Nuremberg Trials: 1945-1946
These were a series of military trials held after World War II between 1945 and 1946, held by the Allied powers. Its goal was the prosecution of top Nazi leadership in court. 24 Nazi leaders and 7 organizations were prosecuted, and were found guilty if charged with:
- Participation in a common plan or conspiracy
- Waging wars of aggression
- War crimes
- Crimes against humanity
[Phillip] Bouhler's basic requirement was that the killing should not only be painless, but also imperceptible. For this reason, the photographing of the patients, which was only done for scientific reasons, took place before they entered the chambers, and the patients were completely diverted thereby. Then they were led into the gas chamber which they were told was a shower room. They were in groups of perhaps 20 or 30. They were gassed by the doctor in charge.
-Testimony of Viktor Brack during the Nuremberg Trials about the Holocaust