Nuremberg Trials summary Tommy B

The Nuremberg Trials

Tommy Brennan Purple Class

On the Twentieth of November in 1945, his Nuremburg trials (witch happened after the surrender of Nazi Germany) started, today it could easily is classified as the greatest trial in the history of the United States. Or even Earth her. There were twelve different trails, and over a hundred Nazi defendants (Including the only twenty-two Nazi leaders who are left alive) who were being charged for the millions of crimes that were happened during the holocaust, over the four years were these trials took place. Three of America’s of their allies, France, Great Brittan, and The Soviet joined the United Sates, in charging the Nazi leaders. The Nazi’s were charged on some or all of these four accounts, War Crimes, Crimes against humanity, Peace Crimes, and Conspiracy to wage aggressive war. Thought the greatest of the crimes was the crimes against humanity, which was related to the killing of the Jews in the Concentration camps. . There was a significant reason why these trials were held in Nuremburg, Germany. The trials were held here because of the famous Nuremberg laws that inhumanly stripped Jewish citizens of their citizenship. There are a couple major historical events that led to these trials. The events are Hitler being appointed chancellor of Germany, Kristallanacht, and the French surrendering to the Germans, then Germany surrenders, which led to the suicide of Adolf Hitler. The United Sates sent chief prosecutor Robert Jackson to go represent the US at Nuremberg. America also sent Judge Francis Biddle to help Great Brittan’s Judge Geoffrey Lawrence.  The judge was from Great Brittan because the United States did not want people to think that they were completely running the trial with only one countries opinion, and not the opinions of the other countries. Even though the probably Allies would have happily just shot all the Nazi’s when they entered the courtroom, they did something really humane based on the idea of the French, they gave the Nazi’s a fair trial. Adolf Hitler was one of many Nazi leaders who did not get their fair trial. Hitler took his own life before the trails even started.  The Allies had three different categories for the Nazi defendants, they were either Nazi leaders, they were Nazi doctors or they were Nazi judge or with the Reich ministry.  The Nazi doctors were also being charged for doing thousands medical experiments on the prisoners in the concentration camps. So in conclusion the Nuremberg trials finally put all those evil Nazi’s to the death or imprisonment they truly and fully deserved.

Eddie Willis

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Eddie Willis

Victim

December 9, 1947:            I remembered something today, a thought that hasn’t crossed my mind in years. My names not really Eddie Willis, I do not even remember what my real name is any more. My name used to be a beautiful Jewish name, a name that school girls could jump rope to, and a name that was roll of the tongue good. I have a confession, I no longer consider myself to be of the Jewish faith. I do not deserve to be considered Jewish. It is a title I do not deserve. I have not picked up a Torah since Auschwitz, and that is the last time I believed in God. I am ashamed to admit it.

            Today I heard that my old S.S officer Hermann Goering is going to be put on trial for his life. I wish the choice he made to put me, and all those other innocent Jews, and they cut his head off as he walks in through the prisoner’s door. I want God himself to smite down on him as he enters the room. I want him to have a heart attack, and drop dead on the spot. If this does not happen, there is no such thing as God.

            Hallelujah. He is going to die, good riddance. This one man is not going to God. He is going to be reincarnated as something useless, abused. Like a goldfish, or a soup staring, or a potatoes peeler. All those innocent Jewish peoples who died, because of him are all smiling down as they watch him doe a slow, painful death. I wish everyone in the world’s population could spit right between his to eyes. I yell to him, I hate you. I hope that I think I will live long enough to see him die. The exaction is set to happen in a couple of weeks. I have been feeling unmorally weak recently. Like Death himself has been following me around, as a dog follows his master. I wonder how he must be feeling, knowing that people want to die, and they are making sure that he dies. He does not even get a chance to watch his kid’s grownup. At least I had time to know my kids over a couple of years, before he sent them to a death in flames. I hate him, with all my soul.

            I forgot to say something. Today is my birthday; I am now seventy- eight years old. I think I am ready to die now. Actually, I do not think I want to wait to be with God anymore. I have my gun in my hand. Goodbye, everybody.

Hermann Goering journal

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Hermann Goering

Perpetrator

December 9, 1947: I hate myself. I made all the wrong choices in my life.  I should not have joined the Nazi’s, or betrayed my Jewish girlfriend (I still think it is a coincidence that any serious Nazi had a serious relationship with a Jew), and did not turn her into Hitler himself. I have many regrets going into my trial. I hope that they can just send me to Hell quickly.

I made a lot stupid mistakes, I answered many questions wrong, and I stuttered like a pupil talking to a big stranger in a black coat.  I answered the question that Robert Jackson asked me himself “Do you find yourself guilty about any of these crimes were had charged you of?” I answered with the most uneducated answer of all time “Of, course I do. I know I made many mistakes during the war. It became obvious when I sent my own girlfriend to a fiery death in Lucifer’s flames. Do whatever you want to me, I truly deserve it, and will accept any punishment you give to me”. They found me guilty of all four charges they had originally charged to all the Nazis. The date that I will be hung on is yet to be determined the sooner the better. I just want to end these people’s nightmares.

