November 20:

Perhaps one day I can post an article as to when the BushCo goes on trial for "crimes against humanity". What a sweet day that would be.....................PEACE................Scott


November 20:
1945 : Nuremberg trials begin

Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis go on trial in
Nuremberg, Germany, for atrocities committed during
World War II.
The Nuremberg Trials were conducted by an
international tribunal made up of representatives from
the United States, the Soviet Union, France, and Great
Britain. It was the first trial of its kind in
history, and the defendants faced charges ranging from
crimes against peace, to crimes of war, to crimes
against humanity. Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence, the
British member, presided over the proceedings, which
lasted 10 months and consisted of 216 court sessions.
On October 1, 1946, 12 architects of Nazi policy were
sentenced to death. Seven others were sentenced to
prison terms ranging from 10 years to life, and three
were acquitted. Of the original 24 defendants, one,
Robert Ley, committed suicide while in prison, and
another, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, was
deemed mentally and physically incompetent to stand
trial. Among those condemned to death by hanging were
Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi minister of foreign
affairs; Hermann Goering, leader of the Gestapo and
the Luftwaffe; Alfred Jodl, head of the German armed
forces staff; and Wilhelm Frick, minister of the
interior.
On October 16, 10 of the architects of Nazi policy
were hanged. Goering, who at sentencing was called the
"leading war aggressor and creator of the oppressive
program against the Jews," committed suicide by poison
on the eve of his scheduled execution. Nazi Party
leader Martin Bormann was condemned to death in
absentia (but is now believed to have died in May
1945). Trials of lesser German and Axis war criminals
continued in Germany into the 1950s and resulted in
the conviction of 5,025 other defendants and the
execution of 806.

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