The Nuremberg Trial

The Nuremberg Trial
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Germany started the second world war when it invaded Poland and eventually attacked over a dozen countries throughout the continent. But by 1943, the tide of war had turned: The Soviet Union had pushed back at Moscow, Sint Petersburg, and Stalingrad. While the British had beaten back the German air raids and pushed the Axis powers out of Africa.
So the leaders of the major allied powers came together to discuss the state of the world after the WW2 had ended. Stalin of the Soviet Union, Roosevelt of the USA, and Churchill of the United Kingdom discussed creating the United Nations, the D-Day invasion, and dividing Germany up into 4 occupation zones. Because Germany. Will. be. Divided. But that was not all. Over the course of World War 2, it became apparent to the Allied forces that Germany committed atrocities on a massive scale. The night raids, the forced deportations, the mass genocide. There was only 1 question on everybody’s minds: how do you punish acts so evil?

[@UmVtCg]

The city of Nuremberg (also known as Nurnberg) in the German state of Bavaria was selected as the location for the trials because its Palace of Justice was relatively undamaged by the war and included a large prison area. Additionally, Nuremberg had been the site of annual Nazi propaganda rallies; holding the postwar trials there marked the symbolic end of Hitler’s government, the Third Reich.

[@davidneuhoff5455]

Besides that Nuremberg was also the place where the first laws were passed which officially discriminated jews in 1935.

[@MrSniperdude01]

Actually that's the primary reason Nurnberg was chosen, at least according to US accounts like Justice Jackson. The British were eager to make examples of the defeated Nazis, Churchill even posed the idea of rounding them up & summarily shooting them all.

[@Cityinlead]

And who said Politicians and Generals had no sense of humor or a taste for irony

[@HistoryScope]

As a small bit of trivia: They also considered Luxembourg City because it's relatively small and so wouldn't be a statement of power. The Soviets wanted Berlin to be the place where they'd be held. In the end they decided to do the trials in Nuremberg but the official home of the tribunal authorities would be in Berlin.

[@dee-tx5jd]

@@davidneuhoff5455 Nürnberger Rassegesetze

[@diegoandrade467]

High ranking Nazis when shown a picture of Hitler: I’ve never seen this man in my life

[@brycehiggins1660]

Lmaooooo

[@kcasc_hd]

But actually every German when asked with a gun that was born before ca. 1936: yeah I´ve seen that guy...

[@213kilacali]

😂😂😂

[@mortalclown3812]

😂 Waiting for that to be heard locally and soon.

[@maxdalhaus8555]

U can't say that every German from this time period would say that. Sure some people who can't think of a better excuse, but the most likely given answer was:,, I'm not a nazi"

[@Meadras]

It's gotta be so bizarre being sentenced for invading Poland by the same Russians who helped you invade Poland just a few years earlier

[@ericgulick2749]

That's how #Propaganda works! How many history books tell you that Germany recreated Poland during 1916 rather than the French and British at Versailles? All the French and British did at Versailles was expand the German territory given to Poland...to equal the same size as germany....that is ridiculous and egregious

[@user-db8np1er4s]

You are not so bright eh? Russians knew the war would begin soon. They did split Poland to keep Germans farther from their border. That's all. Poland is a little thing in WW2. Nobody cared about Poland like Britain or France who had to defend Poland based on agreements.

[@yogurtslayer2358]

Don’t forget that stalin did not know Hitler would betray him or know of his hatred for the communitsts and the allies Joined up with the soviets as it was a powerful ally and could help in winning the war

[@smokeymcpot5705]

Robin Kummer Signing a non-aggression pact doesn’t make Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union allies. Had they been allies the Soviet Union would’ve entered the war on the side of the Nazis in 1939. There’s a difference between agreeing not to fight each other and having each other’s back.

[@aksmex2576]

Yeah I thought that too and the fact that all the British and Americas killed a few million with aerial bombings of cities were not on trial is also weird.

[@Betrunkenes.Huhn.]

Another interesting thing about Karl Dönitz (The Head of the German Navy) is that, his order not to help the survivors of sinking ships was an immediate reacion to something called the "Laconia-incident", where the captain of the German submarine "Laconia" had ordered his men to rescue the survivors and even send messages to British and US-ships about it and the current coordinates of the ship. The US-Navy however completely ignored the rescue and sent bombers to attack the Laconia using said coordinates, as a result the captain of the submarine ordered to abord the mission and stopped the rescue. Due to that reaction of the US, Karl Dönitz gave the order to not rescue survivors onwards.

[@shaansingh6048]

you mean abort? i got confused.

[@Betrunkenes.Huhn.]

@@shaansingh6048 Yes, they did abort the rescue due to the US attacking them.

[@shaansingh6048]

@@Betrunkenes.Huhn. oh alright you said abord in the comment and I thought you meant aboard

[@thereisnocarolinHR]

Don’t you ever make me side with a Nazi again ya hear

[@mazsterr]

Yeah we aint falling for that oldest trick in the book 😂

[@themonke6250]

"Sir, these are the Nurnberg trials. Pleading that your client was "based and redpilled" is not an adequate defense for crimes against humanity."

[@fortblocks]

In fairness your honor, what would you do if you were ratio-Ed by a Jew?

[@epiccrusadr8583]

Based

[@luisf2793]

“And no, saying they were totally cringe isn’t a good defense to committing mass genocide”

[@Ludwig7231]

​@James A, "He made some mistakes, but who didn't? Life doesn't have an instructions manual"

[@inigochicano]

How can you misspell "Nuremberg"

[@psyxypher3881]

"Hans, do we have a Lawyer? They're all dead? How could that have-...oh."

[@mohammadjavadsalehi3227]

No one get this joke?so underrated!!

[@HistoryScope]

Good point. Heart reacted it

[@Karlos1234ify]

Jewish people make great Lawyers.

[@ohadgoldhagen1095]

Karlos1234ify the stereotype is that they do

[@4600norm]

Many of the SS were lawyers. The ones who created the final solution.

[@QemeH]

These trials actually spawned a law that is on german books until today. Since then it is not only *allowed* for any soldier to disobey illegal and/or immoral orders, they are actually *legally compelled* to do so.

[@Sionnach1601]

Really wish that were the case for doctors and nurses today

[@QemeH]

@@Sionnach1601 Huh? I mean, I'm not an expert in US law, but I am quite certain that nurses and doctors can decline to adhere to illegal guidelines and/or orders. Who would even have the power to give doctors ANY orders pertaining to patient care? They are ultimately responsible, are they not? Again, I'm german, so I only know the german laws - but here a nurse is not only allowed to refuse illegal orders, she's obliged to do it (if and when she can be expected to know it's illegal).

[@gearf8910]

Yet they didn't

[@musoehcr]

@@QemeH they may be talking about the whole COVID ordeal most conservatives are off their rockers with that shit.

[@lolstalgic9602]

@@musoehcr Not just conservatives. Most channels talking about it are Centrists, Libertarian, and other Third Parties

[@arhabersham]

I am as impressed with the narrator's flawless german pronunciation, as I am with the high-quality, detailed, and yet succinct nature of this amazing video. Subscribed

[@z3pedro]

Not very good German pronunciation....if you don't believe me ask a German native speaker...😊

[@arhabersham]

@@z3pedro I guess my German is not as great as I thought then! Amazing content, tho

[@PodGodGodOfPod-jb7sf]

Lol you aren’t German. “Alfredo” even if you learn the language or even if you are born there, one look tells me all I need to know.

[@LukeSaward]

@@z3pedro stfu

[@walterbravohill1130]

That's a nasty comment. You should be reported for discrimination. That's is wrong. Learn from the past.

[@Stoneworks]

Wow I'm really surprised that these trials only had 24 people prosecuted, I always thought it was hundreds of officials and officers here. I guess it lives large in the memory of history.

[@HistoryScope]

There were several other trials, but they had different names. In total hundreds of thousands of people were put on trial ranging from the top all the way to the bottom.

[@Awaken15]

Hey stoneworks Iam a huge fan can you please reply it would make my day 😊

[@deusex9731]

i think this puts it into scope how important these people were

[@Kdog-rh5qm]

The high ranking Nazi wasn’t on trail because they was in the us or Russia Protected

[@hemankpie0656]

@@HistoryScope So even the most gruesome war crimes committed are given say 10 years in prison. The low ranking officials and soldiers or most who committed war crimes would likely get 2-3 years in prison 🤷‍♂️

[@Carter4240]

Prosecutor: can you describe the camps Nazi: *describes camp* Stalin: WRITE THAT DOWN Churchill: why would you do that Stalin: it's a surprise tool that will help us later

[@williamworth2746]

History is written by the victor

[@itzikashemtov6045]

@@williamworth2746 Funny that Stalin and the soviet trash were not better then the Nazis, Both attacked all it's neighbors, Both executed countless of people, Both putted people into concentration camps and worked them to death or just killed. USSR was lucky that Hitler was a psychological imbecile and ended up fighting each other, So it saved their own ass with a nice amount of propaganda hiding the equally soviet cruelty to other nations.

[@julialight2612]

@@williamworth2746 history is written by the New World of Human Values

[@iamstuff4478]

@Ethan Weight So true.

[@LazyAndFabulous]

@@Boooooooooo541 Don't worry there's just communist boos thinking they're real commies just because the meme got popular which is stupid, but we might get wooshed..

[@lillyie]

Austria started two world wars: First by attacking Serbia then not accepting Hitler into art school

[@iTekk3rzv]

@@alexanderedinger What are you talking about Beerus killed the dinosaurs.

[@jesseberg3271]

Frankly, to hell with killing baby Hitler. Go back in time and convince some rich Viennese art collectors to buy his shitty paintings: moral dilemma solved!

[@khadizaahmed8989]

@@jesseberg3271 actually the WW2 would still happen because of the grandfather paradox!

[@jesseberg3271]

@@khadizaahmed8989 the grandfather paradox assumes several things about the nature of the universe that cannot be tested at this time. Specifically, it assumes that we do not exisit as part of a quantum-multiverse, and that causality can flow both ways through a time travel event. If time moving forward is a fundamental principal of the universe, and not just a product of our perspective, then it is possible that causality could only pass one way through a time travel event, breaking the time line any time a traveler went back in time, and effectively making most paradoxes meaningless. In essence, a time traveler would appear at the moment of their arrival, but the nature of that arrival would disconnect them from their previous existence, due to causality traveling in only one direction. This traveler would have effectively destroyed the previous time line, simply by their existence in the new one. Causality then flow from that moment forward, with no concern for where the time traveler came from. On the other hand, if we are part of a quantum-multiverse, then all possible varients would exisit simultaneously. Under that circumstance, the act of time traveling would create a cascade of new universes, were causality could flow backwards into another universe, thereby defanging the paradox. In that circumstance, since every version of the outcome will exisit, each in its own universe, the only choice we have is, which version of ourselves will we attempt to be? Will it be the version that kills baby Hitler? The one which seeks a non-violent alternative? Or the one who does nothing, unwilling to bear the responsibility of changing history?

[@christopherblackhall2832]

Lunatic Lunala it was actually Serbians that started the wars

[@CarlosRamirez09]

I remember reading about Albert Speer’s son who is himself an architect and they asked him about his dad. He said “it’s like my business partner said to me. Would you have rejected the opportunity to build all the buildings you dreamed to build as an architect?”

[@TheTrickster923]

Albert Speer Jr's last work was the World Cup stadia in Qatar... built by slave labor. Like father like son, I guess.

[@TheTrickster923]

If my father was infamous for spending his architectural career building monuments to dictators with slave labor, I would simply not spend my own architectural career building monuments to dictators with slave labor, but what do I know

[@absolute_LyJ]

My great grandfather was one of the prosecutors , his name was John Lewis , he was friends with Ben ferencz the last living prosecutor of the trials , my grandmother got to see Ben and he was in great health, wishing the best for Ben , and hope you like the info

[@Teub03]

may he rest in piece :(

[@_exolite]

He died a hero. I feel like holding Nazis accountable is the most honourable thing ever

[@myname604]

@@_exolite Holding them accountable for the crimes that never happened while using the show trials to cover up the allied crimes that did happen.

[@HedgehogZone]

He is now burning in hell, where he belongs!

