The Nuremberg Trials are a series of trials most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military and economic leadership of
Nazi Germany. The trials were held in the city of
Nuremberg,
Germany, from 1945 to 1949, at the
Nuremberg Palace of Justice. The first and best known of these trials was the Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal (IMT), which tried 24 of the most important captured leaders of Nazi Germany. It was held from
November 20, 1945 to
October 1, 1946. The second set of trials of lesser war criminals was conducted under Control Council Law No. 10 at the
U.S. Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMT), among them included the
Doctors' Trial and the
Judges' Trial. This article primarily deals with the IMT; see the separate article on the NMT for details on those trials.
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