Nuremberg Trials
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Crime, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Trials, Judges, Lawyers, Human Rights, Holocaust, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: Germany
- Date: November 20, 1945-August 31, 1946
Article abstract: The Nuremberg Trials establish an international tribunal for the punishment of defeated German military commanders and civilian representatives as war criminals.
Summary of Event
As early as 1942, the Allies in the war against Nazi Germany had learned from various sources that the Germans in occupied territories were committing countless atrocities against Jews, prisoners of war, and the civilian population. The Germans after World War I never carried out the provision in the Versailles Treaty (articles 227-230) which required them to...
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