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Did Walter Schellenberg escape the Nuremberg Trials?

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Walter Schellenberg did not escape the Nuremberg Trials, as he was convicted of war crimes and executed by hanging on 16 October 1946. Schellenberg was a member of the SS and served as head of the Reich Security Main Office from 1943 to 1945. He was responsible for the planning and execution of the Holocaust, as well as other war crimes.
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