The Holocaust After World War II

These were the Nuremberg Trials, and they were specifically set up to prosecute the top level of members of the nazi party and military commanders that were responsible for the genocide and murder of the Jewish race or crimes against humanity and peace. The “Nuremberg Trials are now regarded as a milestone toward the establishment of a permanent international court.” (History) This was the first time that the international community set up a court for a specific event only. It did not hear other cases or issues. Its sole focus was on Germany behavior during WWII. We also set up similar courts in Tokyo after WWII, as well as a court for the mass killings in Rwanda in 1994 that judged those responsible for this

The Nuremberg Trials is the best-known trail regarding World War II and the Holocaust. This trial took place from November 20th, 1945- October 1st, 1946, and was not the only trial for prosecuting those involved with the horrific acts of the Holocaust. This trial tried major war criminals of being responsible for what happened during the Holocaust. The prosecution and defense attorneys followed the American and British law. The legal proceedings followed the 4 Allied countries that made up the judge tribunal: The British Empire, France, America, and the Soviet Union. Each Allied power had 2 judges, 1 main judge, and an alternate. The Defendants were also allowed to choose their own lawyers. 24 individuals and 6 Nazi’s organizations

The Nuremberg Trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany from the 20th of November 1945 to the 1st of October 1946, 24 of the Nazi leaders were tried for their crimes against humanity, however only 22 trials were officially carried out due to Robert Ley committing suicide and Gustav Krupp von Bohlen deemed unfit for trial before their hearing. It was considered to be controversial as all Nazi officials at one time claimed that they were simply following orders from a higher power and that they weren’t to blame for their crimes because they were acting in self defence. Hermann Göring also committed suicide the day before his scheduled execution. Also a few of Hitler’s accomplices committed suicide before they had a chance to be trialled. These adjustments to the expected outcome of the Nuremberg Trials caused controversy amongst everyone who knew of the Nazi’s treatment of others, especially Jews. There was also some bias towards the Nazi party from the people conducting the trial as they were mostly from Allied descent and had personal reasons to persecute Nazis simply because they were Nazis without fairly considering their crimes against humanity.

were accused were assumed guilty from the beginning. These people named in both times were put

A fair trial was supposed to be given to the men and women to rightly accuse them of crimes they could’ve potentially done. “The SS then condemned him to death, him and two other inmates who had been found to possess arms,” (Wiesel p.64) The Germans completely ignored the phrase “Innocent until proven guilty” because they really based their decisions off of their feelings and assumptions. No real investigations were carried out or performed. Many Jews died based off of German rule and opinion.

Post World War II, many Nazi leaders were put on trial by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. At the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials Speer was charged with, conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, crimes against peace, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Twelve out of twenty-one accused Nazi leaders were sentenced to death. Speer was found guilty but he was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment, thus escaping the hangman’s noose. Historian Van der Vat

Basically, this article gives a brief summary on recognizing what actually happened behind those doors of the killing centers, which are two inhumane camps known as the concentration and extermination. In these camps, is where the noncombatant civilians were taken advantage and discriminate for their appearance, race, culture. They were separated by sex and lived in miserable live stripped all of their clothing until naked. The victims had no other choice but to follow along with the government because either way, they were going to end up dead. As I mentioned, the killing centers are to face the consequences and take the responsibilities of the numerous civilians killed even those were disabled or injured. This trial takes place after the war where the nazi leaders were to attend court but unfortunately some committed suicide before and others were hung and the courts also state that war was out of aggression meaning it was out of conduct not to forget the crimes and murders committed.

