In October 1945, the Allies brought up charges against twenty-two major Nazi war criminals. The defendants were tried on two or more charges. The charges are:
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1945, after the long hard fought war all the attention turned to Nuremberg,
Germany. The United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia (the Allies)
decided to take action on the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
In October 1945, the Allies brought up charges against twenty-two major Nazi war criminals. The defendants were tried on two or more charges. The charges are: |
| Count One: Common Plan or Conspiracy;
plotting with others to wage wars of aggression in violation of international treaties, agreements, or assurances |
| Count Two: Crimes Against Peace;
planning, preparation, initiation, and waging wars of aggression |
| Count Three: War Crimes;
particularly those crimes involving the maltreatment of prisoners of war in breach of international agreements |
| Count Four: Crimes Against Humanity;
such as murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, and other inhumane acts against civilization |
| The first trial lasted until October 1946. Most of the defendants tried to pleaded insanity but psychologists said they were normal. The lawyers prosecuting the defendants were lead by Robert Jackson, Chief U. S. prosecutor. William Baldwin, Assistant U. S. prosecutor, Daniel Margolies, Assistant U. S. prosecutor, Roman Rudenko, Chief Soviet prosecutor, V. Y. Pokrovsky, Deputy Soviet prosecutor, and Sir Hartley Shawcross, Chief British prosecutor, were the other prosecutors that helped Mr. Jackson. The first phase of the trials ended. View the list of the defendants and their verdicts. |
| Also, six
NAZI organizations were charged. The SS, The Gestapo, and the
SD were found guilty. The SA, the Reich cabinet, and the High
Command were acquitted. All death sentences were carried out except
Goring and Bormann.
The second phase of the trials were held on November 1946. The total of the twelve trials, 185 defendants, 35 were acquitted, 19 were further released on various grounds, 24 were executed, 20 were sentenced to life in prison, and 87 were dealt shorter terms of imprisonment. The total of Germans convicted or punished, 5,025 Germans. The third phase trials are those of Adolf Eichmann and John Demjanjuk in Jerusalem. There are still some trials going on today. I think Germany got what they deserved. View some images of the trials. Source of information-
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