Flick trial

The United States of America vs. Friedrich Flick, et al. or Flick trial was the fifth of twelve Nazi war crimes trials held by United States authorities in their occupation zone in Germany (Nuremberg) after World War II.

The circle was a group of influential German industrialists and bankers—founded in 1932 by Wilhelm Keppler and taken over by Himmler in 1935—for the purpose of giving financial support to the Nazis.

Its members "donated" annually about 1 million Reichsmark to a "Special Account S" in favor of Heinrich Himmler.

The indictment was filed on February 8 and amended on March 18, 1947; the trial lasted from April 19 to December 22, 1947.

The court dismissed count 3, stating that the evidence presented (which was all for cases prior to September 1939) fell outside its jurisdiction as the tribunal had a mandate only for acts committed during World War II, i.e., from September 1939 to May 1945.