Kharkov Trial

Kharkov Trial
CourtSoviet military tribunal
Kharkov, Soviet Union
IndictmentWar crimes
Treason
Decided18 December 1943
Case history
Related actionMoscow Declarations

The Kharkov Trial was a war crimes trial held in front of a Soviet military tribunal in December 1943 in Kharkov, Soviet Union. Defendants included one Soviet collaborator, as well as German military, police, and SS personnel responsible for implementing the occupational policies during the German–Soviet War of 1941–45. The trial was the first time that German personnel had been tried for war crimes by the Allies during and after World War II.