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Some notable Nazis authoritative absented at the Nuremberg trials because of their death. There were Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich, and Joseph Goebbels. Robert Ley and Hermann Göring managed to commit suicide during the trials. 3 of other 24 notable Nazis were acquitted: Hjalmar Schacht, Hans Fritzsche, and Franz von Papen. Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach escaped punishment by medical reasons.

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Yes many of the main Nazi command escaped to South America. In Germany there was also a vast conver up of men who were in the Nazi party and took part in many of the atrocities. It wasn't until the 1960's that 17 of these men were arrested and put on trial. Sixteen of them got prison time.

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