The Nuremberg Trials: Leading Group In The Holocaust
Were the Nuremberg Trials Just
The Nuremberg Trials served justice by holding accountable the highest ranking officers of the Nazi party. The Nazi party was the leading group in the Holocaust. This was the genocide of an estimated 10 to 12 million people (History.com). Approximately 6 million of those were European Jews. The prisoners were often taken to concentration or death camps were they were either worked to death or killed.
The Holocaust lasted approximately 12 years (1933-1945). After the Allies defeated the Nazi party and the remaining Jews that were alive were liberated, the Allied governments came together and decided to have a trial on an international scale to try the Nazis. These series of trials came to be known as the Nuremberg trials. It is …show more content…
First, Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Austria. His father dies in 1903 leaving young Adolf and his mother, his mother didn’t seem to be a strong influence on Adolf because he started failing school and eventually in 1905 left the conventional school system all together. In 1907 his mother died, he dreamed of becoming a famous artist so he moved to Vienna where he enrolled in the famed Academy of Fine arts. He was denied admission so he tried again the next year and was again denied. That started his period of deep depression where he left his friends and society. While he was in his own world so to speak he found fascination with the idea of mass political manipulation. Following in the footsteps of Vienna Mayor Karl Lueger he developed extreme anti sematic feelings (anti Jew feelings). This was in essence the beginning of the Nazi party. In early 1913, he returned to Munich Germany, a year later he volunteered in for the German army in the fight against Europe and America. He earned the rank of corporal and then was never promoted past that, he also won awards for bravery and among those the highly respect iron cross (Adolf Hitler
The Nuremberg Trials served justice by holding accountable the highest ranking officers of the Nazi party. The Nazi party was the leading group in the Holocaust. This was the genocide of an estimated 10 to 12 million people (History.com). Approximately 6 million of those were European Jews. The prisoners were often taken to concentration or death camps were they were either worked to death or killed.
The Holocaust lasted approximately 12 years (1933-1945). After the Allies defeated the Nazi party and the remaining Jews that were alive were liberated, the Allied governments came together and decided to have a trial on an international scale to try the Nazis. These series of trials came to be known as the Nuremberg trials. It is …show more content…
First, Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Austria. His father dies in 1903 leaving young Adolf and his mother, his mother didn’t seem to be a strong influence on Adolf because he started failing school and eventually in 1905 left the conventional school system all together. In 1907 his mother died, he dreamed of becoming a famous artist so he moved to Vienna where he enrolled in the famed Academy of Fine arts. He was denied admission so he tried again the next year and was again denied. That started his period of deep depression where he left his friends and society. While he was in his own world so to speak he found fascination with the idea of mass political manipulation. Following in the footsteps of Vienna Mayor Karl Lueger he developed extreme anti sematic feelings (anti Jew feelings). This was in essence the beginning of the Nazi party. In early 1913, he returned to Munich Germany, a year later he volunteered in for the German army in the fight against Europe and America. He earned the rank of corporal and then was never promoted past that, he also won awards for bravery and among those the highly respect iron cross (Adolf Hitler