The Greatest Trial in History
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Raymond Santana
Mrs. Gentilucci
English II, Period 1
12 May 2011
Nuremberg Trials
To some people they may say that the Nuremberg trial was “the greatest trial in history”. (Michael R. Marrus 206). The Nuremberg trials were about twenty-two former officers that were arrested and prosecuted after world war II. (Michael R. Marrus 206). What the Nuremberg trials were all about on November 20, 1945 and how it was the turning point in world history.
Why twenty-two former Nazi were arrested after the holocaust on November 20, 1945? The Nazi officers were charged as war criminals and with crimes against humanity. These Nazi officers were the reason why so many Jews and other ethnic groups during world war II. “The charges brought against the Nazis on trial were complicated and flawed but contends that they were just.”(Michael R. Marrus 206). The Allied countries wanted the war crimes trial to be held in Germany, but in 1945, few German cities had standing courthouses in which a major trial could take place. One of the few cities that did was Nuremberg — ironically, the site of some of Adolph Hitlers most sensational rallies.
What happen two the twenty-two Nazi officers after the Nuremburg trials? After the trials all twenty Nazi officers were executed after they were trialed. There were also many more trials prosecuting other Nazi officials. (
“The Nuremberg trial was hailed as a legal triumph”. In the past leaders that were defeated in battle or war were killed after being captured.” (Michael R. Marrus 211). But under United States pressure,