By: Saarah A and Sara E

The Nuremberg Trials

Nazis that committed crimes during WWII were brought to trial.

Took place in Nuremberg, Germany from 1945-1946.

Judges came from Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the US.

Many were sentenced to death and others were given a prison sentence or no punishment at all.

There were 22 Nazis in total. 12 of them were given the death penalty.

General Description1

Palace of Justice Courthouse where trials took place.

One of the major

criminals of WWII.Joined the Austrian

Nazi party in 1932.Helped deport more

than 1.5 million Jews during the holocaust.

Was captured and brought to trial in Israel.

Found guilty and was executed in 1962.

Adolf Eichmann7

Eichmann was captured after fleeing from Austria to Argentina in 1946.

He lived in Argentina and went by the name “Ricardo Klement”.

He was taken to Jerusalem for trial.He was found guilty and was hanged in 1962.His execution has been the only execution

that has taken place in Israel.

The Eichmann Trial6

The Nuremberg prison cells- Nazi criminals waiting to be tried.2

These posters were made after the trial to show that Nazis in general were criminals.3

“Was a long time personal aide of Adolf Hitler’s.”

In 1941, he left to Scotland in hopes of making peace between Germany and Britain.

He was arrested by the British and was imprisoned.

Was sentenced to life in prison.

Committed suicide in his prison cell at age 93!

Rudolf Hess4,8

“The Palace of Justice Courthouse was the only undamaged facility that was able to accommodate a long event.”

It contained over 20 courtrooms and more than 1,200 prison cells.

Why did they choose to meet at Nuremberg?9

Since the defendants had the right to a fair trial, the judges decided to translate the hearings into a language that was understood by all of them.

They used a system called “Filene Finlay” to read out the hearings in different languages at the same time.

Each person in the courtroom had a set of headphones and they could listen to whichever language by changing the channel.

The languages that they were read in were English, Russian, German, and French.

Translation In the Courtroom9

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2)"United States Holocaust Memorial Museum." USHMM Artifact Gallery: Nuremberg Prison. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2013.

3)"United States Holocaust Memorial Museum." USHMM Artifact Gallery: Poster from Nuremberg Stating Guilty. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2013.

4)"Holocaust History." Nuremberg Defendants. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2013.

5)"Holocaust History." The Nuremberg Courtroom. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2013.

6)“Holocaust History." Eichmann Trial. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2013. 7)"Holocaust History." Adolf Eichmann. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Mar. 2013. 8) "Holocaust History." Rudolf Hess. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Mar. 2013. 9) "Holocaust History." The Nuremberg Courtroom Translation. N.p., n.d. Web.

06 Mar. 2013.

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