Hans Flaechsner was a trial lawyer from Berlin, Germany. In June of 1945, Dr. Flaechsner agreed to coordinate the defense of the Nazi Minister for Armaments and Production Albert Speer for the International Military Tribunal at the War Crimes Trial at Nuremberg. For Dr. Flaechsner, this would be the most important case of his career. Speer was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for the use of slave labor to fill his production quotas.
From the guide to the Hans Flaechsner papers on the defense of Albert Speer, 1937-1947, (Ohio University)