History of Nuremberg Trials

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Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal 14 November 1945 - 1 October 1946

Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal November 14, 1945 - October 1, 1946

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Nuremberg was site for the trials for several reasons. The Palace of Justice was spacious and largely undamaged and a large prison was part of the complex. The Soviet Union had wanted the trials to take place in Berlin. But a compromise agreed that Berlin would be the permanent seat of the IMT and that the first trial (several were planned) would take place in Nuremberg. Because of the Cold War there were no subsequent trials.

Nuremberg (Nürnberg) was site for the trials for several reasons. The Palace of Justice was spacious and largely undamaged and a large prison was part of the complex. The Soviet Union had wanted the trials to take place in Berlin. But a compromise agreed that Berlin would be the permanent seat of the IMT and that the first trial (several were planned) would take place in Nuremberg. Because of the Cold War there were no subsequent trials.

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*[Karl Donitz]?. Indicted for 1, 2 and 3, he was found guilty of 2 and 3 and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment.

*Karl Doenitz. Indicted for 1, 2 and 3, he was found guilty of 2 and 3 and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment.

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*[Hans Fritzsche]?. At the trial he was in a way a substitute for Goebbels. Indicted for 1, 3 and 4, he was acquitted.

*[Hans Fritzsche]?. At the trial he was in a way a substitute for Joseph Goebbels. Indicted for 1, 3 and 4, he was acquitted.

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Influence on the development of international criminal law

The Nuremberg trials had a great influence on the development of [international criminal law]?. The [International Law Commission]?, acting on the request of the [United Nations General Assembly]?, produced in 1950 the report Principles of International Law Recognized in the Charter of the Nürnberg Tribunal and in the Judgment of the Tribunal (Yearbook of the International Law Commission, 1950, vol. III). The influence of the tribunal can also be seen in the proposals for a permanent international criminal court, and the draft international criminal codes, later prepared by the International Law Commission.

The Nuremberg trials initiated a movement for the prompt establishment of a permanent international criminal court, eventually leading over fifty years later to the adoption of the Statute of the International Criminal Court.

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