Leon W. Powers
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Judge Leon W. Powers from Iowa was one of three judges adjudicating the Subsequent Nuremburg trials known as the Ministries trial
. In his dissenting summary on April 14, 1949 he wrote: "In my judgement, it is incorrect to say that all the German people, except a few, in the persecution of the Jews, and it is incorrect to say the Foreign Office knew of extermination of the Jewish people, especially if by 'Foreign Office', it is intended to imply that the Foreign Office defendents here had such knowledge. The evidence, in my opinion, falls far short of supporting any such conclusion."
From 1934 to 1936 he served on the Iowa Supreme Court
Ministries Trial
The Ministries Trial was the eleventh of the twelve trials for war crimes the U.S. authorities held in their occupation zone in Germany in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. These twelve trials were all held before U.S...
. In his dissenting summary on April 14, 1949 he wrote: "In my judgement, it is incorrect to say that all the German people, except a few, in the persecution of the Jews, and it is incorrect to say the Foreign Office knew of extermination of the Jewish people, especially if by 'Foreign Office', it is intended to imply that the Foreign Office defendents here had such knowledge. The evidence, in my opinion, falls far short of supporting any such conclusion."
From 1934 to 1936 he served on the Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Iowa. As constitutional head of the Iowa Judicial Branch, the Court is composed of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices....