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(54,745 posts)There was type face telling what the outcome was after the trials.
It has stuck in my mind since there was NO JUSTICE for their actions. The Nazi criminals were sent to jail for life but none of them were in jail after only 20 years. The Communist threat caused fear and the US officials focused on the Communists running the world and felt they needed the support of the German citizens to fight Communism and they chose to abandon the justice of the Nazis who were proven guilty.
"While the Nuremberg trials (1945-1949) did convict hundreds of Nazi officials, it is historically accurate that many convicted criminals did not serve their full sentences and were released early in the 1950s, largely driven by Cold War politics and a desire to align with West Germany against the Soviet Union.
Here is a breakdown of the facts surrounding the punishment of Nazis after World War II:
1. The Initial Sentences
Main Trial (19451946): Of the 22 major defendants, 12 were sentenced to death, three to life imprisonment, four to long prison terms, and three were acquitted.
Subsequent Trials (19461949): The US held 12 additional trials for doctors, judges, and SS officials. Out of 177 defendants, 24 were sentenced to death and 20 to life.
Executions: Only 13 of the 24 death sentences from the later trials were actually executed, while others had their sentences commuted.
2. Early Releases in the 1950s By the mid-1950s, nearly all Nazis convicted in the "subsequent" trials who were not executed had been released.".