NUREMBERG TRIAL 20 November 1945 - 1 October 1946
The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany.
The city of Nuremberg was chosen for the trials of the 'major war criminals'. Nuremberg had witnessed the infamous Nazi Party rallies and by holding the trials there, it would emphasise the party's end. Also the large Palace of Justice had been largely undamaged by Allied bombing and it contained a large prison within its complex.
Robert Houghwout Jackson (February 13, 1892 – October 9, 1954) United States Attorney General (1940– 1941) and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1941 – 1954). The chief United States prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials.
International Military Tribunal, 1945– 1946 In 1945, President Truman appointed Jackson, who took a leave of absence from the Supreme Court, to serve as U. S. chief of counsel for the prosecution of Nazi war criminals. He helped draft the London Charter of the International Military Tribunal, which created the legal basis for the Nuremberg Trials. He then served in Nuremberg, Germany, as United States chief prosecutor at the international Nuremberg trial. Jackson pursued his prosecutorial role with a great deal of vigor. His opening and closing arguments before the Nuremberg court are widely considered among the best speeches of the 20 th century.
