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14 matches to Nuremberg Trials
Nuremberg Trials. 1945-6. Trials of 22 Nazi leaders for crimes in WWII. 12 death sentences.
Goering, Hermann. 1893-1946. German WWI flying ace, Nazi Prime Minister. Gestapo. Condemned at Nuremberg. Suicide.
Hess. Rudolph. 1894-1987. German Nazi leader. Flew to Scotland, 1941. Sentenced to life at Nuremberg.
Jodl, Alfred. 1890-1946. German general. Signed capitulation at Reims. Condemned at Nuremberg.
Keitel, Wilhelm. 1882-1946. German marshal who signed capitulation 1945. Executed at Nuremberg.
Nuremberg Eggs. 1510. First watches-by Peter Henlein.
Nuremberg Laws. 1935. German Jews lose citizenship and rights.
Nuremberg Rallies. 1933-8. Annual Nazi festivals followed by Hitler policy speech.
Ribbentrop, Joachim von. 1893-1946. German Nazi foreign minister 1933-45. Hanged at Nuremberg.
Watches. 15C invented in Germany. Nuremberg Eggs.
Prairial, Law of 22. 1794. France allowed only acquital or death penalty in trials. Terror.
Purge. 1936-8. Stalin’s trials to eliminate political rivals with fabricated charges. 3 million dead. Executions, forced labour, internal exile.
Salem Witch Trials. 1692. 19 executed in Massachussets based on adolescent fantasies.
Vyshinsky, Andrei. 1883-1954. Russian statesman, prosecutor for Purge trials.