ABSTRACT
Bernhard Loesener was called upon to testify before the United States Military Tribunal convening in Nuremberg in the trial of his former boss, Wilhelm Stuckart. Stuckart was one of 21 defendants charged with criminal conduct arising from their functions as officials of the Reich government. Officially the trial was designated as the "United States of America vs. Ernst von Weizaecker, et.al." Unofficially it quickly became dubbed as the "Ministries case". Count V of the indictment against Stuckart related to his activities as State Secretary in the Reich Interior Ministry. Stuckart was found guilty on Count V and three other counts and received a four-year prison sentence. It is important to note that Loesener, was testifying for the Prosecution against Stuckart. A careful reading of his testimony, however, raises questions about whose side he was helping most. This chapter depicts the testimony of Loesener before the Nuremberg Tribunal in a very interesting way.
