What happened in the  Nuremberg Trials 

Holocaust?   
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After world war II, many Jews were saved from the death 
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  camps. But when the Allied armies walked in the camps 
Holocaust- A usual and scary word with many people all  and witnessed the situations in there: deaths bodies were 
over the world. The world that brought fear and hunted  classified into many rows and columns. Some were 
many generations. But most of them do not understand  thrown into the holes, etc. And at that moment, they knew 
the original meaning of the Holocaust. The word comes  they have to do something to take back the justices for 
from Greek, the original word is Holokoaustos. Means  these dead people. Finally, 13 trail has been opened, there 
that to sacrifice something to show the worship to God  was the presence of all of the judges from the Allied 
usually is ANIMALS. They usually are burned completely  Power to court all of the War Crimes, Genocides Crimes 
in the fire until death. But during World War II, that word  for the ​prominent members of the political, military and 
was used to describe the worst genocide event that ever  economic leadership of Nazi Germany. The defenders 
happened in human history- The Holocaust. They used it  were the politics that had important roles in the Nazi or 
to talked about the horror situations of Jews around them.  high-ranking soldiers. There was a total of 24 defenders 
Everything had been started since 30 January 1933 when  during 13 trials. Before the trails were opened, many 
he was appointed to become a chancellor. Right after the  suggestions are proposed. Stalin proposed to execute most 
moment that he got the power, he created a group of  of the soldier and President of Britain, Winstons Churchill 
people called the SS. The SS’s mission were to capture and  pro​posed to execute high-ranking politics. However, the 
sent people who were homosexual, disabilities,  idea of America to open a worldwide court. Because of the 
unemployed, alcoholic and Jews to the concentration. At  difference in culture and traditional crimes punishment, 
first, there were a few Jews but it kept increasing because  the court had met a lot of trouble because this was the first 
Jews usually are people who have their own belief and  time that a worldwide crimes trails have been organized 
Hitler did not like it. When Hitler became a leader, he saw  so ​no precedent for an international trial of war criminals. 
the abilities of Jews, he afraid that the Jews could  However, the result had pleased many countries. After the 
overwhelm his power. Therefore, he believed that Jews  trails, 12 defenders have received death (​Göring, 
were that traitors and evil. He spread out this idea about  Ribbentrop, Keitel, Kaltenbrunner, Rosenberg, Frank, 
Jews. His racist idea had led the whole race to end. To  Frick, Streicher, Sauckel, Jodl, Seyss​Inquart, and 
begin the genocide process, it must pass through five  Bormann)​. There were 3 of them are sentenced to life 
stages: Prejudiced Attitudes, Acts of Prejudiced,  imprison ( ​Hess, economics minister Walther Funk, and 
Discrimination, Violence and finally Genocide. The first  Raeder). Four are received prison terms ranging from 10 
stages, the second and the third stages of genocide have  to 20 years (Doenitz, Schirach, Speer, and Neurath). The 
occurred from 1933 to 1939. During this time, in 1933, Jews  court acquits three defendants: Hjalmar Schacht 
were refused and associated in Germany because of the  (economics minister), Franz von Papen (German politician 
laws set by the Nazi. They were no longer own their  who played an important role in Hitler's appointment as 
business and properties. They were refused by the  chancellor), and Hans Fritzsche (head of press and radio). 
community services like the hospital, school, restaurants,  The death sentences are carried out on October 16, 1946, 
etc. In 1934, they were banished to become journalists or  with two exceptions: Göring committed suicide shortly 
joining to artworks. In 1935, most of their citizen's rights  before his scheduled execution, and Bormann remained 
were taken away, their positions were no longer equal and  missing. The other 10 defendants are hanged, their bodies 
they were segregation with the Aryans because of the  cremated, and the ashes deposited in the Iser River.  
Nuremberg Laws. In 1936, Jews were treated as a disease,   
they were banned from every activity in Germany and 
they no longer have rights to vote. In 1938, 30,000 Jews 
were arrested and completely in the control of the Nazi. 
They must be in one certain place at a exact time also must 
carry IDs and passports that were marked a “J” letter 
represent for Jews. The deportation of Jews to the 
concentrations in Europeans of the Nazi had been started 
since 1939. They were deported to Poland, marked with a 
David Star and the mass killing had begun. The first mass 
murder began in 1940 in a concentration camp in Poland. 
Jews were forced to move in the Ghettos. The murdering 
kept going since 1941, passed 1942 and until 1943, there 
were 80 to 85 percents of Jews were killed during the 
Holocaust had been killed. During three years, the Nazi 
went to many countries to capture the Jews and brought 
to the camps. There were many trips like that. When they 
went to the camps, the Jews were split into two cases: 
 
