nts in this case were officials of various <i><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Reich" title="Third Reich" class="mw-redirect">Reich</a></i> ministries, facing various charges for their roles in <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> and thus their participation in or <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_responsibility" title="Command responsibility">responsibility</a> for the numerous atrocities committed both in Germany and in occupied countries durin