Nuremberg
War crimes tribunal
Nuremberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, historically significant as the site of massive Nazi rallies in the 1930s and the war crimes tribunals that followed World War II.
The Nuremberg trials established precedents for prosecuting crimes against humanity.
Nuremberg defense refers to the rejected claim that one was "just following orders."
Southeastern German state
- FranconiaFormer German stem duchy
- GermanyCentral European nation
- NürnbergFranconian city in Bavaria
- Old TownOriginal settlement area preserved
medieval · walled · cobblestone · half-timbered · reconstruction · postwar · metropolitan
Illegal acts during conflict
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- defendantsThose facing prosecution
- verdictOfficial court decision
judges · international law · crimes against humanity · justice · sentencing · gallows · precedent · Holocaust
German spiced honey cake
- BratwurstGerman pork sausage
- gingerbreadSpiced molasses bake
- toysObjects for amusement
- printmakingProducing images through impression
Medieval Germanic political entity
- ReichstagGerman parliamentary assembly
- Middle AgesEurope's feudal millennium
- free citySelf-governing urban territory
- Thirty Years' War1618-1648 European religious conflict
patricians · trade routes · craftsmen · guilds · Peace of Westphalia · Reformation · imperial regalia
Biased information for influence
- Third ReichHitler's totalitarian German state
- Nazi PartyHitler's fascist political organization
- architectureBuilding design discipline
- paradesPublic celebratory processions
Bavaria
Southeastern German state
Old Town · medieval · walled · cobblestone · half-timbered · reconstruction · postwar · metropolitan
war crimes
Illegal acts during conflict
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- defendantsThose facing prosecution
verdict · judges · international law · crimes against humanity · justice · sentencing · gallows · precedent · Holocaust · accountability
Lebkuchen
German spiced honey cake
- BratwurstGerman pork sausage
- gingerbreadSpiced molasses bake
- toysObjects for amusement
printmaking · Renaissance · craftsmanship · goldsmithing · woodcarving
Holy Roman Empire
Medieval Germanic political entity
- ReichstagGerman parliamentary assembly
- Middle AgesEurope's feudal millennium
- free citySelf-governing urban territory
Thirty Years' War · patricians · trade routes · craftsmen · guilds · Peace of Westphalia · Reformation · imperial regalia
propaganda
Biased information for influence
- Third ReichHitler's totalitarian German state
- Nazi PartyHitler's fascist political organization
- architectureBuilding design discipline
Spring Festival
Lunar new year celebration
- Film FestivalOrganized movie showcase event
White Tower
Central castle fortification
- WWII GermanyNazi Germany, Nazi Party, Nazi regime, Third Reich, Wehrmacht
- FranconiaBamberg
- German RenaissanceHans Holbein, Holbein, Martin Luther, woodcuts, engravings
- occupied Germanymilitary government, US Army, Soviet occupation, denazification, Berlin Airlift
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- German cultureOktoberfest, Bavaria, Bavarian, Berlin, Munich
NurembergAuschwitz
Nazi extermination camp
Dachau · Bergen-Belsen · Buchenwald · Holocaust Memorial · Anne Frank House
- Nuremberg TrialsPostwar tribunal for Nazi leaders
- Nuremberg CodeMedical research ethics principles
- Nuremberg LawsNazi anti-Jewish statutes
- Nuremberg principlesPost-war tribunal legal doctrines
- Nuremberg tribunalPostwar trial of Nazi leaders
- Nuremberg defenseBlaming commanders for atrocities