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Nazis for what they did they did to the Jews. At the conferences in Moscow, Teheran, Jalta, and Potsdam the three big powers the United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and France had agreed to punish those responsible for war crimes. From November 20, 1945 until October 1, 1946 were when the first group of trials were. President Harry S. Truman was the U.S representative and council at the International Military Tribunal. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson planned and organized the trials. Nuremberg was chose because the Palace of Justice was spacious. It had 22,000 m2 of space with 530 offices and 80 courtrooms. It was hardly damaged by war and had a prison. There was 13 separate trials. There was four points that the four powers punished the Nazis. They are listed below. The verdicts of the first trial is that 12 were hung and 7 had life in prison. Those sentenced to death were executed October 16, 1946 in an old gym in the Nuremberg Prison. The bodies were cremated in Munich and the ashes were strewn in an estuary of the Isar River. The trials on the other trials are at the bottom to. The second phase of trials lasted from November 1946 - April 1949. Four Points: |
Here are some pictures from the nuremberg trials. |
Second Phase:
1. 23 Nazi doctors tried for experiments
conducted upon concentration camp inmates.
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