Germany 1939-49: Consequences of the Second
... As early as 1943 it was proposed by Stalin that millions of German civilians be transported from a defeated Reich to the USSR to work as forced labourers rebuilding the country. Before the war ended, 111,000 ethnic Germans were transported from the Balkans to Russia to work in slave labour condition ...
... As early as 1943 it was proposed by Stalin that millions of German civilians be transported from a defeated Reich to the USSR to work as forced labourers rebuilding the country. Before the war ended, 111,000 ethnic Germans were transported from the Balkans to Russia to work in slave labour condition ...
World War II Diaries by Helga Hegel
... of my family back home, and I don’t like how some of the guards are treating the inmates so harshly. I have received news recently that I am going to be transferred to a different camp. They say it is the biggest German camp ever to be run. I am nervous and scared because I will no longer be with pe ...
... of my family back home, and I don’t like how some of the guards are treating the inmates so harshly. I have received news recently that I am going to be transferred to a different camp. They say it is the biggest German camp ever to be run. I am nervous and scared because I will no longer be with pe ...
The legacy of the Nuremberg trials – 60 years on
... World War II cost the lives of approximately 55 million people, mostly civilian non-combatants, and saw the commission of widespread human rights atrocities on all sides. The mass murder conducted by Nazi Germany in its concentration and extermination camps and other human rights atrocities which we ...
... World War II cost the lives of approximately 55 million people, mostly civilian non-combatants, and saw the commission of widespread human rights atrocities on all sides. The mass murder conducted by Nazi Germany in its concentration and extermination camps and other human rights atrocities which we ...
16.5 Europe & Japan in Ruins Main Idea: Why it Matters Now:
... aggression, accused of committing “crimes against humanity“ & “crimes against peace” Not all major Nazis could be brought before the Allies: Hitler, Joseph Goebbels and Heinrich Himmler committed suicide Lasts over a year ...
... aggression, accused of committing “crimes against humanity“ & “crimes against peace” Not all major Nazis could be brought before the Allies: Hitler, Joseph Goebbels and Heinrich Himmler committed suicide Lasts over a year ...
Chapter 24 Section 5 Notes ______ − meeting at which Roosevelt
... discussed plans for the postwar world 2. __________________ − strong country that dominated the postwar world 3. _________ − General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; treaty designed to expand world trade by reducing tariffs 4. ______________ ______________ − organization of nations formed after World ...
... discussed plans for the postwar world 2. __________________ − strong country that dominated the postwar world 3. _________ − General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; treaty designed to expand world trade by reducing tariffs 4. ______________ ______________ − organization of nations formed after World ...
Victory and Tragedy in Europe
... Victory & Tragedy in Europe • German offensive ran out of gas before it could reach the allied fuel supplies • Collapse of German forces – allied armies crossed the Rhine River in March capturing the industrial center of Germany • On April 25, 1945 – American and Soviet troops met at the Elba River ...
... Victory & Tragedy in Europe • German offensive ran out of gas before it could reach the allied fuel supplies • Collapse of German forces – allied armies crossed the Rhine River in March capturing the industrial center of Germany • On April 25, 1945 – American and Soviet troops met at the Elba River ...
TRIAL OF KAISER WILHELM II
... outbreak and escalation of the First World War through a trial procedure. The trial will be held in the newly created World Court of the League of Nations on March 28, 1920. ...
... outbreak and escalation of the First World War through a trial procedure. The trial will be held in the newly created World Court of the League of Nations on March 28, 1920. ...
The Axis
... Three and China as the "Four Policemen". France, in 1939-40 and after its liberation in 1944, was also once again considered a major Allied power. The immediate Causes of World War II are generally held to be the German invasion of Poland, and the Japanese attacks on China, the United States, and th ...
... Three and China as the "Four Policemen". France, in 1939-40 and after its liberation in 1944, was also once again considered a major Allied power. The immediate Causes of World War II are generally held to be the German invasion of Poland, and the Japanese attacks on China, the United States, and th ...
May 6, 1945
... Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and other U.S. Army officers view the bodies of executed prisoners while on a tour of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. (April 12, 1945) ...
... Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and other U.S. Army officers view the bodies of executed prisoners while on a tour of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. (April 12, 1945) ...
