The Nuremburg Trials In 1933, Adolf Hitler and his Nazi government implemented policies to persecute German-Jewish people and others who they considered enemies of the Nazi party. Over the next ten years over six million European Jews and an estimated four to six million non-Jews were murdered. In 1943, the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and other countries formed allies to bring justice to the ones who were responsible for these killings. Winston Churchill of Great Britain, Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, and President Roosevelt were leaders of the allied nations who wanting to punish the Nazi leaders for their inhumane involvement in the Holocaust. Although millions were murdered during the Holocaust, many war criminals were brought to trial and convicted for their crimes (Nuremburg Trials). The Nuremberg trials were a series of thirteen trials carried in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949. …show more content…
The United States, Canada, Australia and England all took displaced people. They also took in many who were implicated in other Nazi Crimes (Nuremburg Trials). The Nuremberg trials were controversial even among those who wanted the major criminals punished. Harlan Stone, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court at the time, described the proceedings as a “sanctimonious fraud” and a “high-grade lynching party.” William O’ Douglas, then an associate U.S. Supreme Court justice, said the Allies “substituted power for principle” at Nuremberg (Nuremburg Trials). Others considered the trials a stepping stone for the establishment of international laws. These laws were put into place in order to protect countries in future war times. The United Nations Genocide Convention, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Geneva Convention of Laws and Customs of War were just a few outcomes from the Nuremburg Trials (Nuremburg
Jewish people were excluded from public life on September 15th, 1935 when the Nuremberg Laws were issued. These laws also stripped German Jews of their citizenship and their right to marry Germans. When the Nuremberg Laws were established, the Jewish population began the process of losing their identity and eventually themselves. As soon as Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, the human race would be forever scarred. Although it is estimated the number of people killed in the Holocaust was around 11 million, there is a high chance of the death toll being much higher.
Many innocent people were killed all because of Hitler’s
During the Holocaust 6 million members of the Jewish faith were ruthlessly slaughtered. The Holocaust was the worst genocide in recent history. The mass killings were outright disturbing. The memoir Night by Elie Wiesel depicts these horrors first hand inside the concentration camp Auschwitz. He graphically depicted the gruesome events that took place in his life.
Lastly, the Nuremberg trials was one of the biggest events to occur toward Albert Speer. It is because of his work with the Nazi Party and his contribution to the outcome of war, was he being held accountable for his actions. However, through devious remarks and claims that he was unaware of such actions being taken place under his authority, he was sentenced to a lighter penalty than what his fellow collages. Speer was held accountable for four crimes; including the common plan or conspiracy to accomplish… a war aggression, crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. However, out of the four crimes, ‘war crimes’ and ‘crimes against humanity’ were the two that would have been the biggest concern for Speer.
The Salem Witch Trials and The Holocaust are two past events that are commonly known and remembered today for the prosecution of many innocent deaths. These two took place in different areas as well as different time periods but are still comparable in numerous ways with the death tolls, the people who took leadership, and the way it affects history today for example. The Holocaust is known for the five to six million jews that were burned, shot, hung, or even experimented on (www.history.com). Several different individuals were punished for unique characteristics (Wiesel,).
When World War II is discussed, a lot of information comes into mind; Nazi’s, Pear Harbor, D-Day, concentration camps. When asked post war events mostly one event comes to mind, which is the Nuremburg trials. The Tokyo Trials almost never comes to mind. The Tokyo trials took place around the same time as the Nuremburg trials, but it is not as well known. Both the Nazi’s and the Japanese committed gruesome acts during the war, but why is the Nazi’s side more publicized?
The Holocaust was the mass genocide of mainly Jewish people and the “undesirables”. The jewish people were dehumanized by the Nazis. All of the people that were persecuted in the mass genocide were either placed into death camps, work camps, or the ghetto when waiting to get to a death camp or work camp. Though the Nazis were trained to be ruthless killing machines, some were kind at heart and helped some of the jewish people survive. “She pinned a lie to the lips of all those who said they had no choice”, Gerda Weissman went through and saw all of the horrific actions of the nazis.
