Nuremberg trials

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historical event international criminal proceeding military tribunal war crimes trial

The Nuremberg trials were a series of landmark military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute leading Nazi officials for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace.

Aliases (28)

Nuremberg Trials ×25
International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg ×18
Subsequent Nuremberg Trials ×13
Nuremberg Military Tribunals ×11
International Military Tribunal ×5
International Military Tribunal (IMT) ×2
Nuremberg High Command Trial ×2
Nuremberg Military Tribunal ×2
Nuremberg follow-up trials ×2
Nuremberg subsequent proceedings ×2
Doctors' Trial ×1
Einsatzgruppen trial ×1
International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg opening statement ×1
Judges' Trial ×1
Nuremberg Subsequent Proceedings ×1
Nuremberg Trials (high command) ×1
Nuremberg Trials and subsequent war crimes trials ×1
Nuremberg Trials main trial ×1
Nuremberg industrialist trials ×1
Nuremberg main trial (International Military Tribunal) ×1
Nuremberg trials (as part of evidence on Nazi planning) ×1
NurembergTrials ×1
Subsequent Nuremberg Trials (NMT) ×1
Subsequent Nuremberg Trials by U.S. military tribunals ×1
U.S. Military Tribunal at Nuremberg ×1
United States military tribunal at Nuremberg ×1
subsequent Nuremberg Military Tribunals ×1
subsequent Nuremberg trials ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event → international criminal proceeding → military tribunal → war crimes trial →
after	World War II →
appliedLaw	London Charter of the International Military Tribunal →
charge	conspiracy to commit crimes against peace → crimes against humanity → crimes against peace → war crimes →
country	Germany →
endTime	1949-04-13 →
hasPart	Doctors' Trial → IG Farben Trial → International Military Tribunal → Judges' Trial → Krupp Trial → Ministries Trial → Subsequent Nuremberg Trials →
influenced	Geneva Conventions of 1949 → Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court → development of international criminal courts →
language	English → French → German → Russian →
legalPrinciple	individual criminal responsibility under international law → recognition of crimes against humanity → rejection of superior orders as absolute defense →
location	Nuremberg →
notableDefendant	Albert Speer → Hermann Göring → Joachim von Ribbentrop → Julius Streicher → Rudolf Hess → Wilhelm Keitel →
notableProsecutor	Robert H. Jackson → Telford Taylor →
organizedBy	Allied powers → France → Soviet Union → United Kingdom → United States →
partOf	post–World War II war crimes prosecutions →
prosecuted	Nazi Party officials → Nazi leadership → government ministers of Nazi Germany → high-ranking military officers →
result	convictions of leading Nazi officials → establishment of precedents for international criminal law →
significantPlace	Palace of Justice, Nuremberg →
startTime	1945-11-20 →

