The leaders of Nazi Germany were terrible people. They orchestrated the murder of eleven million innocent people. So after the war, the Allies set up a trial. Most of the major leaders had already committed suicide. I believe twelve were executed. The others either were acquitted, were put in prison, or escaped to South America.
They put them on trial because they broke four different laws.
1.Conspiracy
2. War Crimes
3. Crimes against humanity
4. Membership in a criminal organization declared so by the International Military Tribunal. They declared the SS a criminal organization.
Nuremberg,germany
Started 12/1946.
The Nuremberg trials prosecuted the Nazi war criminals of World War 2.
After the surrender of Germany in 1945 Allies arranged Nuremberg trials to try war criminals. These trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany.
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.
The Nuremberg Trials took place in Nuremberg, Germany. They were a series of military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute major Nazi leaders for war crimes.
The trials were held in Nuremberg , Germany.
It was rather a ironic and symbolic place to hold the trials. From 1927-1938, the Nazis held major rallies there. It was there where the Nazis passed the Nuremberg Laws, outlawing the Jews doing really anything.
Nuremberg,germany
The Nuremberg War Trials were held from 20th November 1945 through 1st October 1946 .
The Nuremberg Trials.
The Nuremberg Trials are a set of trials held between 1945 and 1946, where the Allied Powers tried the "major war criminals" of the defeated Nazi's for crimes against humanity.
He had committed suicide before the trials took place.
Between 1945 and 1946, German officials involved in the holocaust and other war crimes were brought before an international tribunal in the Nuremberg Trials. The Soviet union had wanted these trials to take place in Berlin, but Nuremberg was chosen as the site for the trials for specific reasons. They chose Nuremberg as the spot for the trials because 6 years before Hitler created the Nuremberg Laws. The Nuremberg Laws were a collection of 2,000 laws that said what Jews could and could not do. By, Husky Pratt Special thanks to Wikipedia.com for helping me spell Nuremberg right.
No. The nuremberg trials were held after the war, when several of the officers were take to court for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The Nuremberg trials were military tribunals conducted by the Allied Forces after the end of WW2. These trials were held for prominent members of Nazi Germany who were accused of war crimes.
After the surrender of Germany in 1945 Allies arranged Nuremberg trials to try war criminals. These trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany.