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Nuremberg, Germany A series of military trials, held by the Allied forces of WWII, remembered for the prosecution of important members of the Nazi party and Nazi leadership. The trials were held at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany. place among their principal war aims the punishment, through the channel of organized justice, of those guilty of or responsible for these crimes, whether they have ordered them, perpetrated them or participated in them, [and] resolve to see to it in a spirit of International solidarity, that (a) those guilty or responsible, whatever their nationality, are sought out, handed over to justice and judged, (b) that the sentences pronounced are carried out. November 20th, 1945 to October 1st, 1946 23 Individuals put on trial Karl Brandt- Personal physician to Adolf Hitler Hans Wolfgang Romberg- Doctor on staff at the German Experimental Institute for Aviation Julius Streicher- Anti-Semitic Newspaper editor Rudolf Hess- Deputy to Hitler and Nazi Party Leader Herman Goering- Director of the “Four Year Plan” What is an indictment? A formal charge or accusation of a crime Look at your copy of the Nuremberg Trial indictments Find the major role of your defendant by looking at pages 3-5 Then, find what kind of atrocities they participated in by looking at the names listed at the end of each count. Table 1- Karl Brandt Table 2- Siegfried Handloser Table 3- Karl Gerbhardt Table 4- Rudolf Brandt * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *