Homework: Read the following excerpt about the Nuremberg Trials following the Holocaust and answer the questions. DUE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 6!
Questions:
1) What challenges did the Allies face in Germany after defeating the Nazis in WW2?
2) What "denazification" measures were taken up by the Allies?
3) What was one of the most important efforts the Allies made to reeducate and recivilize German Society after the war?
4) How many German officials were charged with major war crimes? What were the various charges held against them?
5) What two long standing legal doctrines were rejected by the international tribunal lawyers while trying these Nazi Officials? Explain why these doctrines were not recognized or followed by the prosecutors.
6) What were the various outcomes of the trials? How many defendents were convicted? What were the penalties?
7) What 3 Nazi organizations were found to be criminal enterprises? Why might that be significant?
8) How did the second round of trials differ from that of the first? Which do you think were more important? Explain your reasoning.
9) Who was Rafael Lemkin and what contributions did he make to stop genocide?
10) What are the legacies of the Nuremberg Trials and the 1948 Genocide Convention?
11) What is the ultimate bulwark to stopping and preventing genocide around the world?
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