The Subsequent Trials
After the Nuremberg Trials had concluded there were 12 other trials held at the same Nuremberg location, the “Palace of Justice." These were referred to as the Subsequent Trials. These proceedings lasted from December of 1946 to April of 1949. The Subsequent Trials had over “400 visitors attended the proceedings each day, as well as 325 correspondents representing 23 different countries” ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg"). One main difference when compared with the Nuremberg Trials is the Subsequent Trials were conducted before only the United States and no other foreign nation. They changed because of the differences among the four partnering nations had made success nearly impossible.
Most of the post war crimes trials dealt with lower level officers. People such as “concentration camp guards and commandants, police officers, members of the Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units), and doctors who participated in medical experiments” ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg"). There were a few sub trials during the Subsequent Trials including the Doctors trial, and the Judges trial. The Doctors Trial lasted from December 9, 1946 through August 20, 1947. In the trial, twenty three defendants were accused of of committing crimes against humanity. This includes inhumane medical experiments on prisoners of war. The Judges Trial lasted from March 5, 1947 until December 4 of the same year. In this trial a combination of sixteen lawyers and judges were accused of “furthering the Nazi plan for racial purity by implementing the eugenics laws of the Third Reich” (History.com Staff).
The other subsequent trials had to do with the German industrialists that were accused of having slave labor forces and robbing other countries. The high ranking German officials were accused of unfair treatment of prisoners of war. The Schutzstaffel officers (approximately translates to "protective squadron") were blamed with having committed violent acts against the concentration camp inmates.
During the Subsequent Trials there were 185 people indicted the results of the trial are as follows: Twelve of the accused defendants received a death sentence for their actions. Another eight were sentenced to a life in prison. Seventy seven other people also received prison terms that varied in length. After the trials had concluded, some authorities shortened the jail time for certain prisoners. Many guilty criminals never stood trial and were never punished for their abhorrent crimes.
Most of the post war crimes trials dealt with lower level officers. People such as “concentration camp guards and commandants, police officers, members of the Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units), and doctors who participated in medical experiments” ("International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg"). There were a few sub trials during the Subsequent Trials including the Doctors trial, and the Judges trial. The Doctors Trial lasted from December 9, 1946 through August 20, 1947. In the trial, twenty three defendants were accused of of committing crimes against humanity. This includes inhumane medical experiments on prisoners of war. The Judges Trial lasted from March 5, 1947 until December 4 of the same year. In this trial a combination of sixteen lawyers and judges were accused of “furthering the Nazi plan for racial purity by implementing the eugenics laws of the Third Reich” (History.com Staff).
The other subsequent trials had to do with the German industrialists that were accused of having slave labor forces and robbing other countries. The high ranking German officials were accused of unfair treatment of prisoners of war. The Schutzstaffel officers (approximately translates to "protective squadron") were blamed with having committed violent acts against the concentration camp inmates.
During the Subsequent Trials there were 185 people indicted the results of the trial are as follows: Twelve of the accused defendants received a death sentence for their actions. Another eight were sentenced to a life in prison. Seventy seven other people also received prison terms that varied in length. After the trials had concluded, some authorities shortened the jail time for certain prisoners. Many guilty criminals never stood trial and were never punished for their abhorrent crimes.
A sentence of death by hanging
is pronounced by a US War Crimes
Tribunal upon Adolf Hitler's personal
physician, 43-year-old Karl Brandt.
A sentence of death by hanging
is pronounced by a US War Crimes
Tribunal upon Adolf Hitler's personal
physician, 43-year-old Karl Brandt.