Charles Dubost (1905-1991) was a French lawyer. He was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials.
Charles Dubost | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1905 |
| Died | 1991 |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Early life edit
Charles Dubost was born in 1905.[1]
Career edit
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 edit
Dubost died in 1991.[1]
References edit
- ^ 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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