United States. Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality

Created in 1945 as the Office of the U.S. Chief Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality, this government legal team supported the American case before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. The office worked under the leadership of Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, who was appointed U.S. Chief of Counsel for the prosecution of major European Axis war criminals.

The office is best remembered as the corporate author behind Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, a multi-volume set published in 1946. These volumes collected indictments, captured records, legal arguments, and other material prepared for use in the trials, making them an important source for readers studying the legal and documentary record of Nazi crimes.

Because this is a government office rather than an individual writer, there is no single personal life story behind the name. Its significance comes from its role in preserving and presenting evidence from one of the most important war crimes prosecutions in modern history.