Herbert Klemm

Herbert Klemm
Klemm during the Judges' Trial in 1947
Acting Reichsminister of Justice
In office
5 May 1945 – 23 May 1945
Preceded byOtto Georg Thierack
Succeeded byPosition abolished
State Secretary
Reich Ministry of Justice
In office
4 January 1944 – 23 May 1945
Preceded byCurt Rothenberger
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born15 May 1903
Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
Died4 July 1963 (aged 60)
Starnberg, Bavaria, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partyNazi Party
OccupationLawyer
AwardsGolden Party Badge

Herbert Klemm (15 May 1903 – 4 July 1963) was a German lawyer and SA-Oberführer who was a protégé of high-ranking Nazi officials Martin Bormann and Otto Thierack. He rose through the Nazi Party and government ranks to become the State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Justice in Nazi Germany. He also served in the short-lived Flensburg government in May 1945 as the acting Reichsminister for Justice. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Judges' Trial at Nuremberg in 1947. His sentence was commuted and he was released in 1957.