Nuremberg Trials

On November 20th 1945 the Nuremberg trials began in Nuremberg Germany. Up until this day high ranking German officials had not answered for their actions during wartime. During The Trial of the Major War Criminals from November 21, 1945 to October 1, 1946 the 22 highest ranking officials which were captured were tried. Heads of concentration camps, of the German air force, and of Hitler’s own government were tried. Many were sentenced to death by hanging, but almost all committed suicide before their sentence was carried out.

This trial showed the restoration of peace, and the unification of law. The United States, Britain, Russia, and France all sent judges to sentence the war criminals. It showed a new world order with Russia and the United States as world powers in the post-World War II era.