In 1939, Hitler and Stalin agreed to invade Poland and carve up the rest of Eastern Europe in the so- called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. This suggested that the Soviet Union was not totally innocent of waging aggressive war. How did the Soviet delegation and the other prosecuting Allies interpret this Pact in the indictment and during the trials? The crime of "conspiracy" was controversial among the Allies at the Nuremberg Trials. Why was "conspiracy" so controversial? Did the Nuremberg Trials convict any defendants of conspiracy?

In 1939, Hitler and Stalin agreed to invade Poland and carve up the rest of Eastern Europe in the so- called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. This suggested that the Soviet Union was not totally innocent of waging aggressive war. How did the Soviet delegation and the other prosecuting Allies interpret this Pact in the indictment and during the trials? The crime of "conspiracy" was controversial among the Allies at the Nuremberg Trials. Why was "conspiracy" so controversial? Did the Nuremberg Trials convict any defendants of conspiracy?