[@BVBrocks927]

what a joke giving some of these guys 10 years. People in the united states get longer sentences for a little bit of weed

[@lauriruukki5702]

BVBrocks927 Well that is the American justice system for you. Also the only thing why Dönitz got only ten years was thanks to Chester Nimitz who testified that American subs also didn't pick up crew from sunken ships.

[@FelipePetersBerchielli]

that shows how America justice system is one of the worst in existence

[@ps4tv614]

What if it was because back then they didn’t have proper rules it was the first time

[@camdionne4669]

Because the laws of war were only made after the world War 1 and were not yet complete on what the laws are and because they never would have thought to make a law about something they never thought would happen

[@SlimeMasterNate]

@@FelipePetersBerchielli The American Justice SYSTEM itself is one of the most fair and just in the world. But the laws that the system has to follow, the corruption of judges (which every justice system to some extent is susceptible to), and most often the corruption of police/prosecution in certain parts of the country leads to most of the failings of it. Rarely is the failure of the American Justice System the fault of the system itself.

[@ej8530]

At the Nuremburg trials. "I am more than aware that my client is responsible for the death of millions, and subjected millions more to torturous conditions. However, one must also account for the fact that my client is simply a Pisces, and according to AstrologyWeekly, they can lose their temper sometimes"

[@chilledstainned1189]

Amazing

[@carlbrenston8436]

Typhus

[@exoticmemes3144]

Underrated comment

[@Fred_the_1996]

Fascinating

[@demon_xd_]

The judge who is secretly a time traveler form the ➕2000s: *ok *throws all other evidence in the trash because she’s an asparagus, the natural friend of pisces**

[@redblaze8700]

All of those who were sentenced to prison went to the same jail, but after Speer and von Schirach were released in 1966, Hess became the only prisoner there until his suicide.

[@shaansingh6048]

must have been pretty crazy having a bunch of nazis put into a prison. need a sitcom.

[@limepop340]

@@shaansingh6048 the prison’s wikipedia article goes a bit into the ensuing drama, if you’re interested. I can 1000% see it being a sitcom

[@missnataliedavis]

I always thought it sounded crazy that he waited decades, even after he was the only prisoner in the prison, to kill himself.

[@bjornboi1175]

I watched the 57 minute documentary about the camps and it is the most gruesome and horrifying thing I've ever and will see. I broke down it in tears when the video ended. R.i.p to all those innocent people who were killed in such brutal ways.

[@alyssarichardson2544]

if the nazi genocides made you break down in tears, just wait til you find out about communist genocides...

[@Daveforever]

Too bad the rats survived.

[@Johndoe14812]

It’s all lies were are the bodies were are the ash deposits

[@lizc6393]

I watched it when I was 16. Definitely messed me up a bit.

[@elaleron2583]

@@Daveforever yeah some nazis survived

[@felix4645]

Speer: “I’m Sorry” Judges: Damn it!

[@plarteey1316]

Phoenix Wright: Gottem again!

[@Canadianvoice]

Unit 731: "We're sorry?" U.S. government : "don't apologize"

[@cdhilton7124]

@@Canadianvoice 😂😂😂

[@genericnameuwu8339]

Bro had Saul goodman as a lawyer

[@shaansingh6048]

@@genericnameuwu8339 it was the navy guy who really had saul goodman

[@mar6co200]

"i'm sorry" Speech 100

[@k0mentator507]

If it works it works

[@vikinghoodbluelighthouse2911]

“I’m sorry for my shitty meme” Reddit Cringe 100

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

Honestly they probably let him off for saying something other than “the mustache man made me do it” I would be sick of hearing that over and over for 3 days

[@k0mentator507]

@@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK also given that he was only an architect, they probably thought he wasn't that bad compared to what they had seen

[@eavyeavy2864]

@@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK usa ATF use "we are just following order" as excuse to gas and burn 80 people alive lmao

[@normansilver905]

One of the most important witnesses against the Nazi's was Gen Paulus who explained under oath how the system worked. He had served before being sent to Russia as the High Command's recorder and he spoke with authority and told investigators where certain documents could be located.

[@Shinja_Sleepwalker]

This was a marvelous undertaking for the time. Especially the part where they had to consider real time translation for 4 languages.

[@1KDybdahl]

My grandfather was one of the interpreters for the US at Nuremburg. He spoke English, Swedish, German, and Russian.

[@underwatermonkey3443]

Sheesh

[@inutilus_1387]

nice

[@jontraz5993]

Ayyy I'm swedish. Tell your grandfather, if he's around, TACK för din insats.

[@jabuticaba4003]

@@jontraz5993 deez

[@OneSaltyBruh]

@@jabuticaba4003 nuts

[@lorimeyers3839]

Excellently put together video with tons of good information. I study WW2 on the Eastern Front and have been for over a decade now. Nuremberg I can say I’m somewhat familiar with, but I wasn’t aware of how Doenitz got off so easy, that his attorney saved his neck. I enjoyed how you sort of jumped all over the place with your facts and stories. Entertaining. Nice work.

[@johannsebastianbach9003]

Every German General in Nuremberg *see's an image if Hitler* German Generals: *I have never met this man in my life*

[@MarcMagma]

Stalin: "How dare you kill so many people in death camps?" Also Stalin: "Btw, I need a full list on how you did it. For, uhm, the trials?"

[@devonalexreckon6048]

The germans killed millions in death camps as if it was a factory business , the gulags , even if they where harsh , didn't kill millions of people , in fact most came out alive

[@MarcMagma]

First: This was about making fun about the fact that the Soviets had their own Death Camps with basicly the same function the Concentration Camps had before they were used for the Holocaust. Second: Yes, most came out alive. Yes, Hitler and his Concentration Camps killed more. However, the gulags still killed millions. Though I do have to admit that during my research for proof, I've stumbled on many different counts of "millions". Yet since they all referre to the death toll as "above a million", it's safe to say that it were at least one million who died. "The total figure for the entire Stalinist period is likely between two million and three million." (www.nybooks.com/articles/2011/03/10/hitler-vs-stalin-who-killed-more/) "Western scholarly estimates of the total number of deaths in the Gulag in the period from 1918 to 1956 ranged from 1.2 to 1.7 million." (www.britannica.com/place/Gulag) "The result of the analysis is a posterior probability distribution; the obtained posterior 95% credible interval of the number of deaths is (9.7 million, 16.7 million)" (www.jstor.org/stable/2986039?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents)(though given that this came out in 1995, I personally hold it as "less credible" than the other sources)

[@mortalclown3812]

Asking for a friend.

