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The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials held in the city of Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Germany. The main trial began in October 1945 and lasted approximately one year. In the course of this trial, 22 high-ranking German and Austrian Nazi officials were tried. The judges were appointed by their respective governments and were required to act according to their conscience and the law. These trials emphasized the universal dimension of the Nazis' crimes, which led to the inclusion of the murder of Jews in the comprehensive definition of 'crimes against humanity', rather than as a separate judicial category. Twelve subsequent trials were held in Nuremberg between 1946 and 1949. The testimonies given at these trials, the documents presented by the prosecution and other records are primary sources for understanding the Holocaust period and the efforts required to prevent the recurrence of genocide.
The Eichmann trial was held in 1961 in Jerusalem. Unlike the Nuremberg trials, which relied extensively on written documents, the Eichmann Trial put survivors at center stage.
From the online exhibition "What Does the Future Hold? Aspects of Liberation and Rehabilitation after the Holocaust"
"The case of Demjanjuk illustrates the limitations of the penal and judicial system in achieving even a semblance of justice with individuals who committed crimes against humanity, even if they were not among the senior ranks of the Nazis. On the other hand, the ongoing pursuit of Demjanjuk highlights the importance of the principle of non-prescription when it comes to prosecuting Nazis and their collaborators."
Avner Shalev, Chairman of Yad Vashem, 18 March 2012
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Part of the online exhibition, "What Does the Future Hold? Aspects of Liberation and Rehabilitation after the Holocaust"
Official report submitted by the Polish government regarding "Crimes Committed by the Germans Against Poland", presented at the Nuremberg Trials, December 1945
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Editors: David Bankier and Dan Michman
The historical significance of the Nuremberg Trials is widely acknowledged, and it is equally agreed by most people today that the murder of European Jewry was the greatest crime committed by the Third Reich.
László Karsai
This article analyzes the workings of the Hungarian people’s courts with the help of the papers of 748 trials held in Budapest in 1946. There are at least two myths in the public mind concerning the people’s court trials in Hungary that do not stand up to the test of scholarship.
Isaac Orren
The Nuremberg Trial and the Judgment of the International Military Tribunal (Hebrew) relates to the first trial and deals with the persecution of Jews by the Nazis.
Yechiam Weitz
Tuvia Friling’s book, Who are you, Leon Berger? summarizes the biography of Eliezer Gruenbaum, son of Yitzhak Gruenbaum, the prominent leader of the Zionist movement in Poland between the two World Wars and the first Interior Minister of Israel.