After the end of the War, the allies – Great Britain, the Soviet Union, France and the US – put 21 prominent Nazis on trial in Nuremberg between November 1945 and October 1946 for crimes against the peace of the world. Foremost of these was the systematic murder of 6 million Jewish people, including 1.5 million children, in what came to be known as the Holocaust. Many of those on trial pleaded not guilty, claiming they were only following orders, but the judges did not accept that following orders was an excuse for war crimes. 12 of the defendants were sentenced to death.
99% of those who murdered Jewish people were never punished.
All across Europe, Nazi ideology led to murder: 2,000 black people, 10,000 – 15,000 gay people, 250,000 people with disabilities, 250,000 to 500,000 Roma and Sinti people, 6 million Jewish people, including 90% of all Jewish children in Europe.
After the end of the War, the allies – Great Britain, the Soviet Union, France and the US – put 21 prominent Nazis on trial in Nuremberg between November 1945 and October 1946 for crimes against the peace of the world. Foremost of these was the systematic murder of 6 million Jewish people, including 1.5 million children, in what came to be known as the Holocaust. Many of those on trial pleaded not guilty, claiming they were only following orders, but the judges did not accept that following orders was an excuse for war crimes. 12 of the defendants were sentenced to death.
99% of those who murdered Jewish people were never punished.
All across Europe, Nazi ideology led to murder: 2,000 black people, 10,000 – 15,000 gay people, 250,000 people with disabilities, 250,000 to 500,000 Roma and Sinti people, 6 million Jewish people, including 90% of all Jewish children in Europe.