[@theoutdoorcollector460]

Marc Magma dude tries to tell you Stalin didn't kill millions 😂 um yeah he most certainly did he actually killed about as much as hitler did due to his power trips and "cleansing" of the country aka taking out anyone that doesn't worship you

[@comradeswagyolo6778]

Most of the deaths in the gulags were due to starvation caused by the nazi invasion

[@jackcassidy7317]

I’m re-watching all of my liked videos starting from the beginning and I’m about halfway through. This video and the video on the Tokyo trials were incredibly interesting and taught me a lot about topics I didn’t know much on.

[@andramcdowell3193]

I really enjoy your narration and voice. I don’t like loud noises. Very well explained and calm. Thanks so very much. New subscriber. Already watched 3.

[@fishbuddy547]

"Sorry about the mass genocide, my bad guys."

[@comradestalin1211]

"No problem man, it happens to the best of us."

[@jesusolguin5896]

@@comradestalin1211 hello comrade

[@comradestalin1211]

@@jesusolguin5896 hi Jesus

[@boomboone47]

This comment section lmao

[@nerdybacon6244]

Geneva convention? MORE LIKE GENEVA CRAP

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

9:36 Nazi guy who committed genocide: I'm sowwy Judge: okay, that's good enough for me.

[@osomolane4964]

well he didnt really do genocide only approved it

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

@@osomolane4964 fair point... Still, the dude got off really lightly

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

@Koehli _ also true. Especially considering the crimes of Stalin and the Soviet Union, and the crimes of non-German nazi proxies in the Baltic, Balkan, and Arab lands that went virtually ignored; not to mention the atrocities committed by imperial Japan and their proxies, the separate Chinese factions committing atrocities against their own people and betraying each other to the Japanese, and many many more crimes that we're ignored at the end of the war; the post-war prosecution was only able to scratch the surface. Still, the Nuremberg trials are very interesting.

[@theeternalslayer]

They found out he had more evidence that should have given him a life sentence or even a death sentence. He plead guilty to get a lighter sentence, hess basically did the same but admitted he knew what he did and didn't have any regrets life sentence. goring thought he could mock the trial as a hypocritical kangaroo court and he almost beat them at their own game, but the evidence was too great and he was dangerous to be left alive even in prison.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Hey, what happened to that response I left Koehli? It seems to have disappeared.

[@AndyRhodes1]

Thank you for making this video. It really helped me to understand an aspect of World War II that is rarely talked about.

[@someoneirrelevant6815]

Death was too easy of a way out for them.

[@rudecrok4734]

Me: *bragging about my killstreak* Everyone else at nuremberg trial:

[@yowtfputthemaskbackon9202]

"shut up stalin"

[@raptordoniv6779]

Lmao 😂

[@GoDawgs18]

That’s dark

[@MemeCake]

Not ok...

[@RealJesusChrist1]

I like your kind of dark! :D

[@AimeeColeman]

There are people in America who are/were imprisoned for selling a drug that is currently legal in their state for longer than the person who ordered slave labour to be used because they said sorry.

[@johnnywhitsel1583]

Ya? And they should probably be released.... however, now that it is legal doesn't change the fact they broke the law of the time. Nor do you take into considering their past offences. To be fair: I would have executed all these people indicted at Nuremberg.

[@Rottengoal]

Some of the worst Nazis that were responsible for thousands of the most brutal murders, experiments and tortures on men, women and children. Were welcomed by the United States of America and lived good lives as University professors or researchers.

[@fuhrerreicht2413]

@@Rottengoal I mean America has their history of cruel experiments .for both animals and humans. Practically all major HIC’s currently which participated in WW2 have done cruel experiments.

[@l0lan00b3]

@@fuhrerreicht2413 he's referencing operating paperclip here but you're both right

[@hunterjohnson1706]

Lol

[@HRHSiyathokozaMweli]

I’ve learnt soo much history on your channel, thank you so much.

[@flickcentergaming680]

The translation system they thought of is absolutely brilliant! I had no idea that that was how international legal proceedings are carried out. Edit: spelling

[@Anacronian]

Stalin: "yes crimes against humanity..we can't have that 👀"

[@abinashtarai6067]

Gulag also

[@nxthy6978]

This applies to the USAs Japanese internment camps, the UKs involvement in the Bengali famine and Frances on going oppression in its colonies

[@vankhaan9303]

This is an another example of 'history written by the victors'.

[@bigpig2709]

@@nxthy6978 also applies to the Bataan Death March

[@HottestBrownMan]

@@vankhaan9303 Actually in this case no. The Nazis and Americans were in cahoots with each other and funnily enough alot of Nazi commanders memoirs are non-fiction and these were treated as fact until 1991 , where Soviet documentation of Nazi war crimes were released and thus the full scale of the Nazis were known.

[@clascaulfieldjr3653]

“Well, show me the laws that say you CAN’T enslave and torture an entire population.”

[@owenmartin-lynch6196]

ayo!?

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

That should honestly be a universal law, even then that’s basic common sense

[@emilal]

@@therealspeedwagon1451 it is.

[@BigWheel.]

One thing to remember is the nazis had an incredibly behind the times veiw of politics. Rudolph heß, flew to Scotland, to meet the Duke of Hamilton, because he was under the impression the British still ruled via monarchy, and that Duke could give him an "In" for peace/cooperation. Many of them weren't building the future, but were trying to modernize a backwards past.

[@Wickedonezz]

@@therealspeedwagon1451 tell that to Beligum, France, Britian amd the soviets

[@richardnoah2922]

Hess: Tries to make peace, Britain: "and i took that personally"

[@nothappierthanme6146]

Its kinda funny how the USSR sentenced others for crime against humanity

[@Irochi]

"The Germans document everything" As a person living in Germany for 10 years already, sometimes I have to find a copy of some legal/registry document of mine from 9 years ago and that was lost after a moving. I can say that this is also 100% true nowadays. (And I'm glad it is)

[@Sionnach1601]

And...?

