John Amen

John Harlan Amen (September 15, 1898 – March 10, 1960) was a lawyer and United States Army Intelligence officer, who served as Nuremberg Prison Chief Interrogator during the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials.

Early life and education John Harlan Amen was born on September 15, 1898, to Harlan Page Amen and Mary Rawson in Exeter, New Hampshire. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1915, where his father had previously been appointed as a principal, and from Princeton University in 1919. He attended Harvard Law School from 1919 to 1923.

Legal and political career He was admitted to the New York bar in 1923. He served as an associate with Shearman & Sterling in New York from 1923 to 1928. His investigation eventually led to the dismissal of nearly a dozen police officers for accepting fraudulent bonds.

Military career He served as a 2nd lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve Flying Corps in World War I. Michael Fitzpatrick (2006) Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand (British television production) Tim Woodward (2006) Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (BBC television docudrama) Mark O'Brien (2025) Nuremberg (film)