The Nuremberg trials were a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949. The defendants, who included Nazi Party officials and high-ranking military officers were indicted on such charges as crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) committed suicide and was never brought to trial. the Nuremberg trials are establishmed a permanent international court, and an important precedent for dealing with later instances of genocide and other crimes against humanity. The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant, and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored, because it cannot survive their being repeated. These nazi's must be judged for their crimes against humanity. That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury stay [stop] the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to Reason... We nations have a responsibility to convict these Nazi's for war crimes and uphold the rights that belong to all people - Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson, November 21, 1945, Nuremberg 20. How did the Nuremberg Trials set an international legal precedent for judging war Crimes?

The Nuremberg trials were a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949. The defendants, who included Nazi Party officials and high-ranking military officers were indicted on such charges as crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) committed suicide and was never brought to trial. the Nuremberg trials are establishmed a permanent international court, and an important precedent for dealing with later instances of genocide and other crimes against humanity. The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant, and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored, because it cannot survive their being repeated. These nazi's must be judged for their crimes against humanity. That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury stay [stop] the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to Reason... We nations have a responsibility to convict these Nazi's for war crimes and uphold the rights that belong to all people - Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson, November 21, 1945, Nuremberg 20. How did the Nuremberg Trials set an international legal precedent for judging war Crimes?