Who were the main people in the Nuremberg trials?
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Who were the main people in the Nuremberg trials?
Ten of them—Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Alfred Rosenberg, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Jodl, Wilhelm Keitel, and Arthur Seyss-Inquart—were hanged on October 16, 1946.
Who were the four judges at the Nuremberg trials?
| Nuremberg trials | |
|---|---|
| Subsequent action(s) | See below; twelve German defendants sentenced to death |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Geoffrey Lawrence Iona Nikitchenko Alexander Volchkov Norman Birkett Francis Biddle John J. Parker Henri Donnedieu de Vabres Robert Falco |
Who were the lawyers in the Nuremberg trials?
They were: Robert H. Jackson for the United States; Hartley Shawcross for the United Kingdom; General R. A. Rudenko for the Soviet Union; and François de Menthon and Auguste Champetier de Ribes for France.
Who was the head judge at the Nuremberg trials?
Ruddy-faced British judge Geoffrey Lawrence, the sixty-year-old former Lord Chief Justice of England, served as president of the court, presiding over the trial and breaking any ties.
Which principle was established by the Nuremberg trials after World war 2?
The Nuremberg trials established that all of humanity would be guarded by an international legal shield and that even a Head of State would be held criminally responsible and punished for aggression and Crimes Against Humanity.
Who prosecuted the Nuremberg trials?
Ben Ferencz
| Ben Ferencz | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | Prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | United States |
Who represented the US at the Nuremberg trials?
Robert H. Jackson
Truman Library & Museum. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, appointed by President Truman to serve as United States Chief of Counsel to prosecute Nazi war criminals, delivers his opening statement to the four-nation International Military Tribunal (IMT) at Nuremberg on November 21, 1945.