nuremberg tribunal

(noun)

The Nuremberg Trials was a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the Nazi Germany. The trials were held in the city of Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, in 1945–46, at the Palace of Justice.

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  • Courts

    • A court is a form of tribunal with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties, and carry out the administration of justice.
    • The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the victorious allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany.
    • A tribunal, in the general sense, is any person or institution with the authority to judge, adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes, whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title.
    • For example, the Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the victorious allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany.
    • At the Nuremberg Tribunals, the main target of the prosecution was Hermann Göring (at the left edge on the first row of benches), considered to be the most important surviving official in the Third Reich after Hitler's death.

  • The Nuremberg Trials

    • The Nuremberg Trials were military tribunals that tried Nazi political and military leadership for alleged crimes committed during the war.
    • The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals held by the Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany.
    • Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMT); among the second set of trials were the Doctors' Trial and the Judges' Trial.
    • France was also awarded a place on the tribunal.
    • The International Military Tribunal was opened on November 19, 1945, in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg.

  • The Kellogg-Briand Pact

    • It was for committing this crime that the Nuremberg Tribunal sentenced a number of people responsible for starting World War II.

  • Noninvolvement and the Diffusion of Responsibility

    • This type of positive diffusion of responsibility constitutes the basis of the Nazi defense in the international Nuremberg Trials.
    • The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals held by the victorious Allied forces following World War II in which many Nazi leaders were prosecuted for war crimes.
    • The main Nuremberg Trial charged 24 Nazi leaders with participation in a conspiracy for a crime against the peace, planning, initiating, and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against the peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

  • Genocide

    • The preamble to the CPPCG states that instances of genocide have taken place throughout history, but it was not until Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin coined the term during World War II and the prosecution of perpetrators of the Holocaust at the Nuremberg trials that the United Nations agreed to the CPPCG, which defined the crime of genocide under international law.
    • The response to denial is punishment by an international tribunal or national courts"

  • German Woodcuts

    • The greatest artist of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer, began his career as an apprentice to a leading workshop in Nuremberg, that of Michael Wolgemut, who had largely abandoned his painting to exploit the new medium.
    • Dürer worked on the most extravagantly illustrated book of the period, The Nuremberg Chronicle, published by his godfather Anton Koberger, Europe's largest printer-publisher at the time.
    • After completing his apprenticeship in 1490, Dürer traveled in Germany for four years and to Italy for a few months before establishing his own workshop in Nuremberg.

  • Roman Society Under the Republic

    • The new offices that were created as a result came to be known as "plebeian tribunes," and they were to be assisted by "plebeian aediles."
    • Tribunes and aediles were technically not magistrates, since they were only elected by fellow plebeians, as opposed to the unified population of plebeians and patricians.
    • Although plebeian tribunes regularly attempted to block legislation they considered unfavorable, patricians could still override their veto with the support of one or more other tribunes.
    • This gave the plebeian tribunes a positive political impact over the entire population for the first time in Roman history.
    • This 18th century drawing shows Gaius Gracchus, tribune of the people, presiding over the plebeian council.

  • Structure of the Republic

    • While it did not pass many laws, the comitia tributa did elect quaestors, curule aediles, and military tribunes.
    • They elected their own officers, plebeian tribunes, and plebeian aediles.
    • Usually a plebeian tribune would preside over the assembly.
    • Since the tribunes were considered to be the embodiment of the plebeians, they were sacrosanct.
    • As such, it was considered a capital offense to harm a tribune, to disregard his veto, or to interfere with his actions.

  • The End of the War

    • During the occupation, leading Japanese war criminals were tried at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal).
    • The tribunal was convened on April 29, 1946, to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of crimes: "Class A" crimes were reserved for those who participated in a joint conspiracy to start and wage war, and were brought against those in the highest decision-making bodies; "Class B" crimes were reserved for those who committed "conventional" atrocities or crimes against humanity; and "Class C" crimes were reserved for those in "the planning, ordering, authorization, or failure to prevent such transgressions at higher levels in the command structure. "
    • The tribunal was adjourned on November 12, 1948.

  • The Hohenzollerns

    • The cadet Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern was founded by Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1186-1261).
    • Frederick VI of Nuremberg was officially recognized as Margrave and Prince-elector Frederick I of Brandenburg at the Council of Constance in 1415.
    • Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg, also called Frederick VI of Nuremberg
    • In 1411 Frederick VI, Burgrave of Nuremberg was appointed governor of Brandenburg in order to restore order and stability.