🗓 20 November 1945
#ThisDay the International Military Tribunal commenced the Nuremberg trials.
◽️ Almost all the leadership of the Nazi Germany (first military and State officials, diplomats, major bankers and industrialists) were brought to justice.
◽️ The accusations were divided into three group: first (crimes against peace), second (war crimes), and third (crimes against humanity).
◽️ Over 400 public trials have been carried out, 116 witnesses have been interrogated, more than 300,000 written evidence and around 3,000 documents have been considered within the Nuremberg trials that had lasted about 11 months.
◽️ The verdict was pronounced from 30 September to 1 October 1946. The International Military Tribunal found almost all the defendants guilty of conspiracy for preparing and conducting aggressive wars, as well as of countless war crimes and gravest atrocities against the humanity.
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