Twelve high-ranking Nazi officials were sentenced to death and executed at the main Nuremberg Trial in 1946. These defendants included Hermann Göring, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and Julius Streicher, among others.
A total of 22 high-ranking Nazis and Nazi supporters were tried by the IMT (or International Military Tribunal). For a list of the 22 defendants and their sentences, please see the Related Link below. See the "Main Trial" section of the Wikipedia article for the information you seek.
October 1st, 1946
The Nuremberg trials were international military tribunals held after WWII from November 1945 to October 1946. Basically it was a trial to decide the fate of the remaining important Nazi's. It was held in Nuremberg.
There was only one 'TRUE' Nuremberg Trial, it was operating from November 1945 to October 1946. The trial was of 22 German principals which was made up of a mixture Generals, and Politicians, who where not fast enough to escape on the Odessa SS escape line, and so were in Allied hands. I said above, only one 'TRUE' Trial, because there were a number of other trials held during that time, and afterwards, but these were for, so called, minor persons, both male and female, who were captured, and placed on trial for War Crimes against humanity, and though one or two were hung, most were given sentences ranging from one to five years, and most were let out after a short time.
In Nuremberg, Germany (Bavaria) and were in 1945-46.
At the Nuremberg Trials, 12 of the 24 defendants were sentenced to death. These sentences were carried out on October 16, 1946, with some notable figures among the executed, including Hermann Göring and Joachim von Ribbentrop. Three other defendants sentenced to death committed suicide before their executions, bringing the total number of individuals who died as a result of the trials to 15.
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The Nuremberg War Trials were held from 20th November 1945 through 1st October 1946 .
A total of 22 high-ranking Nazis and Nazi supporters were tried by the IMT (or International Military Tribunal). For a list of the 22 defendants and their sentences, please see the Related Link below. See the "Main Trial" section of the Wikipedia article for the information you seek.
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The Nuremburg Trials took place from November 1945 to October 1946.
October 1st, 1946
There were a total of 12 Nuremberg trials held after World War II. The most notable was the International Military Tribunal, which took place from 1945 to 1946 and prosecuted key leaders of Nazi Germany. Subsequent trials, known as the Nuremberg Military Tribunals, addressed various categories of war crimes and were conducted between 1946 and 1949, involving various defendants including doctors, industrialists, and military officials.
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At the Nuremberg Trials, 12 out of the 24 defendants were sentenced to death by hanging. The executions took place on October 16, 1946. Some notable figures among those executed included Hermann Göring and Joachim von Ribbentrop. However, three of the sentenced individuals committed suicide before the executions could occur.