Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Event Summary Nuremberg Trials

The Nuremberg Trials occurred in 1945 – 1949, during this time men that were


apart of the Nazi were put on trial for the killing of the Jews. Twelve trials were


held, Major war trials were for people like Hitler, Herman Goering, Joseph


Goebbels, and other high-ranking Nazi officials. Justice trials, doctors’ trials,


were also put on these were used for judges and doctors who were apart of the


Nazi Party help or helped the Nazis in anyway. The Nuremberg Trials were held


in Germany it happened here mostly because the Nazi Party originally started


in Germany. The end of World War I led to a group forming called the Nazi


Party. When the German government faced a time after the war when they


couldn’t provide and protect their people like they should have Hitler took


advantage of the fall in government he planned to become a dictator over the


German people but promised to get rid of the democracy, when Hitler was


appointed chancellor he put Jews in Camps then enabled an act stating the that


“Law for terminating the suffering of people and the nation”. All of the laws


against Jews were not enough Hitler had to put the Jews in concentration


camps such as Auschwitz, Buna, and many others that killed Jews in gas


chambers and crematories or starved them to death and worked them to the


breaking point with very little food or water. Six Million Jews dead the end of


World War II lead to the justice of the Jews that had did and reassurance for


those alive. The Nazis would be but on trial for what they had done. The Nazis


that could be captured were put in front of judges and attorneys from all over


the world when it came time for Hitler to be put on trial and executed he shot


himself, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, and Herman Goering had all


committed suicide before being executed. The other Nazis that had not been


put to death were sentenced for 5 – 25 years in prison. The Nuremburg trails


were a way for the Jews to finally have justice and the survivers assurence.

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