Referenced by (114)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Doctors' Trial ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") → Ewald Loeser ("Nuremberg subsequent proceedings") → Flick Trial ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") → Friedrich Janssen ("Nuremberg subsequent proceedings") → IG Farben Trial ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") → IG Farben Trial ("Nuremberg Military Tribunals") → Krupp Trial ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") → Krupp Trial ("Nuremberg Military Tribunals") → Ministries Trial ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") → NMT Case X ("Nuremberg Military Tribunals") → RuSHA Trial ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") → Wilhelm Jaeger ("Nuremberg follow-up trials") → Wilhelmstrasse Trial ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") → Wilhelmstrasse Trial ("Nuremberg Military Tribunals") →	partOf
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ("U.S. Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") → Arthur Seyss-Inquart ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") → Baldur von Schirach ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") → Georg-Hans Reinhardt ("Nuremberg High Command Trial") → Hans Frank ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") → Hermann Göring ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") → Martin Bormann ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") → Paul Blobel ("Nuremberg Military Tribunal") → Wilhelm Keitel ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") →	convictedBy
Alfred Jodl ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") → Arthur Seyss-Inquart ("Nuremberg Trials") → Erich Raeder ("Nuremberg Trials") → Joachim von Ribbentrop → Otto Ohlendorf ("Nuremberg Military Tribunal") → Walter Schellenberg ("Nuremberg Trials") → Wilhelm Frick →	trial
Allied occupation of Germany → Nuremberg Prison → Palace of Justice, Nuremberg ("Nuremberg Trials") → Palace of Justice, Nuremberg ("International Military Tribunal (IMT)") → Palace of Justice, Nuremberg ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials by U.S. military tribunals") → SS Race and Settlement Main Office ("Nuremberg Subsequent Proceedings") →	significantEvent
Buchenwald Trial ("Nuremberg Military Tribunals") → Flick Trial ("Nuremberg Trials") → Krupp Trial ("Nuremberg Trials") → NMT Case X ("Nuremberg main trial (International Military Tribunal)") → Supreme National Tribunal of Poland →	relatedTo
Buchenwald ("Nuremberg follow-up trials") → Commissar Order ("Nuremberg Trials") → Hans Frank → Julius Streicher ("Nuremberg Trials") → Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ("Nuremberg Trials") →	subjectOf
Nuremberg trials ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") → Nuremberg trials ("Doctors' Trial") → Nuremberg trials ("Judges' Trial") → World War II →	hasPart
Alfred Jodl → Baldur von Schirach ("Nuremberg Trials") → Julius Streicher → Karl Dönitz →	participantIn
Courtroom 600 ("Nuremberg Trials") → Courtroom 600 ("International Military Tribunal (IMT)") → Courtroom 600 ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials (NMT)") →	associatedWithEvent
Endlösung der Judenfrage ("Nuremberg Trials") → Final Solution ("Nuremberg Trials") → NaziRacialPolicy ("Nuremberg Trials") →	condemnedBy
Allied Control Council Law No. 10 ("subsequent Nuremberg Military Tribunals") → IMT Charter ("Nuremberg Trials main trial") → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ("Nuremberg Trials") →	legalBasisFor
Nuremberg and Vietnam: An American Tragedy → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ("Nuremberg Military Tribunals") → The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials →	mainSubject
Alfred Rosenberg ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") → Julius Streicher ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") → Rudolf Hess ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") →	triedBy
Schutzstaffel ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") → Storm Detachment ("Nuremberg Trials") →	declaredCriminalOrganizationBy
IMT Charter ("International Military Tribunal") → London Charter of the International Military Tribunal ("International Military Tribunal") →	established
Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") → Otto Hofmann ("Nuremberg Military Tribunals") →	facedTrialIn
Memorium Nuremberg Trials ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") → Memorium Nuremberg Trials ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") →	focusesOnEvent
Holocaust ("NurembergTrials") → LiberationOfAuschwitz ("Nuremberg Trials") →	followedBy
Erich Mueller ("Nuremberg Military Tribunals") → Ewald Loeser ("Nuremberg industrialist trials") →	hasContext
Nazi war crimes ("Nuremberg Trials") → Nazi war crimes ("subsequent Nuremberg trials") →	legalAftermath
Einsatzgruppen ("Einsatzgruppen trial") → Einsatzgruppen ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") →	prosecutedIn
Albert Speer → Konstantin von Neurath ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") →	triedAt
Nazi camp system ("Nuremberg Trials and subsequent war crimes trials") →	aftermath
IMT Charter ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") →	appliesTo
Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ("Nuremberg Military Tribunals") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Nuremberg Prison ("International Military Tribunal") →	associatedWith
Courtroom 600 ("International Military Tribunal") →	associatedWithOrganization
Waffen-SS ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") →	classifiedBy
Schutzstaffel ("Nuremberg Trials") →	declaredCriminalOrganizationIn
Memorium Nuremberg Trials ("Nuremberg Trials") →	dedicatedTo
Nuremberg Principles ("Nuremberg Trials") →	derivedFrom
The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") →	focusesOn
International Criminal Court ("Nuremberg Military Tribunals") →	hasPredecessorConcept
Nuremberg ("International Military Tribunal") →	hosted
Declaration on Atrocities ("Nuremberg Trials") →	influenced
RuSHA Trial ("United States military tribunal at Nuremberg") →	jurisdiction
General Building Inspector for the Reich Capital ("Nuremberg trials (as part of evidence on Nazi planning)") →	linkedToEvent
Nazi Party officials ("Nuremberg Trials") →	notableEvent
Chief of the OKW ("Nuremberg Trials") →	notableOfficeHolderTriedAt
Robert H. Jackson ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg opening statement") →	notableWork
International Military Tribunal for the Far East ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") →	parallelTo
Telford Taylor ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") →	participatedIn
Nazism →	prosecutedAt
IG Farben Trial ("Nuremberg Trials") →	relatedEvent
War Criminals Prison No. 1 ("Nuremberg Military Tribunals") →	relatedToEvent
Johannes Blaskowitz ("Subsequent Nuremberg Trials") →	stoodTrialAt
Kriegsmarine ("Nuremberg Trials (high command)") →	subjectTo
Julius Streicher ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg") →	trialBy
Hermann Hoth ("Nuremberg High Command Trial") →	wasTriedBy