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Nuremberg Trials

The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the victorious Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany....

Timeline of Events

1945

11.20.1945

Nuremberg Trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.

1946

10.1.1946

Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.

10.15.1946

Nuremberg Trials: Hermann Göring poisons himself the night before his execution.

10.16.1946

Nuremberg Trials: Execution of the convicted Nazi leaders of the Main Trial.