According to Justice Lawrence, author, the purpose of the Nuremberg Trials, later known as the Doctor’s Trial, was to “not only the punishment of those who were guilty but the establishment of the supremacy of international law over national law and proof of the actual facts” (Lawrence, p. 153) of the atrocious mass genocide known now as the Holocaust. This means that point of these trials were not only to punish the murderous doctors but also to show the world that international law is the highest form of power. A separate form of trials initially took place in Germany, however, it was a “farce” according to Lawrence. “The majority got off and such sentences as were inflicted were derisory and were soon remitted” (Lawrence, p. Yo27153). Due to the growing tension between the German court of law and other countries the Doctor’s Trial was then moved to Nuremberg, and the evidence was eventually over-turned to the United States who would eventually indict 23 doctors on a number of crimes

The allied forces formed the Nuremberg Tribunal, these forces included the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and France. These nations had announced that they would began grueling the Nazi’s in the winter of 1945. The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union were the first to officially announced on december 17, 1942 that they wanted to litigate those who were responsible for the mass murders of the Jewish people. On October 1943 the Moscow Declaration was signed and this said that the criminal would be sent to their country and the country would take care of charging them accordingly to their laws. The Nuremberg trials officially began in Nuremberg, Germany on November 20, 1945 . Germany had surrendered just six months prior to the trials. Each one of the nations supplied a judge and a prosecution team in the trial (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). The Nazi’s could be charged with one or many of the four accounts: Conspiracy, Crimes Against Peace, War Crimes,

Towards the end of World War II ally powers began to come across concentration camps which housed what the Nazi’s deemed the “undesirables” mainly people of the Jewish faith, gypsies, Russians, polish, the mentally disabled, and the physically impaired. What happened in these camps is one of the most appalling events in world history which would become to be known as the Holocaust. Approximately eleven million people died in the Holocaust due to malnourishment, slave labor, extermination, and medical experimentation (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). These were so heinous that allied powers took the Nazi members to international court for crimes against humanity, which became to be known as the Nuremburg Trials (Duhaime's Law Dictionary).

During World War II, many Nazis committed crimes against peace and humanity. The Allies put the criminals of the war on trial for their crimes. The Nuremberg Trials were a series of 13 trials that were held to punish criminals without wrongfully accusing someone. The trials were, “Held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice,”(Nuremberg Trials 1). The trials

On 8th August, 1945, shortly after the end of World War II in May of 1945, the Allied governments entered into a joint agreement establishing the International Military Tribunal for the purpose of trying those responsible for the war atrocities. Whereas some 5,000 Nazi’s were charged with war crimes, the Nuremberg trials were designed specifically to prosecute high ranking Nazi officials with whom the authority for the commission of heinous atrocities rested.

The Nuremberg trials after all this time still remain the benchmark for judging international crimes and this historical event has been used for studies, researches to find some insight as what defines an international law. Crimes against humanity saw its birth after World War II. The establishment of the United Nations in 1945 was a giant step in

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) consisted of a large variety of different persons representing different countries. The Tribunal's sheer size and complexity is an example of an un-needed redundancy that among today’s standards is unfathomable. When compared to its counterpart at Nuremberg, one can determine the seemingly comprehensive and complete proceedings as oddly overbearing. The Tokyo Trials "lasted three times longer than the Trial of the Major German War Criminals. It involved at least 230 translators and 237 Prosecution and Defense lawyers." The hypocritical aspects involve the methods and procedures in which the IMTFE operated. It was established in order to prosecute war criminals, allowing for the justice system to take on its role. Yet the IMTFE has set its own rules and standards, decided what evidence , however crucial, may or may not be entered as exhibits. The lack of a complete and fair trial existed not only in the admittance or the one sided

“If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example.” Anne Frank, a holocaust survivor had once said that. The Nuremberg Trials had many Nazi’s killed during the process. The Jews had been suffering during the Holocaust and then it was the Nazi’s turn. The Nuremberg Trials had either left the Nazi’ alive but in prison or completely dead. The Nuremberg Trials had many impacts on the world and also the future. Firstly, the Nuremberg Trials were held during 1945 to 1946. Secondly, the trials had devastated their reputation. Lastly, there is Nazi’s still alive today but most of them are dead.