This Day in History: The Nuremberg Trials Open
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This Day in History:
The Nuremberg Trials Open November 20, 1945 24 high-ranking Nazis
went on trial in Nuremberg,
Germany, for atrocities
committed during World War II. The Nuremberg Trials,
as they came to be known,
were conducted by an
international tribunal. It was the first trial
of its kind in history. The defendants faced charges
ranging from crimes against
peace, to crimes of war,
to crimes against humanity. On October 1, 1946,
12 architects of
Nazi policy were
sentenced to death. On October 16,
10 of the architects
of Nazi policy were hanged. Similar trials continued in Germany
into the 1950s, resulting in the
conviction of 5,025 other defendants.
The Nuremberg Trials Open November 20, 1945 24 high-ranking Nazis
went on trial in Nuremberg,
Germany, for atrocities
committed during World War II. The Nuremberg Trials,
as they came to be known,
were conducted by an
international tribunal. It was the first trial
of its kind in history. The defendants faced charges
ranging from crimes against
peace, to crimes of war,
to crimes against humanity. On October 1, 1946,
12 architects of
Nazi policy were
sentenced to death. On October 16,
10 of the architects
of Nazi policy were hanged. Similar trials continued in Germany
into the 1950s, resulting in the
conviction of 5,025 other defendants.