History glossary
Nuremberg Trials
postwar trials in Nuremberg that prosecuted major Nazi leaders and others for crimes under international law.
- Category
- War crimes trials
- Region
- Nuremberg, Germany
- Date range
- 1945–1949
What it means
Postwar trials in Nuremberg that prosecuted major Nazi leaders and others for crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. They helped establish that individuals, including state leaders, could be held responsible under international law.
Stories using this term
The Holocaust
From legal discrimination to genocide, the Holocaust traces twelve years of escalating persecution that killed six million Jews and millions of others across Nazi-occupied Europe.
Nazi Germany
From Weimar collapse to WWII, Nazi Germany imposed totalitarian rule, expansion, and genocide.
The Second World War
From fragile peace to global war, WWII reshaped the world through conflict, genocide, and new power orders.
