Charged by Reinhard Heydrich with facilitating and managing the mass deportations of Jews to ghettos and extermination camps in Eastern Europe. Evaded arrest and escaped to Argentina …

Nov 6, 2015 · The first to face charges, in 2013, was 93-year-old Hans Lipschis, who lived in Chicago for nearly three decades after World War II before being deported for lying about his …

These trials emphasized the universal dimension of the Nazis' crimes, which led to the inclusion of the murder of Jews in the comprehensive definition of 'crimes against humanity', rather than as …

Oct 11, 2025 · Nurnberg trials, a series of trials held in Nurnberg, Germany, in 1945–46, in which former Nazi leaders were indicted and tried as war criminals by the International Military …

A total of twenty-two high-ranking Nazi officials were indicted on charges that included conspiracy, crimes against peace, and war crimes, with substantial evidence sourced from Nazi …

In November 1945, twenty-four prominent members of Nazi Germany, who had been captured by the Allies at the end of the war, were prosecuted by the International Military Tribunal (IMT) for …

War crime trials began during World War II. The first trial of perpetrators of crimes against civilian populations was conducted in the liberated territories of the Soviet Union.

Listing of the 24 leading Nazi officials indicted at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Learn about the defendants and the charges against them.

The following is a list of people who were formally indicted for committing war crimes or crimes against humanity on behalf of the Axis powers during World War II, including those who were …

Aug 10, 2018 · In all trials, Nazi war criminals were convicted of monstrous acts against humanity, yet some served only a few years before their sentences were commuted or they received …