10 Facts About Nuremberg trials

Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany, for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries, and other crimes, in World War II.

Twelve further Nuremberg trials were conducted by the United States against lower-level perpetrators, which focused more on the Holocaust.

Nuremberg trials Charter upended the traditional view of international law by holding individuals, rather than states, responsible for breaches of international law.

Nuremberg trials described the fact that the defeated Nazis received a trial as "one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to Reason".

Nuremberg trials promoted an intentionalist view of the Nazi state and its overall conspiracy to commit all of the crimes mentioned in the indictment.

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The Nuremberg trials Laws were compared to discriminatory laws in the United States.

Twelve military Nuremberg trials were convened solely by the United States in the same courtroom that had hosted the International Military Tribunal.

One set of Nuremberg trials focused on the actions of German professionals: the Doctors' trial focused on human experimentation and euthanasia murders, the Judges' trial on the role of the judiciary in Nazi crimes, and the Ministries trial on the culpability of bureaucrats of German government ministries, especially the Reich Foreign Office.

The Nuremberg trials targeted 177 defendants and obtained 142 convictions, including 25 death sentences; the severity of sentencing was related to the defendant's proximity to mass murder.

Many Germans at the time of the Nuremberg trials focused on finding food and shelter; few followed the trial closely.