Charles Dubost | |
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| Born | 1905 |
| Died | 1991 |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Charles Dubost (1905-1991) was a French lawyer. He was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials.
Early life
Charles Dubost was born in 1905. [1]
Career
Dubost became a lawyer in 1931. [1] He was appointed as a prosecutor in Pontarlier in 1940. [1] While serving as an assistant prosecutor in Toulon in December 1941, he raised the age of consent to 21 for homosexual men, but not for heterosexual couples. [2]
Dubost joined the French resistance shortly after the Germans invaded. [2] After the war, he was a lawyer at the courts in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. [1]
Dubost was a member of the French delegation to the Nuremberg trials in 1946. [1] For example, he asked a witness if the Germans had known about the concentration camps. [3] He also presented some documents which showed that Hermann Göring had purposely built camps for British prisoners near RAF targets. [4] [5] Moreover, he began research for the prosecution of German businessmen, although the trial was subsequently conducted by United States judges instead. [1]
Dubost worked on prosecutions of collaborationist French businessmen in the late 1940s. [1] He was appointed as assistant to the general prosecutor of the Court of Appeal of Paris in 1955. [1]
Death
Dubost died in 1991. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Dubost, Charles". Sciences Po. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ^ a b Boninchi, Marc (2005). Vichy et l'ordre moral. Paris: PUF. pp. 143–193. ISBN 9782130553397. OCLC 420826274 – via Cairn.info.
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"Tells Tribunal of Nazi Horrors. Witness Saw Captives Kicked Off Open Cars". The Mason City Globe-Gazette. Mason City, Iowa. February 7, 1946. p. 10. Retrieved August 12, 2016 – via
Newspapers.com.
The thin, sensitive face of the blond Oslo attorney hardened as he answered a question by the French prosecutor, Charles Dubost, as to whether the German people had known of the concentration camp horrors.
- ^ "Goering Installed Prison Camps Near Air Targets". The Sydney Morning Herald. January 31, 1946. p. 1. Retrieved August 12, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Diabolical Nazi Plans. Airmen As Targets". The Age. January 31, 1946. p. 1. Retrieved August 12, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
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  | This French law-related biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Charles Dubost | |
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| Born | 1905 |
| Died | 1991 |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Charles Dubost (1905-1991) was a French lawyer. He was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials.
Early life
Charles Dubost was born in 1905. [1]
Career
Dubost became a lawyer in 1931. [1] He was appointed as a prosecutor in Pontarlier in 1940. [1] While serving as an assistant prosecutor in Toulon in December 1941, he raised the age of consent to 21 for homosexual men, but not for heterosexual couples. [2]
Dubost joined the French resistance shortly after the Germans invaded. [2] After the war, he was a lawyer at the courts in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. [1]
Dubost was a member of the French delegation to the Nuremberg trials in 1946. [1] For example, he asked a witness if the Germans had known about the concentration camps. [3] He also presented some documents which showed that Hermann Göring had purposely built camps for British prisoners near RAF targets. [4] [5] Moreover, he began research for the prosecution of German businessmen, although the trial was subsequently conducted by United States judges instead. [1]
Dubost worked on prosecutions of collaborationist French businessmen in the late 1940s. [1] He was appointed as assistant to the general prosecutor of the Court of Appeal of Paris in 1955. [1]
Death
Dubost died in 1991. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Dubost, Charles". Sciences Po. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ^ a b Boninchi, Marc (2005). Vichy et l'ordre moral. Paris: PUF. pp. 143–193. ISBN 9782130553397. OCLC 420826274 – via Cairn.info.
-
^
"Tells Tribunal of Nazi Horrors. Witness Saw Captives Kicked Off Open Cars". The Mason City Globe-Gazette. Mason City, Iowa. February 7, 1946. p. 10. Retrieved August 12, 2016 – via
Newspapers.com.
The thin, sensitive face of the blond Oslo attorney hardened as he answered a question by the French prosecutor, Charles Dubost, as to whether the German people had known of the concentration camp horrors.
- ^ "Goering Installed Prison Camps Near Air Targets". The Sydney Morning Herald. January 31, 1946. p. 1. Retrieved August 12, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Diabolical Nazi Plans. Airmen As Targets". The Age. January 31, 1946. p. 1. Retrieved August 12, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
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