- Hermann Göring: Commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe and the second most powerful man in Nazi Germany.
- Rudolf Hess: Deputy Führer and Hitler's closest confidant.
- Joachim von Ribbentrop: Nazi Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- Wilhelm Keitel: Chief of the OKW (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces).
- Ernst Kaltenbrunner: Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA).
- Alfred Rosenberg: Nazi Party's Chief Ideologist.
- Hans Frank: Nazi Governor-General of Poland.
- Wilhelm Frick: Nazi Minister of the Interior.
- Julius Streicher: Nazi Gauleiter of Franconia and publisher of the antisemitic newspaper Der Stürmer.
- Arthur Seyss-Inquart: Nazi Gauleiter of Austria and Reich Commissioner for the Netherlands.
- Fritz Sauckel: Nazi Plenipotentiary for Labor Allocation.
- Alfred Jodl: Chief of Operations of the OKW.
Military officials tried at the Nuremberg Trials:
- Erich Raeder: Grand Admiral and commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine (German Navy).
- Karl Dönitz: Grand Admiral and commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine after Raeder's resignation.
- Wilhelm Canaris: Chief of the Abwehr (German Military Intelligence).
- Hans Oster: Deputy Chief of the Abwehr and a key figure in the German resistance.
- Walter Warlimont: Deputy Chief of the Operations Staff of the OKW.
- Alfred Krupp: Industrialist and head of the Krupp arms company.