What were the Nuremberg trials and what was the outcome?
In the end, 12 defendants were sentenced to death, among them Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hans Frank, Alfred Rosenberg, and Julius Streicher. They were hanged, cremated in Dachau, and their ashes dropped in the Isar River.
What did the Nuremberg trials accomplish?
The Nuremberg trials established that all of humanity would be guarded by an international legal shield and that even a Head of State would be held criminally responsible and punished for aggression and Crimes Against Humanity. … While the law limped lamely along, international crimes flourished.
| Date | 16–20 April 1945 |
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| Result | American victory |