What were the Nuremberg Trials?

In the Nuremberg trials many leading Nazis were tried for their crimes committed during World War II.

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The Nuremberg trials were international military tribunals held after WWII in 1946 onwards, which tried accused Nazi war criminals for crimes against humanity.

There was a whole series of Nuremberg Trials, starting with the Trial of the Major War Criminals in 1945-46.

Of the 24 members of the Nazi leadership, three were acquitted, twelve were sentenced to death by hanging and the rest were handed prison sentences ranging from ten years to life.

On October 16, 1946 ten of the twelve men were hanged. One was tried and convicted in absentia, originally presumed escaped, he was later declared dead by the German government. And the other, managed to commit suicide hours before his scheduled execution.

Many other individuals and organizations were tried such as military officers guards, financiers and other collaborators. The Nuremberg trials resulted in 24 executions, 128 imprisonments and 35 acquittals.

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In addition to the Nuremberg Trials there were many other trials of people accused of atrocities. For example, there were separate trials for those accused of atrocities at Bergen-Belsen (September-November 1945) and Auschwitz (1947-48).

The Nazis' acts against humanity in supporting the killing off of all the Jews, and for not trying to stop the crimes.

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To put all Nazi Generals on Trial for the Holocaust.