Judgement at Nuremberg

The Nuremberg Trials, held between 20 November 1945 and 1 October 1946, saw leading Nazi war criminals brought to justice following World War II. These groundbreaking trials were the first occasion on which an international court was convened to hold individuals, rather than states, directly accountable for grave violations of international law, including crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes against peace. It was a move that also represented a shift from vengeance to legal accountability for the accused. The rationale for selecting Nuremberg as the trial site was multifaceted. The Bavarian city was symbolic, of course, as the site of the infamous Nazi rallies, and the Allies w