Nuremberg Trials
Nuremberg, Germany was chosen for the Nuremberg trials. It took place from 1945 to 1946. Judges came from the Allied powers: Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States. They presided over the judgments of major Nazi criminals. Those tried were either given the death penalty, vindicated, or given life imprisonment. Others received sentences of between ten and twenty years.
Eleven Nazis were given the death penalty, three were vindicated, three were given life imprisonment, and four were given imprisonment. Those sentenced to death were hanged at Spandau Prison five days later. While many prominent Nazi leaders were tried at Nuremberg, many others escaped Europe and managed to conceal their identities for many years. Some were caught and others were not.
Nuremberg, Germany was chosen for the Nuremberg trials. It took place from 1945 to 1946. Judges came from the Allied powers: Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States. They presided over the judgments of major Nazi criminals. Those tried were either given the death penalty, vindicated, or given life imprisonment. Others received sentences of between ten and twenty years.
Eleven Nazis were given the death penalty, three were vindicated, three were given life imprisonment, and four were given imprisonment. Those sentenced to death were hanged at Spandau Prison five days later. While many prominent Nazi leaders were tried at Nuremberg, many others escaped Europe and managed to conceal their identities for many years. Some were caught and others were not.