[@bigbenhgy]

@@Sionnach1601 if you know you know, or you can search it. Sadly no one can help you from here.

[@phillipp5538]

Everything but the holocaust apparently.

[@Zakrovik]

Why would you live in that horrible country? Germans are evil.

[@JJ-ft6jb]

@@phillipp5538 What are you talking about

[@redlock1815]

"Useful engines follow orders" -Thomas

[@rag.animations]

I see a man of culture

[@boomboone47]

Thomas the Thermonuclear bomb.

[@rag.animations]

@@boomboone47 no, Thomas the Auschwitz worker

[@lardlover3730]

@@rag.animations indeed.

[@katherynj7263]

The worst part wasnt the screams, it was the silence, because in the silence I was left alone, alone to contemplate my thoughts.

[@user-fu7eh2mk5n]

I watched the video of the camps in Wikipedia, its been over a year since i last remembered crying. That video is indescribable man, God bless all those families whom met that fate.

[@mightyparrot1139]

my family members where slaughtered in the holocaust, thank you for the blessings.

[@AwesomeDude799]

Found another great History channel. Thank you.

[@falopencio5396]

Some of them simply went to Argentina

[@kingmichealthefirstofroman2278]

To be either killed or captured by the nazi hunters of the isreali mossad

[@scottishjedi1522]

søren Hulemose Not Josef Mengele, the chief doctor of Auschwitz. He died in 1979 having never been put on trial for his horrific experiments

[@kingmichealthefirstofroman2278]

Scottish Jedi what about aloph eichmann he died in 1962 in the isreali gallows

[@Rasmusnilsenbie]

Others like Josef Terboven simply commited suicide days before their trials

[@meer9159]

@@kingmichealthefirstofroman2278 Eichmann was the only one caught and brought to israel

[@cryingcatgoesbark310]

“I was only following orders.” My mum if she heard this: *if your friends told you to jump off a bridge, would you?*

[@georgealderson4424]

My mum said the same thing so it must be in the mum's "What to tell your kids" book!

[@tgc5663]

My response: *I'd be the one to jump first*

[@thejummyjum6207]

If your friends held you at gunpoint to jump off a bridge, would you?

[@georgealderson4424]

@@thejummyjum6207 I would give serious thought to changing my friends!

[@sssinfullyyours]

It’s way deeper than that. They were fed constant propaganda years before the war started.

[@Afrikitty]

An informative video on the Nurenberg Trials. My grandfather, a veteran of both world wars used to regale us with these stories. He was a pilot in the British airforce and they emigrated to South Africa in 1947 with the whole family and it is there that I was born in Cape Town. I had hoped to see a visit to that city, as I now live in the USA. Maybe another day. (^_^). Thank you. Kind regards. Liz.

[@crazyfrytka]

I strongly suspect that these "failed" hangings weren`t failed at all... And I`m glad.

[@tardarsauce1842]

Germany and Japan: gets heavy war crimes Fascist Italy: *You guys have war crimes?*

[@felinesmite5170]

Italian resistance killed Mussolini and the upper echelons of the Fascist Party before the Nuremberg Trials.

[@felinesmite5170]

@Lo Fell Dude. While undoubtedly the Italian Communist Party was responsible for rising and organizing many partisan groups, resisting against Fascism was actually the common point between a variety of different political forces (and actually the only thing Italian Communists and Italian Chatolics ever agreed about). The Fascist Party obtained power by maliciously using the loopholes of Italy's democracy, and kept it through violence, segregation and propaganda. There's no doubts that Fascism was a violent dictatorship or that Italian communists participated in the toppling of this violent dictatorship without putting another violent dictatorship in its stead, and gladly accepted Italy becoming a democracy after WWII. Classifying a person or a group as 'good' or 'bad' according to their political label is simplistic, especially when that political label spans several decades and its claimed by tens of different parties and groups with very different end goals in mind. Saying that Italian Communist groups played an important role in liberating their country from oppression, doesn't absolve other Communist groups for the atrocities they committed in the name of their ideology, including later Italian radical communist groups who committed act of terrorism to further their political goals. Viceversa, doing good things in the interest of the common people like establishing a public welfare and retirement system, doesn't absolve Fascism for its crime against humanity during WWII or for later Italian Fascist groups who committed acts of terrorism to further their political goals. We can celebrate good and heroic acts regardless of the political label used by who did them. And killing Fascist leaders was absolutely a good thing to do in Italy in 1945.

[@phillipq5814]

Meanwhile evil fascist Spain stayed out of the war. Being neutral.

[@thedevil2411]

@@felinesmite5170 Dude. Now you’re just stating your political opinion. I mean I’m all in for Mussolini to pay the price for what he did to his country in ww2. But killing him without an trial is straight up barbaric. And for the record, he was toppled by his own Fascist party’s members.

[@blauwbeer556]

What did Italy even do? Besides the war what did Benito actually do??

[@spectifyydev]

My great grandfather was a guard at the trials, there is a picture that features him in it. it’s strange to think about him being there, hearing all of this while it was happening.

[@musoehcr]

Did he ever speak to you about this in depth ? Or just mentioned he was there. It’s so surreal when you think about how not that long ago this happened Jen I was a kid this felt like forever ago now I realize how little time has passed between now and insane eras

[@spectifyydev]

@@musoehcr he himself never really spoke about, he didn’t like talking about the war much. actually, how we found out he was there is the fact that there is a picture with him in it. without us find that we probably never would have known he was there.

[@musoehcr]

@@spectifyydev that’s crazy

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[@Tenchi707]

How did an SS guard skip prosecution, I'm curious

[@zoranzwalua405]

My grandfather who survived sachsenhausen never had any personal vendettas against the German people or individuals. If you would ask him he would let god judge them. But if the government would do this before they reach the final judgment he would just state that they had judgment and payed the price. He is still one of the best men I’ve ever known.

[@christianjackson9298]

Excellent video. Balanced, nuanced and very well presented 😉

[@antina888]

1:53 I love how Stalin was not opposed to the death by order plan. I bet he was like "Guys hear me out, we could just kill them."

[@musoehcr]

He’s probably the man that brought it up 😂

[@JatPhenshllem]

@@musoehcr Yeah 😂

[@games-dv3gy]

I mean he was right, the amount of crimes was insane.

