Nuremberg Trials a useful precedent?

On 11/20/45, a series of trials of accused Nazi war criminals, conducted by a U.S., French, and Soviet military tribunal based in Nuremberg, Germany, begins. Twenty-four former Nazi officials were tried, and when it was all over, one year later, half would be sentenced to death by hanging.

The charges against the 24 accused at Nuremberg were as follows: (1) crimes against peace, that is, the planning and waging of wars that violated international treaties; (2) crimes against humanity, that is, the deportation, extermination, and genocide of various populations; (3) war crimes, that is, those activities that violated the “rules” of war that had been laid down in light of the First World War and later international agreements; and (4) conspiracy to commit any and all of the crimes listed in the first three counts.

The tribunal had the authority to find both individuals and organizations criminal; in the event of the latter, individual members of that organization could then be tried. The chief prosecutor was U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, who was asked by President Harry S. Truman to create a structure for the proceedings. The defendants were arrayed in two rows of seats; each of the indicted listened to a simultaneous translation of the arguments through a headset.

There were 216 court sessions. On October 1, 1946, verdicts on 22 of the 24 defendants were handed down (two were not present; one had committed suicide in his prison cell, another was ultimately deemed mentally unfit): 12 of the defendants were sentenced to be hanged, including Julius Streicher (propagandist), Alfred Rosenberg (anti-Semitic ideologue and minister of the occupied eastern territories), Joachim von Ribbentrop (foreign affairs minister), Martin Bormann (Nazi Party secretary), and Herman Goering (Luftwaffe commander and Gestapo head). Ten of the 12 were hanged on October 16. Bormann was tried and sentenced in absentia (he was thought to have died trying to escape Hitler’s bunker at the close of the war, but was only declared officially dead in 1973). Goering committed suicide before he could be hanged. The rest of the defendants received prison sentences ranging from 10 years to life. All of the defenses offered by the accused were rejected, including the notion that only a state, not an individual, could commit a war crime proper.

>>225135

The swastika was always powerful peaceful symbol before the Nazis subverted it. It goes WAY back before history and is found in ancient India, Japan, Greece, Sumeria et al. I recently did a study on it. In Japan, for one example, the swastika is still used on maps to designate locations of Buddhist temples and it is very much associated with Hinduism in India.

>>225154

The only point I can honestly agree with here is the existence of the indictments. The rest is unknown.

>>225180

You are apparently unaware that the nazis used the swastika as a primary political symbol while they were destroying Europe.

>>225194

Well, many of these indictments were issued prior to the E.O. being in effect.

>>225220

Hitler was financed out of NY and London, the same sources which funded the Allies. WWII was the biggest scam in history prior to the War on Terror.

>>225224

Thats not to say that the EO doesnt apply to the same creeptards as the earlier indictments.

>>225237

I was in Berkeley the last time the Auntie Fags tried to riot. They will be rolled up and locked down in 30 mins based upon the size and equipment of the police forces I saw. No co ntest at all.