I guess if anyone ever reads this but me, note to the reader, this is my will. To my dear Mother I leave every one of my position except for the following

: For the parents of my Jewish girlfriend who I was with for a couple of weeks during the Concentration camps, I leave a gold locket. It has a picture of your daughter and me. She gave it to me for Christmas, it was an extremely nice deed she did for me, and I no longer reserve it though. For my cousin’s fiancé David, I leave a pair of diamond-coated rings. I was set to be married but I sent her to heaven before I had a chance to. Please always love my cousin. The last item I want to leave for someone is for my Priest. .It is my private Bible. Hitler found, and he cut out the part that said, “Love your neighbor”. Father, I would like you to write this passage back in the text. After what I have seen, I wish I loved my neighbor more. These are my dyeing wishes. Please have them fulfilled. Goodbye, everybody.

 

Sandra Gibbons

Sandra Gibbons

Role: bystander

December 9, 1947: Today is my birthday; I am now eight years old. I am beaten like a slave though; because, Father has this idea that I should care for him like his wife. Since Mother died last year, Father has kept, home from school most days, which, makes me feel stupid. I see all the little school girls in there skirts, and pigtails, while I’m trapped inside with an apron on. Day like these makes me hate Father, but I cannot show it at all.

          Father now may learn what happens when you trap a little girl inside, and hide her from the outside world. I heard him talking about the Nuremberg trials, and I asked him if they were still going on. He did not answer me; he just gave me that blank expression a master gives his dog when he makes his business on the carpet. I asked my elderly neighbor the same question, he a lot more understood about it though. He vividly explained that the trials were happening at ye old court house. Maybe it would impress Father if I wen t to watch the trials, and told him what happened. Yeah, that will show him.

          I really enjoyed watching the trails today, even though they wouldn’t let m in the courthouse. I spied on the trial through the window behind the judges though. Robert Jackson who did a lot of the talking during the trials (I think he’s from the America) was kind of sexy looking. Father defiantly wouldn’t want to read this; he doesn’t want his little girl to grow up. It’s really sad.

                                                                Stupid, maid she’s always getting me in trouble with Father. Today she found my journal, and showed it to Father. That little witch is the closest thing I have to a mother today, and the way she treats me I forget how Mother treated me. I got whipped at fifty times by Father, and I didn’t deserve any of them. So I am no longer to wish to earn his respect least.

Robert Jackson journal

Tommy Brennan

Robert Jackson role: Rescuer/ Resister

December 9, 1947:      It is snowy here in Nuremberg today. It reminds m­e of my childhood in Spring Creek Pennsylvania; the ways that you can barley see the roof of your neighbor’s house. I have to remember to buy some more milk, eggs, cheese, bread, and bologna after the trials today. Today we have a big Nazi on trial, Hermann Goering; he is the closest thing to Hitler that we will ever put on trial. I should have something more important on my mind; today’s my sons fifth birthday. It kills me that I don’t get to see him today. I cannot even call him and sing to him today, because my phone lines are out. If I did what my wife told me to do I could have remembered to bring my Motorola cellular phone she bought for me before I left for Germany. Even though these people deserve to be killed, it gives me a sick feeling every time I see one of them be hung.  I think it is just an inhumane way to kill people. Even putting a gun to his or her head would be a more humane way to kill someone. .

            Earlier today, we proved that Hermann Goering was guilty on all four of our charges. It was not much of a trial. Most of the jury was prejudice against the Nazi’s. It is almost impossible for us to find the perfect jury. The only people who would not favor either side would be the babies that were just born, as I am writing this. All the men here are either, Jews who want to put a gun to the Nazi’s heads, Americans who bought land here after the war, or ex Nazi’s. Therefore, the fair trial, we all thought we were having is not as fair as we thought it ought to be.

            I sent a birthday present to m boy today. I would just let all these Nazi’s lose if it meant I could be with him today. I bought him some pajamas, and a toy car. My wife also called me before the phone lines went out and said that she was going to buy him his first bicycle, and some of the neighbor hood kid’s agrred to teach how to ride it all by himself. She said I would get a pictureof the two of them as soon as possible. When I think of the family, I am leaving behind. One thought comes across my mind… is this trial worth more to me than my own family. Is having my son tell his firs born about how I was the greatest laywer in American history. However, I was the worst father, I abonded a beautiful wife, and a fragile little boy to serve for my country. If I do win the trial, the greatest joy of my life will not be winning the greatest trial of twentieth century. It will be watching my little boy grownup.