The Nuremberg Code

One event that encouraged Anti-Semitism and increased tensions leading up to Kristallnacht and beyond was the announcement of the Nuremberg Laws in September of 1935. This set of laws created by the Nazi party made sharp distinctions between the rights and privileges of Germans and Jews (Sigward 291). This redefined citizenship in the Third Reich and laid the groundwork for a racial state. For example, the Reich of Citizenship Law stripped Jews of their citizenship, claiming they didn’t have “German blood” (Sigward 291). Those of Jewish descent were denied the right to vote and the ability to obtain a valid passport or visa to leave the country. This law completely dehumanized Jews living in Germany and made them stateless, which caused those of the Aryan race or pure German descent to feel superior. In the Nuremburg Laws, Article 5 of the First Regulation to the Reich Citizenship Law defined a Jew as a descendant of three or more Jewish grandparents or two Jewish parents (Sigward 293). These laws lead to the Jews being persecuted for who they were, rather than the faith they believed during previous years. As a result of these laws being carried out, German nationalism and Anti-Semitism across the Reich increased drastically .

The Nuremberg Doctor’s trial of 1946 involves human experimentation performed by the Nazi doctors. These physicians were accused of conducting torturous “experiments” with concentration camp inmates. During these studies, physicians conducted treatments that were not permitted and caused severe injuries to the participants, and in some cases, participants died as a result of this. Prisoners were left to freeze to study more on hypothermia. Later, during December 9th, 1946 to August 20th, 1947 representatives establish a Nuremberg trial to prosecuted these doctors for the atrocities that they committed and 23 out 15 were found guilty. As a result, the Nuremberg code was created to

“I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it,” (Elie Wiesel.) This was true, no one tolerated it, many were determined to bring these people to justice. The first international trial, the Nuremberg Trials brought many of these nazi war criminals to justice. The Nuremberg Trials were separate trials to bring Nazis to justice. It involved many people, not just the nazis. The trials had a positive outcome, however some may find it surprising. Indeed, the Nuremberg Trials will be remembered as the first international trials, bringing criminals to justice.

A brief look at the Nuremberg Trials and some of the people involved. It steps upon the problems leading to the start of the trials including three of the doctors, three of the experiments performed on prisoners, and the judgment of three people involved with carrying out the vulgar experiments. Also included are three people who decided to commit suicide instead of facing certain death after going before a jury. The three people who committed suicide were also three of the biggest people involved in building the Nazi party in Germany and its surrounding areas.

Imaging your family getting killed and no one stopping the people who did it. The Nuremberg Trials showed a great importance of the holocaust but could have been controlled better. After a large amount of criminals got away during the Trials by lying or committing suicide, showed everyone that it had no purpose on stopping the Nazi leaders.

Some say that the Nuremberg Trials were the ‘Greatest Trial In History’. These trials introduced crimes against humanity, brought justice to Nazi Leaders and made men suffer the consequences of their actions for life.

The Nuremberg Doctors Trial of 1946 is the preeminent case recognizing the importance of medical ethics and human rights specifically about human research subjects. The defendants in the trials include Nazi leadership, physicians, and investigators prosecuted for conducting unethical and inhumane medical experiments on civilians and prisoners of war resulting in extreme pain, suffering, permanent injury and often death. The Nuremberg Code, borne of these trials, establishes ethical guidelines for human experimentation to ensure the rights of subjects in medical research. Herein, this writer will first identify and discuss ethical dilemmas presented in the Nuremberg case followed by three

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 main idea behind the creation of the Nuremberg trials is an unbiased international authority that would defend against any similar action. Justice Jackson and the other Prosecutors of the court sought to create precedent to try international criminals and set boundaries for future wars. Without these fundamental ideals, the Nuremberg Trials would not have been carried out in the manner that they were. The Nuremberg Trials were seen as a major opportunity to set forth the desired precedent for the creation of international criminal law in the years to come.

Three major developments that impacted the art world in 15th century Europe included the development of oil paintings, development of the printing press, and the increase in illusionism in both manuscript and alter pieces. The Nuremberg Chronicle is an example of the development of the printing press. This book consisted of woodcut illustrations that were hand-painted with color to enhance the appearance. One of the illustrations included a double-page panoramic view of the city of Nuremberg.

More than half a century has passed since the end of World War Two and to this day it is still difficult to fully understand the severity of what was by far the most destructive war in human history. More than sixty million people were killed during World War Two and more than half of those were innocent town’s people. Among the dead were over six million Jews, which was two thirds of the total living race in Europe at the time. Beyond these general statistics were thousands of stories of crimes committed against soldiers and civilians. These crimes against humanity included cases of prisoners of war being murdered, sent to concentration camps and abuse as well as harmless civilians being rounded up and

In the tumultuous period leading up to World War II, a series of laws were devised in Nazi Germany that subjected the Jewish people to prohibitory and discriminatory forms of treatment. Although the Jewish people only accounted for 503,000 of the 55 million occupants of the country, Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship preached the incorporation of anti-Semitism into law and practice in order to quell the people he considered to be the enemy of the country.

The Nuremberg rallies broadened the “review of the German Nation” to give expression of the Nazi theory (Sinclair, 570). Nuremberg was used to accuse the foreign Jewish element is rotting the Aryan world (Sinclair, 570). The propaganda minister was more insulting and said that the whole oppression of Germany by the world was caused by Jewish emigrants (Bonde 220). The Nuremberg laws were issued in September 1935 that reclassified the German Jews as subjects rather than citizens (Large 84). They were prohibited to marry Aryans or even have sexual relations to keep the Master Race (large 84). It became a tremendous problem for the IOC and countries like America who allegedly boycotting unless some form of symbolic gesture to express the changes

I was just thinking the same question Vida, sadly I believe that we always need these rules because I think that someone out there will sadly take advantage of others and perform unethical procedures. I was wondering if there has ever been a person that has somehow found a hole in the code and taken advantage of others. I believe that in the future as technology advances the Code will need to be updated or a new code will need to be made to respond to the advances of the medical field and research. Overall, he Nuremberg Code's importance is critical to this day and will continue to hold an important role in human research.

“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.