1945-46, Nuremberg, Germany. As a result of the trials members of Gestapo and SS were declared criminals and charged with war crimes. The first trials were for 24 senior Nazis.There were four indictments: Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for crime against peace; initiating and waging war; war crimes;crimes against humanity. The charged people were: Martin Bormann, Karl Dönitz, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Hans Fritzsche, Walter Funk, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Kietel, Gustav Krupp, Robert Ley, Konstantin Neurath, Franz von Papen, Joachim Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenburg, Fritz Sauckel, Hjamar Schacht, Baldur von Schirach, Arthur Seyess-Inquart, Albert Speer, Julius Streicher.12 of them were sentenced to death.
The law is one way to seek justice after genocide. After World War II, both international and domestic courts conducted trials of accused war criminals. Beginning in the winter of 1942, the governments of the Allied powers announced their determination to punish Axis war criminals. On December 17, 1942, the leaders of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union issued the first joint declaration officially noting the mass murder of European Jews and resolving to prosecute those responsible for crimes against civilian populations.
The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the main victorious Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany.
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The Nuremberg Trials .
To punish them for international aggression.
Top Nazi officials were put on trial in Nuremberg for crimes against Humanity, and conspiracy
Since July of 1998 the United Nations has assumed the responsibility for the trial of crimes like genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression through the International Criminal Court with headquarter at The Hague, The Netherlands.
No, but some Nazi leaders were put on trial and convicted of war crimes.
In 1945-46 the surviving Nazi leaders were tried at Nuremberg by Britain, France, the US and the USSR (Soviet Union) for a range of crimes. The most important charges related to deliberately launching a war of aggression. Many were also charged with crimes against humanity, which included the Holocaust. (Contrary to a widespread misunderstanding, there was no special charge relating to the Jews).In addition, some people - mainly of much lower rank) were tried in other places, such as Lüneburg (Bergen-Belsen Trial - by the British), Dachau (Dachau Trial - by the US)) and Krakow (Auschwitz Trials - by the Poles).Later, from about 1949 on some trials were conducted by the Germans.
The Allies put 24 surviving Nazi leaders on trial for crimes against humanity, crimes against the peace, and war crimes.
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Nuremburg Trials.
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Nurenburg. The trials are known as The Nurenburg Trials.
To punish them for international aggression.
Top Nazi officials were put on trial in Nuremberg for crimes against Humanity, and conspiracy
Nuremburg there were trials in many cities. Whereas in Nuremberg the trials were about war crimes and crimes against peace, the Franfurt trials were about the Holocaust and crimes against humanity.
Slobodan Milosevic
You are describing a genocide. It refers to violent crimes against a group with the intent to destroy the existence of the group. The Holocaust was a perfect example of the word and it was only when the German leaders were brought to trial in Nuremburg was this termed use. A pharse that goes along with it is 'crimes against humanity'.
The Serbian politician Vojislav Seselj was born on the 11th of October, 1954. He is suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity, for which he is currently on trial.
24 top leaders of the Nazi Regime was charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. I have included links below that have their names and their photos. They tell you about their charges, sentences and the trial. There were over 100 Nazis tried for crimes. The worst of them all killed himself before he could be tried: Heinrich Himmler.