The Nuremberg Trials In The Holocaust

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.

The Nuremberg Trial and the Tokyo Trial have many similarities and differences when one looks at the way they were carried out.

Most people know of Hitler being the leader of the nazis and “leading” the war on Jews, but in documents it states that he justedx signed off on it because it was brought up by one of his second in command and one of his most trusted people, but before he could be put on trial Hitler ended his life in his bunker so that he couldn't be captured. So the Nuremberg trials consisted of Rudolf Hess, Joachim Freiherr, Dr. Wilhelm Frick, Heinrich Himmler and many more these names are just some of the biggest because they were all his most trusted comrades. All together they were charged with the genocide of Jews, gypsies, gays, and many more. They were also charged with crimes against peace by invading other countries and taking total control of them, they were also charged with crimes against humanity because of the gruesome and awful ways they treated people and how they killed people and they were also charged with conspiracy to commit such crimes all of these charges are major charges mainly resulting in the death penalty due to the nature of the crimes the only one that wasn't worth the death penalty was the conspiracy to commit because they had planned on what they were doing and hadn't even started it yet. Making this one of the many ways that helped them figure there death toll for the Jews. All of these men were killed because of their crimes and for the role they had in the mass

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

Have you ever wondered or thought about what happened to the Nazis that helped with different parts of the Holocaust after World War II ended? Well, I thought about it and I did some research about the famous trials that happened between the years 1945 through 1949. These trials were made up after a man by the name of Adolf Hitler wanted world domination and he treated the jews horribly. This event solved a lot of problems from establishing an International Court and knowing what to do with the men that helped Hitler with the Holocaust. The charges were among many things but mostly crimes against hummanity was the most used charge. There was also a lot of controversy about the laws that were made in the court and before the trials even

The War Crimes Trials, also known as the Nuremberg Trials, were a series of two-hundred sixteen court sessions and thirteen trials charging twenty-four main Nazi party officials, highly- ranked military leaders, doctors and lawyers against their involvement with the Holocaust. The trials began on November 20, 1945 at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, due to its significant connection to the Holocaust, and the Nazi Party. The trials were conducted by a U.S., French, British, and Soviet military tribunal, and the trials were authorized by the London Agreement. The charges against those being tried were crimes against peace including planning, starting and waging war; war crimes including violations of laws of war; crimes against humanity

The trial attracted a lot of public recognition in Germany, but considered Fritz Bauer; who played a significant role as a Judge and prosecutor on the trails, was quoted to say that the trials in a macro-scale was a failure. Only 22 SS members were charged, with an estimate of 6,000 to 8,000 who were thought to have been involved in the administration and operation of the camp. Six officials received life sentences, and many others were given long sentences. However, several were given on average 3-7 years and it is documented that four were acquitted and released. It was the first time individuals responsible for the Nazi's methods of exterminating Jews and people of other minorities were brought before national courts in Germany. In my focus, I would also like to show emphasis on the 360 witnesses who were called to testify, of which 210 were survivors of the Holocaust and the Hitler

After World War II, the victorious associates made a decision to hold a trail for the defeated Nazi officials. These Trails continued from November 20, 1945 till October 1, 1946. In these Tails, defendant use Nuremberg Defense, a legal strategy employed by many of the defendants at the Nuremberg war crimes trials seeking to convict Nazi perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Second World War, as a defense by claiming they were not guilty of charges against them as they were simply following orders (Rationalwiki). Even though the victors claimed that they would give the defendant a fair trial, on closer examination anyone can see that in reality, these trails were biased and were a victor’s justice (A

The Holocaust was a major event that had happened in the World War II but more specifically between years 1933 to 1945. The Nuremberg trials were mainly created for the reason of the Holocaust, in this tragic event over 11 million men and women had died! 6 million of them were Jewish people, and about 1.5 million of those people were. Nazi Germany had made approximately 20,000 concentration camps, most Sonderkommandos were regularly gassed, and fewer than 20 of the several thousand survived(Sonderkommandos) were the commonly referred names to Jewish people. In Auschwitz there were about 2,000,000 casualties, Belzec had about 600,000 deaths, Bergen-Belsen had about 70,000 deaths, Buchenwald had about 56000 deaths, Chelmno had about 340,000

The Nuremberg Trials, were set up by the Allies to hold the Nazis accountable for what they had done during World War II. The Nuremberg Trials contained 13 trials, thus many were executed, put to death sentence, received life in prison and, received prison time with varying lengths.

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.

If seen from a perspective the road to the Nuremburg Trials was designed by Nazi rule. When Hitler became German Chancellor in 1933, his rule proved to highly violent and oppressive that pushed Germany into World War 2. They began to persecute

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 were a critical point in the history of international law because it established the fact that humanity has the need of an international shield to shelter and protect. This event was responsible for contributing in the ongoing process of developing rules that are binding between states and nations also known as international laws. The judgment of the trials may be one of the most important events in the history of international law due to the fact that it assisted in establishing laws against war crimes. One of the biggest questions raised was whether causing a war was an international crime that would be punishable or not. Many believed there was no