Nuremberg Laws

The Nuremberg Trials were the first trials in history to seek justice against an entire regime for aggressive war crimes. They took place immediately after World War II ended, the indictment happened on October 18th, 1945. The horrible war crimes included invading other nations, violating the Treaty of Versailles and the most horrific crimes against humanity. The Nuremberg Trials prosecuted twenty one defendants, all of whom were Nazi officers and part of six major Nazi organizations. The trials…

The Nuremberg trials were to investigate, try, and prosecute Nazi war criminals. The defendants on trial included Nazi officials and high-ranking military officers that had direct involvement in authorizing the execution of millions of Jewish people. The Nuremberg trial was the first event where the recognition for human rights became universal. This event was an international trial of war crimes where the participation of four power nations, France, Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United…

euthanasia experimentation. In a ravaged post war Germany, the city of Nuremberg played host to what could quite possibly be the most chilling trial in human history. The Nuremberg trials detailed some of the most gruesome events committed against humanity. The medical proceedings detailed quite possibly the…

in charge of the Nazi regime and ordered the mass genocide of the Jews. In November 1945, that time had come for more than 20 of Germany 's high-ranking Nazi leaders. Nuremberg, Germany was selected as the location for the first international war crimes trials for these men were to be held. This place is significant because Nuremberg was the site for all of the National Socialist Party 's annual rallies (Overy, 2011). It was a way of telling Nazi Germany that they started there and they shall be…

He began to wonder if people would willingly obey orders from authority even if it meant killing people. Throughout history people involved with mass genocide have pleaded that they were just following orders. The Nuremberg Trials is a prime example of that. The purpose of the Nuremberg Trials was to bring punishment to Nazi War Criminals who had persecuted innocent people (those who did not fit Hitler’s ideal Aryan race). Many men who were put on trial claimed that they were just obeying…

Judgement at Nuremberg by Abby Mann is a courtroom drama, depicting the trial of a former judge of Nazi Germany, Ernst Janning. The drama goes on questioning his responsibility for sending Jews to extermination under the Nazi regime, but throughout the trial, Janning keeps quiet. Nearing the climax of the play, Janning gives a spectacular confession, admitting his guilt of knowing what was happening but never stopping it. The play comes to an end as Judge Haywood gives the judgement of guilty.…

European jews and deciding to, where possible, prosecute those responsible for these crimes (The Holocaust - United to End Genocide, 2016). At the time those who were foreign were sent to their own country to be prosecuted according to their own countries law. Between October 1945 and October 1946 the international military tribunal tried 22 serious war crimes that went against peace…

systematic killing of those deemed “unworthy of life”, this included the mentally retarded, mentally ill, and physically impaired. Anyone that was unable to function in a “normal” daily routine was considered unworthy of living. As a result of this, the Nuremberg Code was created. This Code established the requirements for informed consent, absence of coercion, properly formulated scientific experimentation, and beneficence towards experiment participants. Voluntary Consent is essential. It also…

1). He was thought to be even more evil in Hannah’s eyes because he didn’t even kill to keep a belief in anti-Semitism, he killed to move up in the ranks. The fact that “[h]is moral compass was disabled by an overwhelming administrative and social law of the land that “Thou Shalt Kill Jews.”” (Alkadry, Witt, p.1), makes him seem like a cold-hearted killer, which is true in this case. Although still wrong, killing for beliefs is above killing in cold blood. This is an example where the person…

Towards the end of 1943, Leaders of the Allies began to think about the fate of the Nazi leaders after the war was over. Leaders were torn between trials for Nazi leaders or just going straight to execution. By 1945, Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union came to the decision that they would hold trials for the major criminals. The charges were categorized into four different categories: common conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Common…