[@Ghostly_writer]

​@@games-dv3gyno?? If that's the case he should be indicted as well. Killing thousands who most likely were not even aware of what the camps actually did is horrible. You shouldn't commit a second genocide to deal with first

[@games-dv3gy]

@@Ghostly_writer I was speaking about the high ranks, not basic german soldiers. Now high ranks were totally aware of what they were doing, and fully supported the genoside of ethnical minorities.

[@harz632]

You are sentenced to death for making a treaty that gave Stalin half of Poland. Stalin just whisteling in court.

[@liuyinchen7644]

H Arz It's true, Ribbentrop should not be hanged, if that was the only crime mentioned in the trial, then what he did was nothing compared to some of the defendents not sentenced to death.

[@joelschittenhelm5571]

@@liuyinchen7644 Indead and sadly he died the slowest of em all

[@HistoryScope]

He did a bit more than just signing a treaty. He didn't try to stop any of the atrocities while having the power to do so.

[@harz632]

@@HistoryScope Still find it pretty funny how Stalin a man who did more attrocities then most of these men combined sits there and everyone is pretending it didn't happen.

[@noodlesausage4233]

@@HistoryScope I didin't hear you mention that some of the prisioner were beat up for confessions.

[@metaphonictweeter1992]

Hey what sources did you use for this? I am looking into it for my dissertation and would love some further secondary and primary sources if possible x

[@TelmenBudsuren]

your honor my client was following orders from funny mustache man because he failed to get into artschool

[@fortherepublic9878]

Soviet official: “How dare you persecute people in camps with forced labor and extermination processes? You are sentenced to death!!!” Meanwhile in Moscow, USSR Stalin: “Hey Beria, how are the Gulags going?”

[@kirillassasin]

America and Britain: wow someone using our technology

[@kalpeshmanna7233]

😂

[@yulusleonard985]

The problem is that The soviet using soviet forced labor while the Germans use soviet forced labor.

[@jordanred3273]

@@MaidenLover13 good effort commie

[@jordanred3273]

@@ThatCamel104 care to elaborate? Do you have an opinion to state or something?

[@darthrevan8737]

Roosevelt and Churchill: against the executive order of killing. Stalin: *whistles*

[@simonh6371]

He sounds more Dutch to me.

[@cyclopsslug3737]

@@simonh6371 Finally someone who knows common sense

[@Atesz222]

Those people in India just decided to die of hunger because they were bored I guess :'D

[@Atesz222]

@@ihavenosociallifedaddy0253 :O

[@Chuked]

I have no social life Daddy025 yeah they are the most populated country

[@scali_b]

beautifully made video & narration

[@jakehorvath9001]

Rule 1 of the Nuremberg Code: The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion Surprised this video hasn't gotten taken down for Covid-19 vaccine disinformation.

[@pako5586]

You being a dumb ass and getting sick procures a involuntary danger of other people of the public. You violate thier freedoms with yours please under stand whats positive and negative freedom before you speak

[@jakehorvath9001]

@@qwertboo399 Any medicine or drugs that are new or experimental require no duress or harsh repercussions for saying no to taking it. Getting fired from your job or being denied services throughout the city you may live in are examples of overreaching and duress.

[@heathdionne7717]

"but how could any country consent to such a course of action?" *Japan and America look around nervously*

[@alfredospautzgranemannjuni5864]

23:59-Oh my god, they are killing people based on their religion and race! 00:00- Who the fuck is that black Muslim over there? *silently calling FBI*

[@AMuffler]

Alfredo Spautz Granemann Júnior bruh you tripping dog

[@the_negativereview]

> not mentioning ussr > Or Britain > Or France

[@Altermerea]

Yeah because American, German and Japan crimes are COMPARABLE... right.

[@kidkool1530]

@@Altermerea well America did kill tons of innocent people by bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki

[@Sliqhs]

Best lawyers they could find, aka the ones they didn't kill

[@finnishwehraboo8377]

Ye

[@matthewharrison2317]

Jesus CHRIST LOL.

[@maxkordon]

they woulda had nukes too if they hadn't exiled all their best scientists

[@africanlipplateandbonenose3223]

@@maxkordon They would have anyways in a few more months. "Best" LOL

[@spooklordsupreme4929]

LOL

[@goober123cool]

“IBM created a brilliant punch card system used by the nazis… oh wait, wrong thing. IBM created a brilliant language translator used in the trials…”

[@justusP9101]

I worked for the IBM for five years from 2007-2012. The story is a bit more complicated than that

[@Danymok]

Kinda weird that the Nazis received trials that were more fair than the basically non-existant ones in the Soviet Union at the time. I feel like Stalin would not have liked the trials for that reason.

[@trobertt7271]

*Correction to the title : How we punished Axis war criminals Remeber that the laws of war only apply to the losing side.

[@HistoryScope]

I recently changed the title to see if I could improve it... I will take your suggestion under advisement :)

[@trobertt7271]

History Scope - I’m glad you do! Thx.

[@henriquedias3431]

trobert t would you rather we didn’t punish them at all? Or would you have them hang Roosevelt and Stalin along with the others?

[@trobertt7271]

Henrique Dias honestly i don’t know.

[@erinong193]

@@henriquedias3431 i mean roosevelt was already dead at that time?

[@moonnoonoom5992]

Stalin: “would you please state for the court how you built and operated your camps? Also, please write it all down here on this piece of paper that I will keep for private use for no reason at all.”

[@doktorkritzisch2702]

*Stalin would later become the villain in the sequel*

[@ShadowsOfGames]

@Fella Truth Close, but these camps and the many imprisonments were put into place and operated under Lenin. Stalin was certainly the worse of the two, but Lenin is undoubtedly responsible for its existence.

