page_title: Nuremberg trials
section_title: See also
hierarchical_section_title: Nuremberg trials / See also
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Interessierte Zeitungsleser nach der Urteilsverkündung der Nürnberger Prozesse, 1. Oktober 1945
context_page_description: The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals held after World War II by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war. The trials were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, judicial, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany, who planned, carried out, or otherwise participated in the Holocaust and other war crimes. The trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany, and their decisions marked a turning point between classical and contemporary international law.
  The first and best known of the trials was that of the major war criminals before the International Military Tribunal. It was described as "the greatest trial in history" by Sir Norman Birkett, one of the British judges present throughout. Held between 20 November 1945 and 1 October 1946, the Tribunal was given the task of trying 24 of the most important political and military leaders of the Third Reich. Primarily treated here is the first trial, conducted by the International Military Tribunal. Further trials of lesser war criminals were conducted under Control Council Law No. 10 at the U.S.
context_section_description: Command responsibility
  Dora Trial
  Eichmann in Jerusalem
  Einsatzgruppen Trial
  Judgment at Nuremberg (1961 film)
  List of Axis personnel indicted for war crimes
  Nuremberg (2000 film)
  Nuremberg Diary, an account of observations and discussions with the defendants by an American psychiatrist
  Research Materials: Max Planck Society Archive
  Superior orders
  Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
  Transitional justice
caption: Germans read newspaper about the trial
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