details:
Hagino
| Hirose | Nanjo | Ogo |
Onishi | Shirakura | Yuki | Yuki (details)
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