War Crime Trials During Ww2

War Crime Trials.

The war crime trials were very important to the history of our nation and the world. During WWII, The allied nations gave justice to the nazi party for all the hurt, pain, and suffering they gave to the world. These trials not only were the first time the world came together but these also changed the world as well. This trial is what we look back on. So these trials gave peace to all the families that had lost their loved ones during the war. Starting in 1945, The trials had begun. Between 1945 and 1946, 24 of Nazi Germany were tried for a variety of reasons. Due to the evidence brought to the table, there was a lot of it. During the trial, the Tribunal—and the world—learned about the Nazi Party and its "planning, initiating and waging of aggressive war" from the beginning. Footage of Nazi concentration camps taken by Allied military photographers during liberation was shown to the court. The graphic scenes of what had taken place in Europe were the most powerful evidence presented at the trial. Other memorable moments of the trial were the screenings of the Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps and The Nazi Plan films, the detailed description of the Final Solution, the murders of prisoners of war, atrocities in extermination camps, and countless cruel acts to persecute Jews. (Info copied from The

The trials uncovered the German leadership that supported the Nazi dictatorship. Of the 177 defendants, 24 were sentenced to death, 20 to lifelong imprisonment, and 98 other prison sentences. Twenty five defendants were found not guilty. Many of the prisoners were released early in the 1950s as a result of pardons. Thirteen of the 24 death sentences were executed. (Info copied from The Nuremberg Trials https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/nuremberg-trials Author: The WWII