The consequences of the World War II
... On the morning of April 29 the German armies in Italy – more than one million men – surrendered to the allies. On April 30, American troops entered Munich. That afternoon in Berlin, a Soviet soldier waved the Red Banner from a second floor window of the Reichstag, less than a mile from Hitler’s bunk ...
... On the morning of April 29 the German armies in Italy – more than one million men – surrendered to the allies. On April 30, American troops entered Munich. That afternoon in Berlin, a Soviet soldier waved the Red Banner from a second floor window of the Reichstag, less than a mile from Hitler’s bunk ...
PART II: Final Agreements
... B. Japan became a Democratic state, with a constitution and political system that is modeled after the United States. The emperor became the symbolic head of Japan, with no real political power. (Democratization) C. The Allied forces also occupied Germany. Germany was divided into four separate zone ...
... B. Japan became a Democratic state, with a constitution and political system that is modeled after the United States. The emperor became the symbolic head of Japan, with no real political power. (Democratization) C. The Allied forces also occupied Germany. Germany was divided into four separate zone ...
World History: Holocaust
... the Holocaust in 1942 most prisoners were brought to Auschwitz to be killed, though people's hopes sometimes rose when they saw the inscription "Arbeit Macht Frei". Most women and ...
... the Holocaust in 1942 most prisoners were brought to Auschwitz to be killed, though people's hopes sometimes rose when they saw the inscription "Arbeit Macht Frei". Most women and ...
Woman waiting to be executed at Bergen Belson
... Solution" was an official policy of the Nazi regime. More than half of the 6 million Jews who were murdered were systematically exterminated in the gas chamber/crematorium system of the Nazi Death Camps between 1942 and 1945. ...
... Solution" was an official policy of the Nazi regime. More than half of the 6 million Jews who were murdered were systematically exterminated in the gas chamber/crematorium system of the Nazi Death Camps between 1942 and 1945. ...
PPT Legacy of WWII
... Holocaust led to the creation of a new word – genocide – to describe the targeting of an entire group for extermination. ...
... Holocaust led to the creation of a new word – genocide – to describe the targeting of an entire group for extermination. ...
Holocaust
... it's that bad in Holland, what must it be like in those faraway and uncivilized places where the Germans are sending them? We assume that most of them are being murdered. The English radio says they're being gassed." October 9, 1942 ...
... it's that bad in Holland, what must it be like in those faraway and uncivilized places where the Germans are sending them? We assume that most of them are being murdered. The English radio says they're being gassed." October 9, 1942 ...
trials after the war
... The Tokyo War Crimes Trials took place from May 1946 to November 1948. The IMTFE found all remaining defendants guilty and sentenced them to punishments ranging from death to seven years’ imprisonment; two defendants died during the trial. After the Nuremberg and Tokyo War Crimes trials, additional ...
... The Tokyo War Crimes Trials took place from May 1946 to November 1948. The IMTFE found all remaining defendants guilty and sentenced them to punishments ranging from death to seven years’ imprisonment; two defendants died during the trial. After the Nuremberg and Tokyo War Crimes trials, additional ...
Europe and Japan in Ruins
... representing 23 nations put Nazi war criminals on trial in Nuremberg, Germany. In the first of these Nuremberg Trials, 22 Nazi leaders were charged with waging a war of aggression. They were also accused of committing “crimes against humanity”-the murder of 11 million people. Adolf Hitler’s SS chief ...
... representing 23 nations put Nazi war criminals on trial in Nuremberg, Germany. In the first of these Nuremberg Trials, 22 Nazi leaders were charged with waging a war of aggression. They were also accused of committing “crimes against humanity”-the murder of 11 million people. Adolf Hitler’s SS chief ...
References - College of Education
... the British forces After the liberation in April, about five thousand more people died from weakness and exhaustion. In September 1945, forty-eight members of the Bergen-Belsen staff were tried. In December, eleven of them were executed. ...
... the British forces After the liberation in April, about five thousand more people died from weakness and exhaustion. In September 1945, forty-eight members of the Bergen-Belsen staff were tried. In December, eleven of them were executed. ...
The Holocaust - Spokane Public Schools
... Soviet forces were the first to approach a major Nazi camp, reaching Majdanek near Lublin, Poland, in July 1944. Germans attempted to hide the evidence of mass murder by demolishing the camp. Camp staff set fire to the large crematorium used to burn bodies of murdered prisoners, but in the hasty eva ...
