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NUREMBERG – Brian Tyler
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
The Nuremberg War Trials, held in the eponymous city from 1945 to 1946, were a series of military tribunals convened by the Allied powers to prosecute leading figures of Nazi Germany – many of whom were close advisors to Adolf Hitler – for crimes committed before and during World War II. They were unprecedented in scope: for the first time in modern history, high-ranking political, military, and industrial leaders were held individually accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and the trials established that “following orders” was not a sufficient defense for atrocities such as genocide, mass enslavement, and the systematic destruction of civilian populations. 19 of the 24 men that were tried were found guilty, and of those 12 were sentenced to death; ultimately, the trials effectively put a pin in the final parts of war, and started the world on the long road to recovery. Read more…
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