page_title: Freundeskreis der Wirtschaft
section_title: Post-war sentencing of group members
hierarchical_section_title: Freundeskreis der Wirtschaft / Post-war sentencing of group members
caption_attribution_description: English: Heinrich Bütefisch (1894-1969) at the Nuremberg Trials. Bütefisch was I.G. Farben official, member of NSDAP and SS. This photograph of Bütefisch (probably as a defendant) was taken by US Army photographers on behalf of the Office of the U.S. Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality (OUSCCPAC, May 1945 - Oct. 1946) or its successor organization, the Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes (OCCWC, Oct. 1946 - June 1949). sentenced 6 years
context_page_description: The Freundeskreis der Wirtschaft, or Circle of Friends of the Economy was a group of German industrialists whose aim was to strengthen the ties between the Nazi Party and business and industry. The group was formed and co-ordinated by Wilhelm Keppler, one of Adolf Hitler's close economic advisors.
context_section_description: After the war, William Keppler was sentenced to ten years in prison following the Ministries Trial at Nuremberg in 1949. He was released in February 1951.
  Friederich Flick was also sentenced to seven years after the Flick trial, and released early in 1950.Oswald Pohl and Otto Ohlendorf were hanged for war crimes in the Nuremberg trials.
caption: Heinrich Bütefisch in charge at Monowitz works
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