| LC control no. | no2015002426 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wennerstrum, Charles Frederick, 1889-1986 |
| Biography/History note | Charles F. Wennerstrum (b. Oct. 11, 1889, Cambridge, Illinois-d. June 1, 1986, Des Moine, Iowa), lawyer and Iowa Supreme Court judge, presided at Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II. |
| Birth date | 18891011 |
| Death date | 19860615 |
| Place of birth | Cambridge (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Des Moines (Iowa) |
| Field of activity | Law Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949 |
| Affiliation | Iowa. Supreme Court |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Judges |
| Found in | Memorandum from M. C. Latta to Secretary of War Robert Patterson, with related material, Truman Library, May 15, 1947: (relates to lawyer and judge Charles F. Wennerstrum) Bio. index, v. 15: (Charles Frederick Wennerstrum; b. 1889; d. 1986; judge) WwWA, v. 9: (Charles Wennerstrum; b. Cambridge, Illinois, Oct. 11, 1889; d. June 15, 1986; judge; lawyer, in practice Adel, Iowa, 1914-1915, then Chariton, Iowa, 1914-1930; district judge, 2nd Judicial District, Iowa, 1930-1940; justice, Supreme Court, Iowa, 1941-1948; presiding judge hostage case Nuremberg War Trials, 1947-1948) Wikipedia.org, Nov. 4, 2014 (Charles F. Wennerstrum; b. Oct. 11, 1889, Cambridge, Illinois; d. June 1, 1986; American lawyer and judge who presided at Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Wennerstrum> New York Times via Google, Nov. 4, 2014: obituary, June 6, 1986 (at Des Moines; Charles Frederick Wennerstrum, a former Iowa Supreme Court Judge who presided over and sharply criticized some of the Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II, died Sunday of a heart attack. He was 96 years old; Judge Wennerstrum was a judge in the trials of Nazi leaders in 1947 and 1948 while on leave from the Iowa Supreme Court) Findagrave.com, Nov. 4, 2014 (Charles Frederick Wennerstrum; b. Oct. 11, 1889, Illinois; d. June 1, 1986, Des Moines, Iowa; burial: Chariton Cemetery, Chariton, Iowa) OCLC, Jan. 8, 2015 (hdgs.: Wennerstrum, Charles F., 1889-1986; Wennerstrum, Charles Frederick, 1889-; usage: Charles F. Wennerstrum) |
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