Nuremberg trials
Also known as: Nürnberg trials
- 1The Nuremberg trials were a series of international criminal proceedings against Nazi German leaders.
- 2The trials were conducted by a coalition of France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
- 3Defendants were prosecuted for orchestrating invasions across Europe during World War II.
- 4The proceedings addressed atrocities committed against civilian populations by the Nazi regime.
The Nuremberg trials were international criminal trials held by France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States against leaders of defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of several countries across Europe and committing atrocities against their citizens in the Second World War.
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legal proceedings related to Erich Koch's crimes
Although not tried at the main Nuremberg trial, Koch's actions as a Gauleiter and Reichskommissar were central to the evidence of Nazi war crimes in the East.
The Nuremberg trials were international criminal trials held by France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States against leaders of defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of several countries across Europe and committing atrocities against their citizens in the Second World War.
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