The Holocaust was a genocide in which Adolf Hitler, ruler of the Nazi party, and his associates conducted the mass murder of over six million Jews. Nazi Germany under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler was responsible for the brutal, inhuman slaughter of the Jews from 1933 to 1945. Many German civilians were ashamed of the callous, blasé and insensitive killings led by their own ruler and therefore deny any knowledge of the events of the Holocaust. Their claims to be unaware of the events of the Holocaust are not valid and are only used as a shield for their pride and dignity. Adolf Hitler and the Nazis believed that the Germans were the ‘perfect race’ and all other races were deemed ‘inferior’.
Some of these Germans were charged with conspiracy, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity. In these trials they were able to prove with photographs and film footage of German soldiers having operations against Jewish people. There was also public records of the horrific crimes against the Jewish people .Also towards the end of the trials they were able to recover the plans for Auschwitz(Concentration
Held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice, the Nuremberg trials were a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949. The defendants, who included Nazi Party officials and high-ranking military officers along with German industrialists, lawyers and doctors, were indicted on such charges as crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) committed suicide and was never brought to trial. Although the legal justifications for the trials and their procedural innovations were controversial at the time, the Nuremberg trials are now regarded as a milestone toward the establishment of a permanent international court, and an important precedent for dealing with
These trials dealt with judges who enforced eugenics laws, doctors who commited inhumane experiments on war prisoners, and SS officers who were violent against concentration camp inmates among other atrocities(Ushmm, “Subsequent Nuremberg Proceeding”). In addition, these 12 trials differed to the War Criminal Trials because rather than the trials being judged by an international council of judges, the trials were reviewed by a U.S military tribunal. One hundred eighty-three defendants were indicted and 12 trials took place. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum states that ¨The 12 subsequent trials were: Case #1, The Medical Case; Case #2, The Milch Case; Case #3, The Justice Case; Case #4, The Pohl Case; Case #5, The Flick Case; Case #6, The I.G. Farben Case; Case #7, The Hostage Case; Case #8, The RuSHA Case; Case #9, The Einsatzgruppen Case; Case #10, The Krupp Case; Case #11, The Ministries Case; Case #12, The High Command Case.¨(Ushmm, ¨Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings¨). In order to serve complete justice, all who contributed to German crime had to face retribution.
The Nuremberg Trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany between 1945 and 1949. The trials were held in Nuremberg because its Palace of Justice was undamaged by the end of the war. It was also used for its large prison area. The cause of these trials was the Holocaust, where many Jewish Germans were killed by the Nazis under the rule of a man named Adolf Hitler. The purpose of these trials were to bring Nazi War criminals to justice.
The holocaust took place during WWII. At this time the chancellor of Germany know as Adolf Hitler had ordered a crusade against the jewish race. In this time period over 6 million jewish people including men women and children. Families were stripped from their homes with nearly all of their possessions removed from them. After first entering the gates they weren't even allowed the cloths off their backs.
The Nazis believed the Germans were “racially superior” and the Jews were inferior (The Holocaust). Over 6 million Jews lost their lives during the Holocaust (The Holocaust). The main targets were Jews, disabled, Gypsies, and slavic people (The Holocaust). If they did not match the “social norms”, they were killed (The Holocaust). Between the years 1941 and 1944, Jews were deported to concentration camps where they were then killed (The Holocaust).
Of the 24 defendants who were accused of war crimes, 12 received death sentences, nine received prison sentences ranging from 10 years to life, and three were acquitted. Of the 185 people later tried, 12 received death sentences and 85 others received prison sentences. Though the Nuremberg trials were controversial at the time, they established a precedent for international law and eventually led to the establishment of the International Court of Justice(ICJ) and the International Criminal Court. (ICC). The ICJ settles disputes among states while the ICC deals with