Josiah E. DuBois Jr.

Josiah DuBois Jr.
DuBois, c.1945
Born(1912-10-21)October 21, 1912
DiedAugust 1, 1983(1983-08-01) (aged 70)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAttorney
Known for
  • Prosecutor at Nuremberg
  • War Refugee Board
Notable workReport to the Secretary
The Devil's Chemists

Josiah Ellis DuBois Jr. (October 21, 1912 – August 1, 1983) was an American attorney at the U.S. Treasury Department who played a major role in exposing State Department obstruction efforts to provide American visas to Jews trying to escape Nazi Europe. In 1944, he wrote the Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews, which led to the creation of the War Refugee Board. After the war, he was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials prosecuting Nazi war crimes, particularly in the prosecution of Holocaust chemical manufacturer IG Farben.