There were many legal and procedural difficulties to overcome in setting up the Nuremberg trials. First, there was no precedent for an international trial of war criminals. read more
Nuremberg was the first that implied that there was International Law that could be applied impartially. Unfortunately it was not true. Only the defeated were ever punished. This has continued to be the case. When they wanted war crimes trials for Former Yugoslavia, it was carefully limited to the wars surrounding the break-up. read more
The Nuremberg War Crime Trials were held between 1945 to 1949. However, the most famous trials at Nuremberg were those of the major war criminals and these were held from November 20th, 1945 to October 1st, 1946. The trials at Nuremberg held after these dates were for the so-called lesser war criminals. read more