Question

explain the result of nuremberg tribunal

Answer 1

Nuremberg, Germany, was chosen as a site for trials that took place in 1945 and 1946. Judges from the Allied powers—Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States—presided over the hearings of twenty-two major Nazi criminals. Twelve prominent Nazis were sentenced to death.

Answer 2

The Nuremberg Tribunal which was set up to, prosecute the Nazis for committing grave crime against humanity which involved killing of

innocent civilians in Europe, sentenced only 11 Nazis to death. Some were given life imprisonment Allies avoided harsh punishment on Germany because :

(i) They did not want to repeat the mistakes committed after the First World War where they imposed harsh terms on Germany, by virtue of Treaty of Versailles which resulted in the rise of Hitler.

(ii) It was this humiliating treaty of Versailles with Germany which was imposed by the victors on the vanquished and compelled Germany to give away all its territorial claims and it imposed huge economic burden on it. The war guilt clause made Germany responsible for all the damage war had inflicted on the allied and made it pay for the damage. This made Weimer Republic highly unpopular among the Germans. This brought Germany in a crippled position. Weimer Republic could do little to recover its economy. Treaty of Versailles was r physiologically damaging for the Germans and also proved to be a national shame. The treaty has sown the seeds of the Second World War.

This made the allies cautious enough of not being much harsh on Germans again.