Nuremberg trials
November 20, 1945 – October 1, 1946 · Nuremberg
International criminal trials at Nuremberg, 20 November 1945 to 1 October 1946, by France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States against leaders of defeated Nazi Germany. Twenty-two leading surviving Nazi figures and six organizations were tried for war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity, establishing individual criminal responsibility.
Key people
Hermann Göring
Rudolf Hess
Martin Bormann
defendant (tried in absentia)
Albert Speer
defendant
Karl Dönitz
defendant
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Wilhelm Keitel
defendant
Alfred Jodl
Walther Funk
Hans Fritzsche
Wilhelm Frick
defendant
Erich Raeder
Alfred Rosenberg
Fritz Sauckel
Julius Streicher
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Baldur von Schirach
Hjalmar Schacht
Franz von Papen
Acquitted
Hans Frank
Convicted, executed
Robert H. Jackson
chief U.S. prosecutor
Joachim von Ribbentrop
defendant
