The Nuremberg Trials

The end of World War II, we saw new ways of ending war. There were no official treaties, but a series of conferences. The end of World War II also saw the series of trials against leaders who committed war crimes, these were called the Nuremberg Trials. We watch the video on the Nuremberg Trials in class, and it seemed as though those charged of these war crimes were either proud of themselves, or thought that they wouldn't be found guilty. I remember one piece of evidence brought against someone was the shrunken head of a Jew that he used as a paperweight, it shocked everyone in the court room and the man who owned it seemed proud. The Nuremberg Trials were the first of their kind, and they seemed like the most intense and shocking trials that a person could ever attend.