Nuremberg Trial (nov 20, 1945 – oct 1, 1946)

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The Nuremberg Trials took place after Germany's surrender in World War II. France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States all worked to find the Nazi criminals that hadn't already killed themselves or turned themselves in. Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler, and Ley were all top Nazi leaders that committed suicide before being able to face trials for their war crimes. The Nazi’s that were captured were tried for serious crimes associated with what took place within the concentration camps. Twenty four major German military and political leaders were put on trial in the first round of cases at Nuremberg. Of these individuals, nineteen were convicted with twelve being sentenced to death for their crimes. Unfortunately, not all major players in the genocide of the Jewish people during World War II were found. There was one man named Josef Mengele, who did terrible experiments on Jewish people within the concentration camps as well as personally selected individuals to die in the gas chambers. When the camps were liberated, they couldn't find him. He managed to escape to Argentina according to his ex-wife. He managed to escape being captured and lived until his death in 1979. There were additional trials at Nuremberg that continued to bring forward and convict German leadership that supported the Nazi’s during the war.

Website: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/nuremberg-trials#:~:text=On%20November%2020%2C%20the%20trial,37%20were%20sentenced%20to%20death.

Website: https://famous-trials.com/nuremberg/1939-news10-16-46

Book: Nazis after Hitler : how perpetrators of the Holocaust cheated justice and truth by Donald McKale

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