"The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant, and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored, because it cannot survive their being repeated."
~ Robert H. Jackson - Cheif of Counsel for the United States in the Nuremberg Trials
Thesis
Following World War II, 1945-1949, the Nuremberg Trials held 201 Nazi officials responsible for the Holocaust. However, there still were thousands of Nazis who returned to “normal” life including many with knowledge and the ability to implement the Holocaust.
Nazi defendants at the International Military Tribunal in November 1945.
Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration.
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