In 1947, when Ernst von Weizsäcker was a defendant in the Ministries Trial for his role in the deportation of Jews from occupied France, Richard von Weizsäcker served as his father's assistant defence counsel.
Wilhelmstrasse trial, the Nuremberg trial of foreign ministry officials
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Backe was held in American custody and was due to be tried for war crimes at Nuremberg in the Ministries Trial.