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workable and unworkable. If you are workable, you 
would be sent to factories or workplace and work until  How did Jews were killed? 
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immediately in order to give the spaces for people who   
could work. And when the camps were filled, people who  The Jews were killed cruelly and coldly of the Nazis. No 
were workable now exhausted were being mass killed to  one could understand how can they kill that much people 
leave their living space for the new people. And there  in a short time like that. So here are the secrets, Germany 
were thousands of trip, millions of Jews were murdered  had used many different methods to kill their prisoners. 
coldly and brutally like that. More terrible, in 1944,  Frist also the most basic methods were starvations and 
Germany took place of Hungary, the Nazi transferred  overwork. By using this way, Germany had provided a 
12,000 Hungary Jews EACH DAY to the concentration  little amount of food in order to keep them awake and be 
where they would be defined and killed. However, the  able to work in a short time. They made the Jews work 
genocide had been stopped by the victory of the Allied in  hard while giving less food. The results were many people 
1945, thousands of Jews victims were saved in the death  died because of starving and exhausted. Next were 
camps...  diseases, there were three common diseases: dysentery, 
  infection from wound and typhus. The conditions of the 
camps were really bad, many people living together make 
the spread out​ ​faster and stronger. The next method was 
the mass shooting, they made Jews lined up and started 
shooting them at the back. The worst things here is there 
was not only the SS involved in the shooting, but there 
were also the police and dedicated civilians. The fourth 
one was the gas chamber, also the most clever inventions 
during the war. The gas was pumped into the container in 
the camps. Most of the victims were tricked to go to the 
chamber then they increase the carbon dioxide, take away 
the oxygen. This led to the slow and painful death of the 
victims. This way keep the prisoners quiet when they died 
but the Nazis realized that it was so hard to move the 
bodies so they did not refer to this plan. The last one also 
the most mysterious methods, they used the Jews as 
 
The children were captured in a concentration camp. 
Consequences of the Holocaust  medical experiments. They tested all of the medicine 
to know if the medicine effectively or the sides effects. 
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Most of thee purposes was to serve the militaries of 
  Germany.  
Holocaust was recognized as one of the biggest and worst   
events during World War II. Therefore, it is not a small price 
for the consequences after this genocide process. In overall, 
there were 6 MILLIONS of Jews were killed during the 
Holocaust. This almost led to the ending of one race in 
human history. Lasting until now, the percents of Jews 
people accounted in the world’s population was 0.2 percent. 
However, not only Jews were killed in the Holocaust, there 
were an estimated that non-Jewish were killed went up from 
4 to 6 million. The Holocaust not only caused physical 
damages for the victims. Many people after the Holocaust 
tried came back to their old life but they can not forget about 
the fear and the nightmares that hunted them. Their 
traumatic could not be recovered back to their life like before. 
In addition, even when the Nazi were disbanded and put in 
prisons, their ideas still stand and there were many anti-Jews 
groups were established. Those groups tried to insults and 
hurt the Jews badly. After all, even the Holocaust had been 
ended, many Jews were saved but this event still showing up   
a bad side of human. They could have stopped the event but  Gas Chamber  
no one was brave enough and care enough to stand up for the 
victims.