From 1945 to 1946.
Nazis .
The obvious alternative would have been to line the leading Nazis up against a wall and shoot them, but the Western Allies were reluctant to do that ...
Twelve high-ranking Nazis were sentenced to death and subsequently executed as a result of the Nuremberg trials held after World War II.
The trials were held to posecute the Nazi war criminals for war crimes.
Over 24 major Nazi war criminals were tried at the Nuremberg Trials following World War II. Additionally, thousands of Nazis were also tried in various other trials for their roles in the Holocaust and other war crimes.
Nuremberg , Germany .
Nuremburg there were trials in many cities. Whereas in Nuremberg the trials were about war crimes and crimes against peace, the Franfurt trials were about the Holocaust and crimes against humanity.
The trials were held to bring to justice and punish those Nazis accused of war crimes and mass genocide.
The Nazis were all given IQ tests before their war crimes trials. Hermann Goering scored the highest.
They claimed that they were just following orders.
The Frankfurt war crimes trials, the UN charter on human rights.
Nazis and members from SS who were cuaght were trialed at the nuremburg trials after world war 2.