Shortly after Adolf Hitler came to power, he and his allies started to persecute German- Jewish people and other enemies of the Nazi state. By the end of World War ll, he was responsible for over six million deaths among the Jewish community. After World War ll, Jewish people wanted justice for what had happened to their deceased family members, and the Nuremberg Trials gave that to them. Many people want to know what the Nuremberg Trials were, who was guilty of war crimes, and what happened afterwards.
The Nuremberg Trials were held to bring Nazi criminals to justice. It was a series of thirteen trials, the most famous being the trial for war criminals. The defendants were high ranking military officers who had commited war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity. The criminals were judged by the Allied Powers. The Allied Powers consisted of leaders from Great Britain, the U.S., France, and the Soviet Union(www.ushmm.com, 2018). During World War Two, Hitler was racially discriminative towards the Jewish nation, and the Allied Powers worked together to stop him. Throughout the trails, multiple people from different ethnicities and religions were present, which contributed to the …show more content…
Prior to the trials, Adolf Hitler, along with two of his associates had committed suicide to escape getting captured and being brought to court. The final judgement consisted of three criminals being acquitted, twelve sentenced to death, and the rest were given prison sentences. One of the offenders, Martin Bormann, who was sentenced to death was unable to attend due to medical issues. On October 16, 1946, ten of the condemned were executed. Hermann Goring, the eleventh offender, and Hitler’s designated successor, committed suicide the night before his execution with a cyanide capsule he had hidden in a jar of skin
The Nuremberg Trials were held to bring Nazi criminals to justice. It was a series of thirteen trials, the most famous being the trial for war criminals. The defendants were high ranking military officers who had commited war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity. The criminals were judged by the Allied Powers. The Allied Powers consisted of leaders from Great Britain, the U.S., France, and the Soviet Union(www.ushmm.com, 2018). During World War Two, Hitler was racially discriminative towards the Jewish nation, and the Allied Powers worked together to stop him. Throughout the trails, multiple people from different ethnicities and religions were present, which contributed to the …show more content…
Prior to the trials, Adolf Hitler, along with two of his associates had committed suicide to escape getting captured and being brought to court. The final judgement consisted of three criminals being acquitted, twelve sentenced to death, and the rest were given prison sentences. One of the offenders, Martin Bormann, who was sentenced to death was unable to attend due to medical issues. On October 16, 1946, ten of the condemned were executed. Hermann Goring, the eleventh offender, and Hitler’s designated successor, committed suicide the night before his execution with a cyanide capsule he had hidden in a jar of skin