those were the nuremburg trials.
Nuremburg, This is why they were called the Nuremberg trials
There were a series of War Crimes trials at Nuremburg, Germany.
One of the crimes judged at the Nuremberg Trials was crimes against humanity, which included acts such as genocide, extermination, enslavement, and persecution of civilian populations.
This refers to the Nuremberg trials. After World War 2, the trails were held to prosecute prominent leaders of Nazi Germany who had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war.
The Nazi leaders were tried in the Nuremberg Trials and the majority of them were convicted and either put into prison for a long time or executed. Some of them escaped being executed by swallowing poisoned capsules. You can read about the trials on the link below.
They were sent to trial . The Germans were tried in the Nuremberg War Trials and the Japanese were tried in the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal .
At the Nuremberg Trials 24 of the highest Nazi leaders were tried for their war crimes of genocide and many other war crimes. The trial took a year and there were 100 other Nazis tried for war crimes too. Of the 24 big time leaders they were all convicted and most were executed. Many of the 100 received prison sentences. See the related link below.
Any surviving Axis Power leaders and people involved in the mindless torture of people were tried in the International War Crimes Court and everything is investigated by the International War Crimes Committee.
The Nuremberg Trials
24 top leaders of the Nazi Regime was charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. I have included links below that have their names and their photos. They tell you about their charges, sentences and the trial. There were over 100 Nazis tried for crimes. The worst of them all killed himself before he could be tried: Heinrich Himmler.
Top Nazi officials and military leaders from Germany were tried during the Nuremberg trials. This included figures like Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, and Joachim von Ribbentrop, who were held accountable for crimes committed during World War II.
The four counts people were tried for during the Nuremberg trials were: Crimes against peace (starting wars) War crimes (violations of the laws of war) Crimes against humanity (atrocities against civilians) Conspiracy to commit the above crimes