What happened in the Nuremberg trials?

In the Nuremberg trials of 1945-6, 22 Nazi leaders were charged with conspiracy to make war, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Facing massive and irrefutable evidence of their crimes, 19 were found guilty and either hanged or given lengthy prison sentences.

What are the criticisms of the Nuremberg trials?

The criticisms of the Nuremberg trials include the Allies' right to try individuals of another state, subject military personnel to civilian laws, and charge the defendants with crimes the prosecutors themselves had committed.

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The Nuremberg trials (1945-6), held in Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Germany, were a series of trials involving the senior surviving Nazis to hold them accountable for waging war and committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Second World War (1939-45). 22 Nazis were tried, with 19 found guilty and sentenced to either death by hanging or lengthy prison terms.

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