[@blauwbeer556]

In a way, the gulags are worse than concentration because you are gonna die faster in concentration camps so that you don't have to suffer as long

[@vocalcover]

@@blauwbeer556 1. Almost all of the prisoners in the gulag were criminals (There were innocent people, but there were very few of them. By the way, there are far more innocent people in Russia today than in "the bloodiest" years of the Soviet regime). 2. Gulag - it's not a camps but a Glavnoye Upravleniye Lagerey, "chief administration of the camps". The government agency in charge of the Soviet network of forced labor camps. 3. In the Gulag, prisoners were paid wages (above the national average, where 1/5 went as a tax to the state). 4. The most difficult year was 1937, which saw "local excesses" thanks to Yezhov (He was shot by the way. Then Beria rehabilitated all innocents in 1940). 5. In the gulag, people worked as drivers, accountants, doctors, locksmiths, etc. They not only dragged stones and worked in the mines, lol. It was the innocent who were imprisoned in the Nazi camps. Not only criminals, not war criminals, but ordinary people. You shouldn't compare two completely different things if you don't know how it really was.

[@blauwbeer556]

@@vocalcover there were definitely innocent people in there but I think that was during and a little after the purge, plus I was talking about how hospital it was, not if it was morally correct

[@herstar9510]

We need some of these please.

[@LoneTiger]

From the Judgment at Nuremberg movie, that last line at the end: Janning: _"the reason I asked you to come, those people, those millions of people... I never knew it would come to that. You must believe it."_ Judge Haywood: _"Herr Janning... it came to that the first time you sentenced a man to death... you knew to be innocent."_

[@porter5224]

"I dIdNt KnOw WhAt ThEy WeRe DoInG" -High-ranking Nazi who knew what they were doing

[@porter5224]

yes, because they let it happen

[@unematrix]

@Cosmic Rift If my friend was raping and murdering people in the other room, I would be complicit to the crime because I didn't try to stop it and I did not go to the police. This is very similar to that.

[@BR0984]

Porter "iF yOu'Re DepReSsed, JuSt dOn'T Be." That's what your comment was

[@TheRealMaysao]

there are reports of nazi officers who refused to kill innocents and didnt got punished by the regime.

[@nicholasadams5429]

@@BR0984 exactly

[@petartoshkov2076]

12:50 "Joachim von Ribbentrop - guilty of building up a treaty of dividing Poland, sentenced to death" Vyacheslav Molotov: *cha cha real smooth*

[@iamsearchingforthefiletmignon]

They divided Germany. So is it any different

[@vedeeski]

@@iamsearchingforthefiletmignon He was refering to the molotov-ribbentrop pact which was about Germany and Ussr invading and divding Poland in 1939

[@navonmyhand7999]

Lmao this one is really funny, when you think of all the people that technically got away with crimes just because they weren't Nazis it's almost silly.

[@nicolaiandersen1402]

@@navonmyhand7999 Well... the victors are the ones who write history

[@b_de_silva]

@@nicolaiandersen1402 ehhh no, in fact most of what western schools teaches we're based on german generals that survived the war, which is why they always blame hitler for the bad decisions in the war, history is written by historians, who use data from both side of the war, if history was written by the winner you would never even heard of things like dresden, those trials didn't include allied generals because how the fuck do you convince your allies to execute their own generals? the reality is that sentencing allied generals was impossible since the allies won, but that is not winners writing history, its winners getting away with the bad stuff they did.

[@raydunn8262]

In 1961, the infamous movie was released, 'Judgment at Nuremberg'. It won two Oscars, the best actor and the best adapted screenplay.

[@johnhazlett3711]

I went to the Dachau concentration camp museum. It was absolutely horrifying what took place.

[@rheivenjunoblianda6989]

"It's not a warcrime if you are the winner of the way" ---- *Sun Tzu*

[@ArpaZha]

Stalin : yes

[@notmenotme614]

The victors write the history book

[@MemeMaster-gz7nk]

@@notmenotme614 historians write the history book

[@Stellar_Insights_]

That's what the US and UK did

[@thunderlord3747]

"winner of the waY"

[@hentehoo27]

Europe in 1945: *GERMANY* *WILL* *BE* *DIVIDED* Europe in 1990: *GERMANY* *WILL* *BE* *UNITED*

[@jacintovski]

Mentality changes

[@jacintovski]

The Germans weren't Nazis anymore

[@incendiarybullet3516]

João Jacinto - We know. It’s a joke.

[@Modern.Millennial]

There was actually some uncomfortable conversations in London and Paris in 1989-90 regarding German reunification. It was significant enough that the West German chancellor bypassed the UK and France and initially told the US and USSR.

[@jacintovski]

@@incendiarybullet3516 no shit.

[@bmo14lax]

Thank you for making this digestible and a great video.

[@williamjohnson2878]

How some of these demons survived after being released from prison is beyond me

[@unseendawnproductions8267]

So killing 1 person gives you 20 years in prison but 12 million gives you 10?

[@veknr6839]

@Jim McCracken lol

[@Kog233]

That’s like saying 1 life=24,000,000

[@Echo5427_]

@Jim McCracken when millions die*

[@bigiron1311]

Each person should be punished for the whole?

[@okretard8285]

oy vey

[@StufiBuy]

‘Ok, I need a good lawyer. Wait, what happened to all the good attorneys in Deutschland? Before the war, we had so many good lawyers. What happened to them all?’ 🤦🏼‍♂️ Scheisse!

[@__Gum__]

Underrated

[@KCCC326]

Send this to Seth macfarland

[@bman228899]

When you need a good lawyer to defend yourself from accusations of crimes you did during and before the war which killed those good lawyers.

[@mecca777]

lol that was a good one!

[@Fred_the_1996]

*schweiße, not scheisse

[@levistrauss5378]

How do you put someone on trial for splitting up Poland when Russia did the same thing on the same treaty with no repercussions?

[@neymarmessironaldo5881]

the amount of "released due to ill health...passed away 2-3 years later" cases makes me wonder if they were systematically killed by the allies

[@noctain6683]

They should have made these rules after WW1.

[@kaidenhall2718]

They kinda tried a little tiny little bit

[@quasar7951]

The Germans did no-no stuff in Belgium and the Ottomans did no-no stuff in Armenia

[@quasar7951]

@@aldoushuxley5953 still not exactly a crime that should go unpunished either

[@quasar7951]

@@aldoushuxley5953 I know I was just listing the atrocities that came to my head at that moment, I was trying to think of some entente ones but couldn't think of any

[@quasar7951]

@@aldoushuxley5953 I wasn't meaning to compare the two on the same levels

[@donarsenault2327]

My father,who passed 2 months ago, was a guard in the courthouse in 1946. I wish I could get more information or better photos of the guards. I’d like to see a photo of him in his younger days while performing his duty at such a historical event.

