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Alfred Jodl

Alfred Jodl

1890–1946

Nationality
Kingdom of Bavaria
Occupation
politician

Incarceration history

  1. Nuremberg Court Prison
    Dates unknown
  2. Camp King
    Dates unknown

Biography

Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (German: [ˈjoːdl̩] ; born Alfred Josef Baumgärtler; 10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946) was a German military officer and convicted war criminal who served as the Chief of the Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht – the German Armed Forces High Command – throughout World War II. After the war, Jodl was indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, planning, initiating, and waging wars of aggression, war crimes, and crimes against humanity at the Allied-organized Nuremberg trials. The principal charges against him related to his signing of the criminal Commando and Commissar Orders. Found guilty on all charges, he was sentenced to death and executed in Nuremberg by hanging in 1946.

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