... Soviet forces were the first to approach a major Nazi camp, reaching Majdanek near Lublin, Poland, in July 1944. Germans attempted to hide the evidence of mass murder by demolishing the camp. Camp staff set fire to the large crematorium used to burn bodies of murdered prisoners, but in the hasty eva ...
Dealing with the Defeated Axis Powers
... military, the SS, and the Gestapo. The SS were the elite Nazi Party corps, most infamous for running the concentration camps. The Gestapo were the secret police. These leaders were charged not only with war crimes but also with crimes against humanity, such as persecution and extermination. They all ...
... military, the SS, and the Gestapo. The SS were the elite Nazi Party corps, most infamous for running the concentration camps. The Gestapo were the secret police. These leaders were charged not only with war crimes but also with crimes against humanity, such as persecution and extermination. They all ...
Remains of the Reich
... NUREMBERG, Germany — One might never guess the beautiful town of winding rivers and immaculate architecture dating back to the 11th century once served as the home base for one of the most terrifying regimes in history. Nuremberg — the town that played host to those now infamous Nazi Party rallies i ...
... NUREMBERG, Germany — One might never guess the beautiful town of winding rivers and immaculate architecture dating back to the 11th century once served as the home base for one of the most terrifying regimes in history. Nuremberg — the town that played host to those now infamous Nazi Party rallies i ...
the war begins
... Germany. Prisoners suffered from malnutrition, exhaustion, harsh weather, and mistreatment. SS guards followed strict orders to shoot prisoners who could no longer walk or travel ...
... Germany. Prisoners suffered from malnutrition, exhaustion, harsh weather, and mistreatment. SS guards followed strict orders to shoot prisoners who could no longer walk or travel ...
The End of World War Two The final battles of the European theatre
... The end of World War II in Asia came on August 14-15, 1945, when the Japanese surrendered to the United Nations. The surrender came just over three months after the surrender of the Axis forces in Europe. The Occupation of Japan At the end of World War II, Japan was occupied by the Allied Powers, le ...
... The end of World War II in Asia came on August 14-15, 1945, when the Japanese surrendered to the United Nations. The surrender came just over three months after the surrender of the Axis forces in Europe. The Occupation of Japan At the end of World War II, Japan was occupied by the Allied Powers, le ...
16-5 Europe and Japan in Ruins
... accused receive sentences of many years or life sentences. In only three cases were defendants acquitted. In later trials of lesser leaders, nearly 200 more Nazis were found guilty of war crimes. For the first time in history a nation’s leaders had been held legally responsible for their actions dur ...
... accused receive sentences of many years or life sentences. In only three cases were defendants acquitted. In later trials of lesser leaders, nearly 200 more Nazis were found guilty of war crimes. For the first time in history a nation’s leaders had been held legally responsible for their actions dur ...
Dora Trial
The Dora Trial, also the ""Dora""-Nordhausen or Dachau Dora Proceeding (German: Dachau-Dora Prozess) was a war crimes trial conducted by the United States Army in the aftermath of the collapse of the Third Reich. It took place between August 7 and December 30, 1947 on the site of the former Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, Germany. In the proceedings, officially known as the United States of America vs. Kurt Andrae et al. (Case 000-50-37), 19 men were accused of war crimes committed in the operation of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp, its many subcamps, and the Mittelwerk armaments plant located near Nordhausen, Germany. The main trial ended with 4 acquittals and 15 convictions, including 1 death sentence. Dora was the last of a sequence of proceedings which took place in the context of the Dachau Trials relating to wide-ranging war crimes uncovered by the United States in its zone of occupation at the end of World War II. Those convicted in the Dora Trial served their sentences at Landsberg Prison.Additional Dora-related proceedings were held both during and after the Dora Trial. Between late-October and mid-December 1947, short trials were held against 14 lower-level defendants, mostly SS-TV Guards. These resulted in 4 convictions and 1 acquittal, with the remaining 9 cases dropped for lack of evidence or available witnesses. Violent crimes still extant in the body of the facts resulted in several more trials of individual cases in both West Germany and East Germany. The most public and important occurred in Essen between 1968 and 1970, resulting in 2 convictions.