Numberg Trails
Hailey Harbour
Overview of Holocaust
The Holocaust is the murder of six million Jews and by Nazis. The Holocaust happened in Germany. The years it took place in January 30, 1933-May 8, 1945.
Definition/Background information
After World War Two the people responsible for the crimes of the Holocaust were taken to trial. This trial was called the Nuremburg Trials, because it happened in Nuremburg, Germany. Judges from Great Britain, France, The Soviet Union, and The United States had 22 major Nazi criminals.
Original Research Question
- What was the dates did the Nuremburg Trials take place in?
The Nuremburg Trials took place in the dates November 20, 1945-October 1,1946.
- What happened to the Nazis that lost the Nuremburg Trials?
12 Nazis were sentenced to death.
Quote
"We need the Nuremburg to put on trial the economic order that every 3 year kills more men, women, and children by hunger and diseases then the death toll in 6 years of the second world war." ~Fidel Castro This quote is important because it's saying that the people who we're put on trial deserves whatever they got.
Citation
- "An Overview of the Holocaust: Topics to Teach." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 29 Jan. 2016. Web. 23 Feb. 2016.
- "The Nuremberg Trials." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2016.
- Berenbaum, Michael, and Arnold Kramer. The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Washington, D.C.: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2006. Print.