Nuremberg Trials (November 1945)
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Between the years 1939 and 1945 a war waged around the globe to stop the atrocities committed by Hitler and his Nazi Germany. The Holocaust, implemented and carried out during this time, murdered millions of innocent people and tortured millions of others. This vicious crime needed to be answered by the law and so documents and proof was gathered, judges arrived and hundreds of people watched as Germany’s crimes were spread out on the table on November 20th 1945 in Nuremberg Germany. They were tried on four courts, crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity and conspiracy to commit these crimes. The Holocaust was tried as a crime against humanity but unfortunately the Holocaust’s main supporter, Hitler himself, committed suicide on April 30th 1945 instead of answering to his crimes. Hermann Goering was left in charge to see out the end of the war. At the Nuremberg Trials, Hermann Goering was the first to answer to his crimes. Goering was the second most influential person in Nazi Germany, after Hitler. He was a major player in Hitler’s rise to power and was part of the orchestration of the Holocaust. He was sentenced to death by handing, but he committed suicide in his cell before his sentence could be carried out. Another man named Rudolph Hess was also tried at Nuremberg. Hess served as Hitler’s deputy minister and was second in command to Goering after Hitler died.
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He was sentenced to life imprisonment and served 40 years before committing suicide at age 93. The list goes on and on. Out of the 22 accused, 11 were given the death penalty, 3 were acquitted, 3 were given life imprisonment, and 4 were imprisoned between 10 and 20 years.
For most of the world, the Nuremberg Trials symbolized the expression of outrage over the atrocities the Nazi organization committed. It gave the world a sense of closure and let the people of the world move forward with their knowledge that justice had been implemented to the highest degree possible. This event was the last official act in the name of World War II.
For most of the world, the Nuremberg Trials symbolized the expression of outrage over the atrocities the Nazi organization committed. It gave the world a sense of closure and let the people of the world move forward with their knowledge that justice had been implemented to the highest degree possible. This event was the last official act in the name of World War II.