[@bruv2249]

uhhh, sorry to say this but... im pretty sure the Waffen S.S guarded the nuremburg trials

[@Austin-5098]

@@bruv2249 there were some, but it was mostly MPs from the various allied nations that guarded it iirc, mainly US MPs

[@DedRamOfficial]

@@bruv2249 Estonian Waffen S.S

[@CrimzinEclipse2010]

Imagine being Ribbentrop and being sentenced by a Soviet judge for your crime of conspiring with the Soviets to conquer Poland.

[@dolarhyde]

The nazis should have added “in Minecraft” at the end of all their documents to avoid prosecution

[@XBBBBBXx]

i took 4 years of history classes in germany talking about ww2 and yet these 17 minutes taugth me a ton of things i did not know. good job

[@Alexis2andsoOn]

well, you could've just looked it up on wikipedia...

[@u.h.forum.]

Ezio Auditore 4 years of ww2 lessons in Germany?

[@kampfmuffin3535]

These things are just small details who have little to non effects on the big picture. Thats the reason stuff like that isnt thaught in school

[@timowagner1329]

You didnt know about the nuremberg trials???

[@kampfmuffin3535]

@@timowagner1329 i do but i think he meant stuff like how they defended them selfes

[@elcompagenito3250]

"Hanz quick the last boat to Argentina is leaving!!"

[@Fl4kFire]

XD

[@silverbloodborne9495]

Nur eine Sekunde, ich muss sicherstellen, dass die Amerikaner nicht wissen, dass wir zuerst die Atombomben gemacht haben

[@valeriekeefe8898]

And what we've learned in the 2020s is that these are legal standards that aren't upheld, so the real charge is "lost a war".

[@ParadoxRein]

A lot of my family were killed in the Holocaust and a lot also survived, many stories were passed down throughout my family. Thank you for shedding light on some of the most crucial points of justice in these trials

[@AdamDguitars]

Most common excuse at the trials: “I was just following orders.”

[@bluesrike]

If they said that today, the response would be "If the furher ordered you to shoot your family, friends and/or loved one's, would you?"

[@blauwbeer556]

It is more psychological rather than a real excuse, somebody tried an experiment to see wtf is happening

[@commisaryarreck3974]

@@bluesrike "Do you have a gun to your head and a guarantee that they'll be shot regardless of your actions" Cowards will say they'd never do that. Reality is most people will just follow orders, out of fear or because it's an authoritative figure

[@Fl4kFire]

@@bluesrike true

[@RollingBobbyJones]

I know yall dumb but uh if someone was holding you at gun point would you follow orders? not just you before you say yes, but your family too? Authoratian Governments: Not even once

[@rickymelchor1411]

I think every soviet was looking around nervous

[@toxicatto6074]

'Every soviets'? You mean every allied power?

[@jasonbrody1540]

Of course they were. After all they assisted Hitler and the Nazis to start the war.

[@technopriest6708]

Taking that they ended up killing twice as many its probable

[@johanreillo8403]

Spartan Moreno exactly they were the ones that do the most of the killing and dying

[@natedlc854]

We shouldnt have stopped in Berlin and Tokyo. We should have kept going until the Pacific and European armies met in Siberia.

[@Ivan24524]

"I was more than a willing participant." "Der Fuhrer couldn't have done it without me."

[@regulargamer1991]

I was just following CHO directives

[@oncetimeuse3083]

That Wikipedia video has the most disturbing images I've ever even imagined.

[@Soulus101]

@Lo Fell A lot of people write comments without reading through others to check for similar ones in existence. Have done this myself. On popular vids especially, there's a strong chance your thought isn't original.

[@lostgem8225]

@Lo Fell ... a are you an andriod

[@Soulus101]

@Lo Fell lmao, I took you for a misguided good Samaritan, clearly just a troll.

[@lostgem8225]

@Lo Fell I'm pretty sure your the bot around here

[@emingmann1400]

@Lo Fell Is the comment exactly the same character for character? If not then it's no big deal man

[@michasbagietka8281]

This dude sounds like a german Obi-Wan Kenobi

[@HistoryScope]

Many likes this comment has. Not expect it, I did.

[@michasbagietka8281]

History Scope - Avery Thing ok Yoda 🤣

[@HistoryScope]

Oh right, Yoda is a different character... My bad :D

[@Puppy_Puppington]

History Scope - Avery Thing ive got a bad feeling about this ;d

[@HistoryScope]

Damnit, chewy! Get back to Alderaan!

[@mainsettingparis278]

Great video!

[@agardenhoe]

Albert Speer: "Sorry guys, my bad, I was having a really rough day." Judges: Oh damn bro that's sad, nah you're good, we all have bad days.

[@leocarlsson3753]

This is absolutely fantastic. Brief, but not too brief to just gloss over the important subject. You speak clearly, yet nuanced. And at the same time you summarise excellently what I had 6 hours of university lectures going through.

[@georglp3006]

I totally agree

[@promosolo]

I've seen many documentaries about the atrocities of World War 2 and the Nuremberg Trials, but few are as succinctly presented as this one. Thank you.

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[@draugnaustaunikunhymnphoo6978]

Library on Congress link is gone. I was looking at it less than a week ago, and now it's vanished.

[@boringblaziken8122]

15:25 I don't see the problem with giving these people a few extra minutes of pain

[@starmanjr.5785]

When you are executed for crimes against humanity that the Soviet Union also committed. Stalin: *Laughs in mustache* no, I would NEVER kill people for their beliefs.

[@MoffatLee]

@Brandon Rozman True, but many of the people punished at Nuremberg weren't punished for their part in extermination camps but for their part in the concentration camps using slave labour... like the gulags.

[@MSM4U2POM]

Look at the title of the London Charter, mate. It might be a clue...

[@bokbok5737]

Be like Stalin, he kills indescrimantly

[@rizzo9748]

@@MoffatLee Gulags never used the same treatments as Nazi did. Why are you so silly guys?

[@rizzo9748]

Nazi killed people not for their beliefs but for their nationality