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Statistics of Punishments Given:

The Nuremberg Trials charged 22 Nazi generals, out of which:

       - 12 were given the death sentence

      - 3 received prison sentences for life

      - 4 were sentenced 10 to 20 years in prison, and

      - 3 were aquitted

 

The Nazi generals were declared either guilty or not guilty of four crimes:

 1. conspiracy to commit crimes against peace
 2. planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression
 3. any war crimes
 4. crimes against humanity

 

Example Nazis Tried:

 

-Hermann Goering/Goring:

 

"Naturally the common people don't want war… It is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along… Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. It works the same in any country."

― Goering, Nuremberg Diaries

 

Said to be Hitler’s second hand man, Hermann Goering was “the moving force, second only to his leader. He was the leading war aggressor, both as political and as military leader.” (quote from judgment on H. Goering).

 

Goering spread Nazism, including encouraging racial mistreatment and carrying out human slaughter. He was found guilty of 3 counts and sentence to death by hanging. However, his sentence could not be carried out as he committed suicide.

 

 

-Adolf Heichman:

Responsible for the deportation and smuggling of millions of Jews – Heichman, like many other Nazis was smuggled to Argentina, where he hid from Nazi-Hunters. Later, he was finally caught to Israel and executed.

Many Nazi generals, like Hiechman, fled to places like South America, Russia, and the US. In fact, quite a few Nazis were never caught.