Nuremberg Trials
Nazi accountability hearings
The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute leaders of Nazi Germany for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace.
Conducted by Allied powers from 1945 to 1949, they established the principle that individuals—including heads of state—could be held accountable under international law for atrocities.
The Nuremberg Trials set precedents still cited in international criminal law.
- NaziGerman fascist party member
- HolocaustNazi genocide of Jews
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- international lawRules governing relations between countries
- justiceFair treatment under law
historical reckoning · never again · war crimes · genocide · crimes against humanity · superior orders · defendants · war criminals · prosecution · verdict · gallows · judges · testimony · atrocities · hangings · courtroom · indictment · Germany
- Famous TrialsTed Bundy
- German HistoryNazi, Prussia, Saxony, Reichstag, Napoleonic Wars
- Nazi GermanyAdolf Hitler, Hitler, Nazi, Nazis, Nazi Party
- Nurembergcity walls, medieval walls, bratwurst, market square, underground tunnels
- special courtsmilitary tribunal, war crimes tribunal, war crimes court, revolutionary tribunal, court martial
- WWII GermanyNazi Germany, Nazi Party, Nazi regime, Third Reich, Wehrmacht
Nuremberg Trialsimpunity
Freedom from consequences
ratlines · amnesty · blanket amnesty · blanket pardon · immunity
Nuremberg Trialssummary execution
Killing without formal trial
lynch mob · vigilante justice · mob justice · show trial · kangaroo court
Nuremberg Trialsvictor's justice
Biased trials favoring winners
Dresden bombing · Hiroshima · Nagasaki · double standard · hypocrisy