The Nuremberg Trial Analysis
The aim for this paper is to elaborate on what characterizes the Nuremberg Trials and the importance of the trial to international criminal justice. To understand what the Nuremberg Trial entails, I will construe and provide a brief on the crimes prosecuted within the trial.
Some of the worst crimes occurred in the early years of the 30’s to innocent children, mothers, and families, specifically to Jewish, allied prisoners of war, and Russians during the Holocaust of World War II. During this time Nazi war criminals were in power and commanding “their” people to eliminate any whom were of different ethnicity. Adolf Hitler, Hernish Himmler and Joseph Goebbels were only three of various masterminds of the World War II (Ebbe, Obi N. I., 2013, …show more content…
I.,2013,pp. 187). It held the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. In a likely matter, trying those war criminals that weren’t able to be pinned down by one country particularly of their crimes (Ebbe, Obi N. I.,2013,pp. 187). It was the first chance to bring crime to justice without vengeance. The International Military Tribunal believed there had been enough blood and the Germans had gone on way too long without punishment. Four principal allied countries set up the IMT: the United States, Great Britain, France and Russia before the war ended (World Wars Channel, 2014). One judge and one alternating judge would be appointed from each prosecuting country (Ebbe, Obi N. I.,2013,pp. 187). It was time to take down those who engineered these mass …show more content…
Despite the fact that the trial of Major War Criminals highlighted the Nuremberg Trials the second set of Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings were just as important (Ebbe, Obi N. I.,2013, p. 187). These proceedings, lasted from December 1946 to April 1949 (World Wars Channel,2014). Although only twenty two were charged of Nazi war crimes, three were acquitted, twelve sentenced to be hung, and the remaining sentenced to be imprisoned, marking an immense role of justice to those unfairly assassinated during World War Two. Hitler Adolf Hitler, Robert Ley, Hernish Himmler and Joseph Goebbels committed suicide prior to the end of the war (Ebbe, Obi N. I., 2013, pp. 188 & History.com Staff, 2010). These Nazi criminals escaped trial and punishment by committing
Some of the worst crimes occurred in the early years of the 30’s to innocent children, mothers, and families, specifically to Jewish, allied prisoners of war, and Russians during the Holocaust of World War II. During this time Nazi war criminals were in power and commanding “their” people to eliminate any whom were of different ethnicity. Adolf Hitler, Hernish Himmler and Joseph Goebbels were only three of various masterminds of the World War II (Ebbe, Obi N. I., 2013, …show more content…
I.,2013,pp. 187). It held the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. In a likely matter, trying those war criminals that weren’t able to be pinned down by one country particularly of their crimes (Ebbe, Obi N. I.,2013,pp. 187). It was the first chance to bring crime to justice without vengeance. The International Military Tribunal believed there had been enough blood and the Germans had gone on way too long without punishment. Four principal allied countries set up the IMT: the United States, Great Britain, France and Russia before the war ended (World Wars Channel, 2014). One judge and one alternating judge would be appointed from each prosecuting country (Ebbe, Obi N. I.,2013,pp. 187). It was time to take down those who engineered these mass …show more content…
Despite the fact that the trial of Major War Criminals highlighted the Nuremberg Trials the second set of Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings were just as important (Ebbe, Obi N. I.,2013, p. 187). These proceedings, lasted from December 1946 to April 1949 (World Wars Channel,2014). Although only twenty two were charged of Nazi war crimes, three were acquitted, twelve sentenced to be hung, and the remaining sentenced to be imprisoned, marking an immense role of justice to those unfairly assassinated during World War Two. Hitler Adolf Hitler, Robert Ley, Hernish Himmler and Joseph Goebbels committed suicide prior to the end of the war (Ebbe, Obi N. I., 2013, pp. 188 & History.com Staff, 2010). These Nazi criminals escaped trial and punishment by committing