“Hitler wanted to know if something could be done immediately. The generals said ‘no’. War against Russia simply could not be entertained in the autumn of 1940.”
- Keitel, Nuremberg (war trial) 1946
- Keitel, Nuremberg (war trial) 1946
The nuremburg trials
- Nuremberg: Location of anti-Semitic trials
- It was only fitting that the Nazis were too, put on trial in the same setting and location
- Held in the German city of Nuremburg in 1946
- 177 Nazis indicted for crimes related to the war
- Many are for crimes against humanity as a result of Holocaust
- Punishable by death
- All had access to lawyers
- Only 3 acquitted
- The rest given lengthy sentences (10, 25, life sentences) and some hung
- It was only fitting that the Nazis were too, put on trial in the same setting and location
- Held in the German city of Nuremburg in 1946
- 177 Nazis indicted for crimes related to the war
- Many are for crimes against humanity as a result of Holocaust
- Punishable by death
- All had access to lawyers
- Only 3 acquitted
- The rest given lengthy sentences (10, 25, life sentences) and some hung
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Summary
Those who lost the War were punished even though those who were the victors are equally as responsible for crimes against humanity. Estimated that 80,000,000 total deaths in WWII. Atrocities committed by those others than Nazis also should be accounted for